Challenge - Day 5

This week has gone by so quickly! It has been a great start to the 30 Day Challenge and I continue to learn and grow each day. I am blessed knowing I have friends supporting me who are on the same journey to health as I am.

Looking forward to a busy weekend!

Challenge - Day 4

Tonight was a breakthrough for so many reasons and I am going to fall asleep with such a smile on my face because I am finally starting to get it and it feels good.

What do I get? Well I am okay with being a little selfish right now. I'm okay with putting myself first. I am okay with my successes.

I just arrived at the track parking lot and I got a txt from someone who wanted to talk for a min. I knew they had something they wanted to work out with me so of course I said I had a min but I would have to hurry. I was in the middle of the conversation when I realized what I was doing. I was putting someone elses' needs before my own and I knew that conversation was going to go nowhere - at least for tonight. I promptly ended the conversation and ran for the track because that is what I needed to be doing.

That may seem like a small thing to someone but that choice I made was profound. That was one success in my eyes.

I have to thank an ex for this next success - he actually has done fantastically in his journey to health and wellness. He made his mind up and he is doing fantastic. I am so proud to hear he is running mini marathons and just making great choices.

So he mentioned something to me about the pod casts he listens to. He mentioned it a while back but its always been in the back of my mind that I need to check that out. So I began sorting though which pod casts I'd be interested in and there are so many. One of my favs right now is the one with Jillian Michaels. She is an interesting character to say the least but she is a wealth of knowledge.

What I learned from her tonight - "To live in the pause" to think about what we put in our bodies before we put it in. So many people (I am the first to admit)...so many people celebrate success with food and then they regret what they've eaten. Here I was thinking at the end of this 30 day challenge if I can lose that 25 lbs this month I am going to eat my favorite sushi and lots of it probably. What Jillian said has really made me think twice. Going forward I want to celebrate my successes and my happy moments with things other than foods if I can help it because it just makes sense and it is the healthy thing to do.

I had a great day food wise and it is getting easier to prepare healthy meals. The LoseIt! app is really such a fun and handy tool.

My last and not so least final success - I got to the track and I was going to do 2km like I did the other night. 2km was done in no time and I said to myself I'm staying for 5km and I did it.

The success is not necessarily the length I walked but I realized that once I get going and get over the hump of getting started in the first 2km that after that it just gets better and my body starts to warm up and enjoy walking.

I'm thinking 10km is in the works for this weekend... :)

I hope my Challenge buddies and friends who are trying to get healthier had just of a great day as I did and if not I would like to send some of my joy out that tomorrow will be a better day for them.

Challenge - Day 3

I love knowing I am not alone in this. I love knowing I am part of a group who is thinking and feeling and working towards a common goal at this very moment. Sometimes you don't have the best support with tbe people closest to you but just knowing there are others doing the same 30 Day Challenge is keeping me modivated.

It was a long day and I didn't get home until late so I didn't get to the track tonight but I did keep on track all day with my food plan. I am using an app on my phone called loseit! and I'm finding it super helpful to track my calories.

Day 3 - over and out! :)

Challenge - Day 2



Day 2 was a success... I kept on track with my calories and I managed to get out to the track and do 2.5 km walk (better something than nothing!) and did weights when I got home. Life happens... I'm still not over my sinus infection... I had to get groceries after work and I didn't eat dinner till almost 8pm. I am completely exhausted but it feels great. I have the support of my dear friend Jenni and Holly my soul sister.

Short and sweet entry tonight.

The Official Day 1

What I did right....

I wrote everything down that I ate which actually made me think about my calories in and I was under my 1500 calories. I calculated as I went so I knew I what I had remaining for the rest of the day.
What I could improve on tomorrow...

Drink way more water! when I get busy at work I forget to drink so I'll have to make sure I make time for water as I work.

I had all intentions of going to Zumba or the track tonight... I was pumped. I didn't sleep well at all last night and I was up at 5:30. I was skyping with a friend and before I knew it, it was 7 pm and I hadn't had dinner yet. Am I hearing an excuse right now? Grrrrrr. This is life. I will be tired and I will have late dinners but I just have to put my workouts first and suck it up like the champ I know is inside me.

My friend Holly is on board and we are going to skype tomorrow and share ideas. I spoke with 2 friends today who are going to create their own inspiration boards which made me very happy.

Bedtime for me - early start tomorrow and lots to do.

I hope my fellow 30-Day Challenge friends had a great first day!

Challenge - Day 1

Well this is the start of my inspiration board!

30 DAY CHALLENGE - RUBY'S DAY 1 INSTRUCTIONS
* Get a notebook and record everything you eat, drink and all your workouts
* Drink lots of water 8-10 glasses- an extra glass for every 25 lbs overweight
* Find a plan that works for you and stick to it
* Turn that TV off
* Set a goal

Updates and Ruby's 30 Day Challenge

Once again it has been far too long since I’ve posted something. Well better late than never! So much has happened. I finally found a job I love working for a company I love and believe in and I feel like I mean something there. A while back when “The Secret – Laws of Attraction” was all the rage I had created an inspiration board. One of my inspirations was to work for a small – mid-size company where I made a good salary where I could move up and where I could make a difference and I found it.


I wouldn’t normally blog too much about work but I had to mention it because I am truly happy and I love my manager – Diane. You know those quirky, Britts you meet on vacation that you would just love to be friends with? That’s her… she works very hard but she also has such a fun side – not something I’ve had the pleasure of experiencing in a work place environment in a very very long time.

I’ll give you the most recent example – I’ve wanted to do paddle-boarding for a few years now but its not something I’ve taken up because of my weight. A groupon came through on my phone for a 90 min lesson for $39… I showed her the groupon and said – THAT is why I need to lose weight… I want to spend my spare time enjoying activities like that!!! No sooner did I mention it I was promptly told in a British accent of course – BOOK IT! So its booked.. I am going paddle-boarding for the first time Aug 25!! I’m sure that experience will be for an interesting blog!

I know I mentioned in one of my earlier blogs that I wish I could one day in some way be part of the Biggest Loser – to experience those crazy workouts and see just exactly what I’m made of. Well one more thing booked – I head to the Biggest Loser Resort in Malibu from September 2 – 9. That will truly be another dream come true.

I was thinking the other day about why and how could someone (me) spend their vacation time two years in a row travelling to fitness bootcamps to find that motivation that I need not be able to just lose the weight. Well I’m tired of excuses…I just don’t know why. Which is where I am now.

I don’t know why I am the way I am and why I haven’t been about to just figure this out but now is the time. I’ve decided to just become obsessed with health, fitness and a positive attitude. Not obsessed in a negative way but in a way where I only want to think about me and my needs for the next little while. This is the first time ever where I just want to have a love relationship with myself – as the saying goes – I want to let my light shine and in doing so I will help others let their light shine as well.

So back to Ruby… starting tomorrow – my friend Ruby has posted a 30 day challenge to all her FB friends and I’ve accepted. It could not have come at a better time because I would like to lose some weight and just get back to working out before I head to the Biggest Loser Ranch in September.

I’m going to take tonight to get organized and think of what type of goals do I want to set for myself over this next 30 days to begin this process.

My first goal is to write a short blog for every day of the challenge and post a picture or saying that kept me motivated during that day.

I finally have the fire and the desire back in my gut… I haven’t had this feeling in FOREVER…. It feels so good knowing success is around the corner!