The past week was awesome with a capitol “A”!!! Wow!!!  I killed each workout I had.  I ate healthy. I made solid decisions where before given the same chance to make these kinds of decisions, I would have totally made the bad decision.  The biggest thing for me this week has been, I have NOT had one sip of coffee or diet soda.  This also means that I have not had any of the “devil” sugar ie aspartame. My husband and I have been doing a lot of research on foods and through this research I have decided to give up  aspartame (which I used equal for my coffee and diet soda has it in it).  I have ate clean (mostly fruits/veggies) for the last week.  Initially I felt like I had no energy, but as the week went on, I was blasting through workouts without a problem. Gosh it felt so darn good!

This week my husband and I have been on a documentary tear.  We watched Food Matters, Hungry For Change and Vegucated all on Netflix. All I can say is wow!!! Each documentary was eye opening. The things they put the animals through is terrible, I actually teared up on several parts of the films.  My husband and I both have decided to give up meat.  While we won’t do it before the current meat in our house is gone (we wont waste it sorry), the next time we go grocery shopping we will NOT buy any meat.  We are not saying we will become vegans, however the goal is to eat as less meat as possible for now.  After we talked about this, we both agreed we will see where it takes us.  In my heart, I personally feel we may be headed down the path of becoming vegan or at least vegetarian because we are both aware of what eating products from animals is doing to us. I’m excited that we are doing it together as it will make it easier for the both of us.

Until next time, here’s to an awesome upcoming week!!!

I’ve been on a self discovery journey lately, for the good. While I was sorting out things about myself and discovering new things about myself, the number 5 continued to cross my mind.  I couldn’t for the life of me figure out what the 5 meant and I still do not fully know what it means. However, I am sharing all of the things that I know that relates to 5 when it comes to me, they are:

1. It has been 5 years since I was on a consistent exercise schedule, meaning I loved doing the exercise & I did it daily with no excuses.

2. In my husband family, there are 5 children, including him.

3. My husband’s favorite number is 5 and it is feature in his company’s name.

4. I wake up at 5a.m. Mon-Thursday.

5. I have a combination of 5 niece/nephews (1 niece, 4 nephews).

6. I have 5 very good friends whom are like brother or sister to me.

7. My birthday is in the 5th month of the year.

8. I was born in the 5a.m. hour.

9. I like to save in multiple of 5′s….meaning I would save $5, $10, $15 etc, opposed to $6, $11 or $16.

10.  And last, but not least, the number 5 represents God’s grace seen throughout the structure of the tabernacle in the wilderness.

Hmmmm, I still do not know why 5 was coming up as I was doing some self discovery, however I have a plan to use 5 in my workouts going forward.  I will explain that in a later post. Stay tuned….

All to often I have found myself in this same spot, starting over. While I am tired of the starting over phase, I have told myself that if I do not start over, then how will I reach my goal? I have not been doing too bad, although I am out of rhythm. I want to just love working out. For some reason I can get going with the workouts going well, but the eating will be off or vice versa. I just can’t seem to get both of them going for some reason TOGETHER. I know can’t shouldn’t be in my vocabulary, but I am stating the truth. Tomorrow is a new day (I am done for today and heading to bed after this), I am going to make a very focused effort to do both exercising and eating healthy. One meal at a time, one workout at a time. I have tons of ideas to mix up my workouts, especially with the weather changing.  I have also got a workout partner now which I am extremely happy about. Now the rest is up to me.  I can either get going on the right track and stay that way or I can continue down a path that leaves me unhappy and at a weight I do not want to be.

Just a quick blog post to get me started….I’m motivated and happy to refocus on my weight loss goals. Here’s to an awesome tomorrow!!!