Letting Go!

Sorry I haven't post anything in a couple of days, I've been under the weather. I was coughing so bad my husband had to stop me from going to the gym this morning. I guess Im so scared of gaining weight back that I'm willing to go to the gym while I'm under the weather. I find myself putting so much pressure on myself to keep going and to lose the rest of this weight at times that I stress out and I don't lose a pound, and then that only raises my stress level higher. I keep telling myself it's a life style change, but my actions say different sometimes. So today I've decide to just let go. To eat right, move my body and whatever happens, happens! I'm only human and I can't do more than my best at this point. My dad has a saying, he says let go and let GOD! And that's what I'm going to do starting today.

The Monday Diet (LOL)

Have you ever said this to yourself "I'm going to start my diet on Monday"? Then you say I'm going to eat whatever I want this weekend and when Monday comes I'm going to start over. I call this the Monday Diet (LOL), cause we've all been there before. In that place where we are really motivated to do better, so we tell ourselves I'm just going to have that last cookie, Fri, or ice cream cone, and when Monday comes I'm going to start my diet. Before we know it, it's Tuesday and you've cheated (and by the way cheat is a bad word in a dieters vocabulary and should not be used, but that's a whole other blog) or you have a lunch meeting on Wednesday at your job and you fall short and eat something bad in your eyes and you find yourself giving up that week and saying "I'll just start over next Monday. Well I'm here to tell you that Monday will never come if you keep that attitude. The best thing to do is to say "I'm going to do better with the next meal and watch the changes that happen in you life, your body and with your mind. You will begin to reprogram the way you think about food and getting healthy. Before you know it the weight will be falling off! Don't worry about Monday,  eat for today, workout for today, and plan for today. Monday will come and go!

Montina

Living Pretty

The Scary Truth!

The weight loss process is so scary. Everyday is a fight for your life. I know for me I'm constantly having to make a choice about what I'm going to eat. I have a plan, but I kid you not I literally have to decide if I'm going to eat on my plan or if im going to eat fries with ranch dressing. Most of the time I make the right decision, but every now and then I find myself falling off the wagon. But what keeps me going is how I look and feel at the end of the week when I lose those LBS! I realize that as scary as it seems at the end of the day I've made it and even if I make a mistake I can start over again tomorrow!

Montina

Living Pretty

After The Biggest Loser Finale!

So the finale is over and I have all these thoughts going through my head. What am I going to do, how can I continue without the goal of finale in front of me? And then it hit me! This journey has never been about finale or a TV show for that matter. This has always been about learning how to live a healthy lifestyle. So this morning I woke up and went to the gym and did my cardio, and after had my usual breakfast like I always do. The blessing in losing all my weight at home was that I did it on my own and I had developed a rhythm. I'm not done with my journey as a matter of fact I feel like its just beginning, so I am going to continue to fight for my life and learn to Live Pretty.