Our Ten week program is over!!! I have lost 17.5 lbs. Not to bad. What is impressive to me though and what makes me way more excited is that I have lost 2.3/4 inches on each thigh, 4.5 inches around my hips and 4 3/4 inches around my waist.
I can not express how strange it was the other day to drop something in my lap and look down and see my lap. LOL...
I don't plan on stopping what I'm doing. I have changed it so the weekends are pretty much eat what I would like within reason and I continue the slow/low carb during the week. I will continue to work out as well. I'm going to leave my goal of working out for two times a week, but so far I have been doing 3 to 4 times a week.
On top of that its getting so nice out that I will be able to add walks to that as well. I am so happy about spring finally being here. I can't really explain how all this has changed how I feel about myself. I'm still a BBW woman for sure, perhaps one day that will change but I'm pretty sure I will always fall under the BBW category since my goal is size 14/16. That doesn't matter to me though. Its all about how I feel.
Someone was posted on facebook a few days back that they needed to make changes in their life but didn't know if they could. I told her that the hardest part about change is everything. But, once you start to make those changes in your mind and make that first step, anything you need to make changes in, in life will start to follow. I think the beginning is making the changes to how you see life, and how you see yourself. That is when you will be able to start changes.
I'm still working on dolls and just finished a beautiful one I need to get pictures taken of.
I am also now selling Makeup and I love , love the product. You can check it out here if you wish. https://www.youniqueproducts.com/WendyDinayaNeedham
I may have already shared that, if I did, my apologies.
I'm excited because I already have three people book parties. One is with a dear friend and we are going to run hers as a fundraiser. She was hit by a Semi a few years ago and the medical bills are pilling up so much. So I'm going to donate 10% of all sales back to her to help with that. I'm hoping for a really big party!!
I have to say I have been really taken back and touched this week. I have had a few people tell me that I inspire them. That they see the changes I have been going through and the smile on my face now. They know how I struggle with chronic pain and to see me push through that makes them I guess feel they can push through things as well. I am flattered. Wasn't my goal and still isn't but if my life changes inspire even one person and they inspire one person can you think of the chain of lives that could be changed... Its pretty cool. Even if only one life is touched. Damn that is one hell of a bonus.
I also wanted to say I'm really proud of Trever he is down 22 lbs!! and like me he is going to continue with the life changes...
Oh Oh.. and I have an appointment to try on dresses again in may.. OMG that is going to be awesome!!! can't wait.
Tell the next blog, may this find you healthy and happy.
Monday, April 21, 2014
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Progress and moving forward
Life changes are not an easy thing for anyone really. I think I'm doing a pretty good job right now though.
I had an entire week of not being able to work out because my hips were just not allowing for it. Than I got shots in my hips. So last week I was able to work out again. It wasn't easy I'm still struggling with a Fibro flare up. That means little sleep, nerves messing with me and just tired tired tired.
I was able to lose 2 lbs thought even on the week I couldn't work out. This past week with working out 3 times. I was able to lose 4lbs. 4lbs is really really good. I can't believe it. I don't expect it to happen but if I could lose another 4 lbs this week that will be me at my first goal.
The 10 week body change challenge that I was doing is on its last week. My goal was to get down to 230. I am at 234. So far from thin, but so much better than I was. I have lost a lot of inches as well. At least 3.5 on my waist and on my hips.
Once this week is over I plan to continue with working out. I don't think I'm going to be as rigid in how I eat. The reason for that is its so time consuming. I feel like I am always planning meals or making meals and I'm not complaining but I love to be creative in how I cook. That is really hard to do when I have such a small group of food to work with. Now I'm not going to go back to eating like I was either. I'm going to pretty much stick to the plan I'm on now during the week. Maybe allow myself to use a little cheese now and than or some grain etc... Just not make it a daily thing. Instead of only allowing myself to eat what i'm not allow during the week on saturday, I'm going to make the weekend free eating. However again I'm not going to go over board. Right now I feel Like I have to try to eat everything I have been craving all week on one day. I think I'm going to be less likely to scarf down so much on saturday if I know hey I would like some ice cream but you know I had grilled cheese and mac n cheese today so I'll wait and have the ice cream tomorrow. Something like that anyway.
I plan to continue to work out 2 or more times I week. I'm leaving my goal of 2 times a week because my medical issues are still the same and I still see no reason to set myself up to fail. That is why this is all working for me. I'm not allowing myself unrealistic goals in any way. Even though I'm excited that I can see that I'm thinner I'm not going to lose sight of why I'm doing this. I'm doing this to be healthier, the thinner is a bonus. Wearing cloths I have not worn in years is a bonus.
I'm down 17.5 lbs. so If I can at least lose 2.5lbs this week. That will mean I'm down 20 lbs. And you know Trever is down like 21 or 22 lbs.. I'm so happy for him..
I'm pretty sure I'm rambling because I'm tired as hell but my fibro is keeping me from sleeping. That is why I'm tying right now. Keeping busy keeps me from thinking about the pain.
Another thing I would like to share is I'm not selling a makeup and products from a company called Younique. If you want to check out the party I have started right now here is the link https://www.youniqueproducts.com/WendyDinayaNeedham/account/myparties
the makeup is made with a natural base. I have only been a presenter for less than 24 hours and have already had sales. I'm also excited about that. Now I have a way to try to bring in some money for the wedding besides just the dolls.
now I have that and my dolls on etsy as well. here is the link for that https://www.etsy.com/your/shops/BeautifullyArtistic I will be adding at least one new doll this week.
Hey If I'm not willing to put my stuff out there and sell it, and sell myself so to speak, no one else will either. Its all about funding the wedding, and hopefully funding a honeymoon. I didn't get one my last marriage and that is okay, but I really think Trever and I need one. We have such an amazing time together that I look forward to that more than the wedding..
Well on to other things.. I know so many people this year who are doing things to become healthy. Its almost like becoming healthy has become the new fade. I'm sure I'm just noticing it because I'm doing it.. Or it could be like every other year and people tend to do that because of the new year and it will fall away by May. Not for me though.. It needs to be part of my life because I want it to be.
And If I can do it.. damn so can anyone else. No kidding.
I had an entire week of not being able to work out because my hips were just not allowing for it. Than I got shots in my hips. So last week I was able to work out again. It wasn't easy I'm still struggling with a Fibro flare up. That means little sleep, nerves messing with me and just tired tired tired.
I was able to lose 2 lbs thought even on the week I couldn't work out. This past week with working out 3 times. I was able to lose 4lbs. 4lbs is really really good. I can't believe it. I don't expect it to happen but if I could lose another 4 lbs this week that will be me at my first goal.
The 10 week body change challenge that I was doing is on its last week. My goal was to get down to 230. I am at 234. So far from thin, but so much better than I was. I have lost a lot of inches as well. At least 3.5 on my waist and on my hips.
Once this week is over I plan to continue with working out. I don't think I'm going to be as rigid in how I eat. The reason for that is its so time consuming. I feel like I am always planning meals or making meals and I'm not complaining but I love to be creative in how I cook. That is really hard to do when I have such a small group of food to work with. Now I'm not going to go back to eating like I was either. I'm going to pretty much stick to the plan I'm on now during the week. Maybe allow myself to use a little cheese now and than or some grain etc... Just not make it a daily thing. Instead of only allowing myself to eat what i'm not allow during the week on saturday, I'm going to make the weekend free eating. However again I'm not going to go over board. Right now I feel Like I have to try to eat everything I have been craving all week on one day. I think I'm going to be less likely to scarf down so much on saturday if I know hey I would like some ice cream but you know I had grilled cheese and mac n cheese today so I'll wait and have the ice cream tomorrow. Something like that anyway.
I plan to continue to work out 2 or more times I week. I'm leaving my goal of 2 times a week because my medical issues are still the same and I still see no reason to set myself up to fail. That is why this is all working for me. I'm not allowing myself unrealistic goals in any way. Even though I'm excited that I can see that I'm thinner I'm not going to lose sight of why I'm doing this. I'm doing this to be healthier, the thinner is a bonus. Wearing cloths I have not worn in years is a bonus.
I'm down 17.5 lbs. so If I can at least lose 2.5lbs this week. That will mean I'm down 20 lbs. And you know Trever is down like 21 or 22 lbs.. I'm so happy for him..
I'm pretty sure I'm rambling because I'm tired as hell but my fibro is keeping me from sleeping. That is why I'm tying right now. Keeping busy keeps me from thinking about the pain.
Another thing I would like to share is I'm not selling a makeup and products from a company called Younique. If you want to check out the party I have started right now here is the link https://www.youniqueproducts.com/WendyDinayaNeedham/account/myparties
the makeup is made with a natural base. I have only been a presenter for less than 24 hours and have already had sales. I'm also excited about that. Now I have a way to try to bring in some money for the wedding besides just the dolls.
now I have that and my dolls on etsy as well. here is the link for that https://www.etsy.com/your/shops/BeautifullyArtistic I will be adding at least one new doll this week.
Hey If I'm not willing to put my stuff out there and sell it, and sell myself so to speak, no one else will either. Its all about funding the wedding, and hopefully funding a honeymoon. I didn't get one my last marriage and that is okay, but I really think Trever and I need one. We have such an amazing time together that I look forward to that more than the wedding..
Well on to other things.. I know so many people this year who are doing things to become healthy. Its almost like becoming healthy has become the new fade. I'm sure I'm just noticing it because I'm doing it.. Or it could be like every other year and people tend to do that because of the new year and it will fall away by May. Not for me though.. It needs to be part of my life because I want it to be.
And If I can do it.. damn so can anyone else. No kidding.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Can't keep me down. I love myself to much to stop now.
So far my healthy eating and working out has been going fairly well. Its been 7 weeks. I'm in week 8.
I'm down 11.5 lbs which doesn't seem like a lot but for me its more about how I feel and how things fit me. I'm down 3.5 inches on my hips and 3 inches around my waist. I would call that a success.
I have this week than two more weeks left of doing things the way I am. No sugar, no grains and no dairy. Saturday is my load day so I can have what I want. Now I have had a couple of people call my saturday my cheat day. Its not my cheat day and this is why.
Its important to maintain a healthy attitude and frame of mind when you are trying to make changes to your life. I was addicted to basically Carbs. Sugar is something else. And I still crave it on a daily basis. If I didn't allow myself to have what I was craving at all I would fail. I am taking so much out of my weekly eating plan that I need that one day to put it back, to allow myself to load up on things I don't allow myself to the other 6 days a week.
Notice that the key here is that "I" allow myself or don't allow myself things. I have total control over what passed my lips.
Its been a journey to say the least. One the first week it was so hard I didn't think there was any way I would be able to do this for 10 weeks. Here we are at the start of week 8 and I crave sugar on a much less reg basis. Its much easier to work out because I want to work out. I took the time to find a workout that worked well for me and didn't push myself into the one that came with the program I'm doing. There was no way I could physically do that work out. But rather than give up I made something work for me.
I found that the first couple of saturdays I ate way to much and felt sick on sunday. However I don't have that now because I crave less on those saturdays. I don't feel the need to eat all I can because I know that the food will still be there the following saturday. If you said something to me (in fact someone did) a couple months ago about giving up sugar I would have and did say hell no. But , here I am and feeling and looking better because of it.
I don't really find that I crave any one food all the time. From time to time I think Oh this sounds good. I don't miss pasta as much as I thought I would. And on Saturday I had a tiny bit of mash potatoes and Mac n cheese and found that was plenty to make me feel good. I have learned that I'm dairy sensitive. meaning if I take in to much dairy I get sick. So now I know that was part of my issue in the past.
The same with to much grains. I am no allergic to any of this just my body has a hard time processing it. I have IBS and was having flair ups from that on a reg basis and since we started this plan I have had little issue with my IBS. Its not gone, but it doesn't flair up like it did before.
My biggest obstacle in this whole thing. WORKING OUT. Not because I don't want to, not because I find it to hard to push myself to do so. Its the biggest obstacle because my body isn't allowing me to continue to do so at the moment. After 7 weeks of 2 to 4 (more often 4) work outs a week it has taken its toll on my bursitis in my hips. The pain from that has gotten to bad that I'm barely sleeping at night which is mentally effecting how I think etc. Its making my fibro flair up even more. Lack of sleep when you have Fibro is not a good thing. It caused your fog to be worse and it increased the nerve pain you have. So I have had to take exercise off the table this week. It makes me really sad I will not lie. But I can't endure the pain that strong much longer when the sleep factor is messing with me as well. Thursday I'm getting shots in my hips. those shots can take up to 15 days to work, but they could always work in as few as 5 days. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed for the smaller days.
I have chose to not beat myself up because my weight lost and inch lose is going to obviously go down for the next week or two. Its out of my control and there is nothing I can do but the action I am doing. Those actions are refusing to give up on myself because of this and to get the shots to try to help combat some of the pain so I can once again work out.
Its an adventure to say the least and some days and emotional ride as well. But I know I got this. I want it. and as long as I want it it makes it much easier to ride the ride instead of jumping off the bucking bull.
If I had any advice for anyone who reads this and is thinking of making life choice changes no matter what they are it would be this. No one else can make things happen in your life. You can't sit around and wait for something to happen to make that change for you. The only think that makes change in your life is you. Stop fearing failure, stop fearing an outcome you can't see yet. Take action. Because just taking action will make you feel better about yourself because that very moment when you say to yourself I can do this it will flip a switch on in your brain that you turned off at some point and you can always see better with the lights on than in the dark.
I would also give the advice of doing it for you! you can't do it for anyone else. If your not willing and wanting to do it for you, you will not succeed. And if you can find a buddy to at least have to talk to about the stumbling blocks but even more important is someone to share the successes with. I have found it helps me to have fitness pal on my phone.. Not because I count calories, because in what I'm doing I don't need to do that, but because it allows me to see my progress and to connect to other people who have fitness pal. So if your on fitness pal look me up :)
Where will I go when my 10 week program is over? Well I am going to tweak a few things but my journey is not over just because the 10 week program is over. Getting healthy doesn't happen in 10 weeks. But that 10 weeks is what changed the way I see food and how i see myself. It was a great jump off point to what I see is a long term change in myself.
I'm down 11.5 lbs which doesn't seem like a lot but for me its more about how I feel and how things fit me. I'm down 3.5 inches on my hips and 3 inches around my waist. I would call that a success.
I have this week than two more weeks left of doing things the way I am. No sugar, no grains and no dairy. Saturday is my load day so I can have what I want. Now I have had a couple of people call my saturday my cheat day. Its not my cheat day and this is why.
Its important to maintain a healthy attitude and frame of mind when you are trying to make changes to your life. I was addicted to basically Carbs. Sugar is something else. And I still crave it on a daily basis. If I didn't allow myself to have what I was craving at all I would fail. I am taking so much out of my weekly eating plan that I need that one day to put it back, to allow myself to load up on things I don't allow myself to the other 6 days a week.
Notice that the key here is that "I" allow myself or don't allow myself things. I have total control over what passed my lips.
Its been a journey to say the least. One the first week it was so hard I didn't think there was any way I would be able to do this for 10 weeks. Here we are at the start of week 8 and I crave sugar on a much less reg basis. Its much easier to work out because I want to work out. I took the time to find a workout that worked well for me and didn't push myself into the one that came with the program I'm doing. There was no way I could physically do that work out. But rather than give up I made something work for me.
I found that the first couple of saturdays I ate way to much and felt sick on sunday. However I don't have that now because I crave less on those saturdays. I don't feel the need to eat all I can because I know that the food will still be there the following saturday. If you said something to me (in fact someone did) a couple months ago about giving up sugar I would have and did say hell no. But , here I am and feeling and looking better because of it.
I don't really find that I crave any one food all the time. From time to time I think Oh this sounds good. I don't miss pasta as much as I thought I would. And on Saturday I had a tiny bit of mash potatoes and Mac n cheese and found that was plenty to make me feel good. I have learned that I'm dairy sensitive. meaning if I take in to much dairy I get sick. So now I know that was part of my issue in the past.
The same with to much grains. I am no allergic to any of this just my body has a hard time processing it. I have IBS and was having flair ups from that on a reg basis and since we started this plan I have had little issue with my IBS. Its not gone, but it doesn't flair up like it did before.
My biggest obstacle in this whole thing. WORKING OUT. Not because I don't want to, not because I find it to hard to push myself to do so. Its the biggest obstacle because my body isn't allowing me to continue to do so at the moment. After 7 weeks of 2 to 4 (more often 4) work outs a week it has taken its toll on my bursitis in my hips. The pain from that has gotten to bad that I'm barely sleeping at night which is mentally effecting how I think etc. Its making my fibro flair up even more. Lack of sleep when you have Fibro is not a good thing. It caused your fog to be worse and it increased the nerve pain you have. So I have had to take exercise off the table this week. It makes me really sad I will not lie. But I can't endure the pain that strong much longer when the sleep factor is messing with me as well. Thursday I'm getting shots in my hips. those shots can take up to 15 days to work, but they could always work in as few as 5 days. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed for the smaller days.
I have chose to not beat myself up because my weight lost and inch lose is going to obviously go down for the next week or two. Its out of my control and there is nothing I can do but the action I am doing. Those actions are refusing to give up on myself because of this and to get the shots to try to help combat some of the pain so I can once again work out.
Its an adventure to say the least and some days and emotional ride as well. But I know I got this. I want it. and as long as I want it it makes it much easier to ride the ride instead of jumping off the bucking bull.
If I had any advice for anyone who reads this and is thinking of making life choice changes no matter what they are it would be this. No one else can make things happen in your life. You can't sit around and wait for something to happen to make that change for you. The only think that makes change in your life is you. Stop fearing failure, stop fearing an outcome you can't see yet. Take action. Because just taking action will make you feel better about yourself because that very moment when you say to yourself I can do this it will flip a switch on in your brain that you turned off at some point and you can always see better with the lights on than in the dark.
I would also give the advice of doing it for you! you can't do it for anyone else. If your not willing and wanting to do it for you, you will not succeed. And if you can find a buddy to at least have to talk to about the stumbling blocks but even more important is someone to share the successes with. I have found it helps me to have fitness pal on my phone.. Not because I count calories, because in what I'm doing I don't need to do that, but because it allows me to see my progress and to connect to other people who have fitness pal. So if your on fitness pal look me up :)
Where will I go when my 10 week program is over? Well I am going to tweak a few things but my journey is not over just because the 10 week program is over. Getting healthy doesn't happen in 10 weeks. But that 10 weeks is what changed the way I see food and how i see myself. It was a great jump off point to what I see is a long term change in myself.
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