The Secret to my weight Loss!!!!

Many people have asked me, "Alicia, what is your secret, you've lost so much weight so quickly?"  They want to know what it is I'm doing. 

Well, today I'm going to let the cat out of the bag!  Are ya ready?!!!! Here it is....SWEAT Equity and eating right!  There it is!  If you feel let down at this point, I'm so sorry, but it's the truth!  It all started off with me being on the machines outside in my garage.  That's where it started.  I'd do the elliptical bike, followed by the tread mill, then I'd move onto the weight machine and do about 10 lifts with my legs.  Yep, that was how I started. 

Then I decided one morning that I just wasn't getting enough results.  So, I looked on my tablet for workouts and downloaded an app called Skimble.  It's free.  I just began to do some workouts and didn't pay attention that some of them were tailored toward weight loss.  I just discovered that 2 weeks ago.  Yep, I guess I"m slow like that!  So, now I've been doing the workouts in my living room.  It wasn't long and the weight really started to come off.  To date, I've lost  14 pounds.  I"m down 4 pants sizes and here's the real big secret...I"M NOT DONE YET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now you might be curious as to how much more weight I desire to loose.  Well, if the Lord sees fit, I would like to loose another 20 lbs then I"m done.  I"ll just maintain that.  Honestly, I've felt better than I have in a long time.  I've given up soda, potato chips, and the new things to continue to work on giving up are bad starches.  It isn't easy, but I will conquer that too with God's help.

This whole weight loss journey is fun.  Now is it fun everyday?!  No, like this morning for example.  Last night my hubby took me out to eat chinese food.  I just can't eat junk any more.  It makes me feel horrible.  Also, I hadn't worked out in 3 days.  Yep.  So, I made those decisions so this morning when I was working out I felt like I had just begun all over again. 

Each day, I wake up and make a decision to watch what I eat, and to work out.  Easy?!!! Not always, but it's worth it.  God wants me to take care of this body and I intend on doing that! 

I want to encourage anybody reading this blog today that if you're thinking about starting a weight loss journey, DON'T WAIT UNTIL JANUARY 1.  It's way too easy to procrastinate.  Start now....I"m rooting for ya!

Blessings,
Alicia Roark