Finding My Calling

After being on this whole journey to live better, eat better, be better. I have finally found out at almost 30 what I want to do with my life. I want to Inspire and Motivate people to eat better. I've had people tell me recently that I've inspired them to want to eat better. To me, that is such a compliment that I want to do more.

After I reach my goal, and maintain my weight. My next chapter will be helping people make better food choices without feeling like they're giving up everything they love. Not only do I want to help them eat better, I want to help them find workouts that work for them. Then after they reach their desired goals, do check ins with them. Whether it be once a month or once a week. I think why people fail "diets" so much is because they lose the weight and its "now what?" What I want people to understand is that you can lose that 10lbs and keep it off! as long as you watch what you eat.

So while I am working on me, I will be researching different diet's and why diets fail. I will also research juicing, in case someone wants to go that route. I want to gather as much information possible to help whoever wants to be helped.

I've never been this passionate about something that I want to do. I am determined to get at least one person to a better self. Whatever it takes

Operation Weight Loss Week 7

This is a day late, sorry. If you follow me on Youtube or Instagram then you already know the results. Still I'm going to post pictures of my progress and tell you about my week.

Week 7 was a very good week. I worked hard, and continued to watch I ate. Last night and last Friday I had pizza, but I was back on track and worked out. Thats what I really want people to know. You don't have to give up all of your favorite foods, have them in moderation, a little at a time, and you will be fine.

The pizza didn't affect my calorie intake too much. I only had 2 slices each time and limited myself to that. I made the choice to only have those 2 and eat/snack light the rest of the day. If you plan out your meals throughout the day, you can control how you eat.

This week I got on a kick of Corn Flakes with a couple of packs of splenda, talk about addicting! 1 cup plus 0% milk is only 240 calories, not bad. I also bought a pack of the Special K Bars Chocolatey Drizzle Bars. Theyre 90 Calories a bar and taste like Rice Crispies treats, very good. Another thing that is great and very low is fresh strawberries. A cup sliced is only 50 calories. Not bad for a scack, and filling (for me anyway)

So this week food wise has been pretty good. I've been pretty good at staying under my calories which is the important thing. Now onto pics and what I've lost

When You're Doing Good, People Want You To Do Bad.

I was on instagram this morning and came across a girl named lauramustloseweight.com she posted a picture about holding yourself accountable for losing weight, which I agree with. I read the comments and someone mentioned that ever since she started this journey she talks down to people and thinks she's better then everyone, has an attitude and comes off cocky.

Now I haven't seen that from her, not that I can remember anyway. But here's the thing. When you decide to live better, eat better, workout, change your entire life around, people will notice and HATE you for it. Your attitude will of course change because you look at food differently. The things you used to love look like garbage now, and sitting on a couch all day is no longer acceptable.

Most times when anyone gets offended by what you say, it's because the feel some type of way. I'm not going to assume what said person looks like, but to me they hate the fact that Laura looks amazing, eats great, and has come a long way in 3 years. When it was mentioned that she was cocky. I'm thinking "when you work this hard to look this way you deserve every right to feel good about yourself" because believe when I reach my goal no one will be able to tell me shit! I don't care who gets mad.

I work hard 7 days a week, watch what I eat constantly so excuse me for having a different attitude then I had 3 months ago.

As long as you're happy, and continue to do what you've been doing, no wine, no matter what they say will be able to bring you down.

Operation Weight Loss Week 6

*Im doing this today instead of tomorrow because i'm taking the next 2 days off from working out*

*I also wanted to include a post I did on tumblr about my body image issues. This post tells why I get down on myself the way I do. Im trying to work on myself mentally as well as physically. I'll get there*

As you know last week I didn't do a weigh in cause I was on my period. But I did weigh in at 138.6. It was combination of bloat, lots of salt, not enough water. Well I took care of the salt and water problem right away and now I'm back to normal. I'm not going to go by the 138.6 because thats not a fair assessment. Instead I will just go by my last weigh in.

The last 2 weeks my weight has gone up and down and stressed me out! but now that I know exactly what it was I'm trying to fix it. I've limited my salt intake. I was eating a lot of it, because I love it on my eggs. But too much salt isn't good and was making me retain water. I've also started drinking more water. Besides my smoothes the only thing I'm really drinking is water. I'm not a water drinker, by any means so this is taking some getting used to.

Also one thing I noticed was my scale. We have 2, a digital, and analog. I used to use only the digital scale. But if you lean a little to the right or left it will completely throw your weight off. If you step on, step off, step right back on you will weigh different. So I'm not using it anymore. The analog scale is always correct and I will be sticking to that from now on.

Speaking of scales. I've been stepping on before I work out and after. The reason I do this is to see how many ounces I lose. An ounce is 200 calories. I count my calories, so knowing how many calories I burn gives me an idea of what I can and can't eat. So YES I step on the scale every time I work out, and will continue to do so. People have told me not to, but this is how I do my workout and it has been working for me, and I'm not going to change it.

Now onto my workout. I've changed it again, but my husband told me to stick with one for a good month to see if it works or not, he's right. So I will be sticking with this workout for a month, if it still works I will still do it, if not I'll move on. heres what Im doing and pics of my progress

Twenty Nine

Today is my birthday and it feels like another day. Remember when you were a kid and you were excited about your birthday? You waited for gifts, cake and ice cream? Long gone are those days. If this were a year ago I would be indulging in cake, chocolate on chocolate to be exact. But I'm in a different place, a better place then I was a year ago.

This year I'm keeping a low profile, will be at home with my husband and kids, glad to be with them another year. Because when it comes down to it, that's all that matters.

A couple of weeks ago when I realized by birthday was coming up, I asked myself how I wanted year twenty nine to be. Twenty eight wasn't a very good year. It was a bag of mixed emotions, anger, sadness, cries, some happiness, but that was over shadowed by everything else. Im determined to have a better year, twenty nine will be my year if nothing else.

I'm already on a path to a better me, I'm working out, I'm eating better, I have cut people out, who want to judge me for petty things. Twenty nine will be the year of no bullshit, no matter what I have to do I will have no bullshit in my life. That goes for people, things, food ect.

Today is the start of the rest of my life, a better life, a better me.

Redondo Beach

Yesterday we all went to Redondo Beach. It was a gift for my upcoming birthday (September 4th) and we just wanted to get out of the house for a day. Redondo is so pretty! The water is very blue and the scenery is gorgeous. We'll definitely have to go back