Miss You!

This post is just to say that I have missed keeping up with you and your healthy goals and pursuits! Where have we all been? Lives are busy and there seems to be no time to exercise, plan or prepare for a better you. I have a goal and a mission to prove otherwise! Be on the look-out for upcoming tips and ideas on how to slim the hips, buns, and bellies and how to fit it into our daily, busy lives. If I can do it, we all can! Here's to the new feature on this blog: Fitness Fridays!

See you on Friday.

Loser turning into a Winner!

I know I have slacked off in writing this blog everyday, but it kinda stressed me out. When I get stressed out my world seems to go into hiatus mode! I eat badly and I tend to forget to exercise. Terrible excuse, I know, but I am back on track making my loser status transform into a winner's status. I was fortunate this summer to take a 2 week vacation visiting my family and friends. With much fun came a disruption in my schedule. Now that I am back home and getting ready for the 2009-2010 school year to begin I have more motivation to get back on a schedule. I decided that I needed a new workout plan. So I am waking up every morning and doing 30 minutes on my eliptical, doing 200 hundred sit-ups and 70 push-ups (both on the body ball) and then doing various toning exercises to complete my workout. I feel so fabulous after each morning that I know that my day was started right. I will continue this during the school year. Each week I plan to add 10 more minutes to my eliptical workout (until I hit an hour), 20 more sit-ups and 10 more push-ups. My nutrition is getting better, but I needed some how to track it. I am a huge fan of Jillian Michaels (Biggest Loser Trainer with no time for excuses), so I signed up with her online program. It was just what I was looking for. She gives me everything that I need. Now I just need to find the time to visit it every day. Here's to the new school year and hopefully a new me! The Quest to become physically fit is still in motion! Monica

Totally off track! Still Trekking though

Since I have been on vacation for the past couple of days, I haven't been totally on track for my fitness and weightloss goals. I am going to hit it hard on Monday, July 27. Las Vegas has been fun, but very draining on the mental state. Chasing after two kids has been exhausting. Fun and worth it though. Have a great rest of the week! Monica

For Your Reference pt. 2

Just wanted to let you know of a website I found that has great potential! Perhaps it will help in the nutrition department of your weight loss success.


Check out www.eatbetteramerica.com


Cheers!

Monica's Quest- Day ?

I kinda lost track of the days as we disconnected our internet to move across town. Now that I have regained my internet access, I will continue to write about my daily struggles to lose weight. I am still participating in my early morning fitness class and trying to eat right, but these things are just the tip of what I need to change in my life in order to see some real physical changes. Those include, but not limited too, are: how to relieve stress when I get it. I have had some hard stress lately and I know that this affects my body chemistry. I have found out that I am terrible at getting my body back to homeostasis (overall, internal balance of my body). I get really lazy and I eat emotionally. This doesn't help me at all in my quest to lose weight. The next thing is to add more physical activities to my day. What I mean is this: I work out hard for about an hour every morning, but the rest of the day is spent undoing what I just accomplished. I put my eliptical machine in my room, so this will help too! The last thing that I need to incorporate into this quest is a strength training program. I am thinking maybe 2-3 days a week to focus only on lifting weights. If I had more time and a husband that didn't leave every morning at 4:45, I would like to start running as well, but I am not brave enough to do it in the middle of the day where everyone can see my jiggles (ha ha)! Just know that I am still just as focused as losing the weight as I did when I started writing on this blog! Monica

Monica's Quest Day 15

One of my favorite quotes that I have referred to lately is one by Eleanor Roosevelt: "No one can make you feel inferior without your permission." I find that I am always worrying about how others percieve me. I get so wrapped up in that it totally dictates my life. I am working hard on controling my inner thoughts. You know what they say, if you think it then you will probably act on it. So, if I keep my thoughts positive and remember that I am a daughter of our Heavenly Father, he will bless me with successes for all my hardwork. I recently added an intense power circuits to my fitness club. I might have mentioned this, but it is such a great change of pace for my workout routine. Two favorite stations that I have are the ham/glute raise on the body ball and the mountain climbers. Sweaty fun for me! Love ya, Monica

Monica's Quest- Day 14

Well it has been two weeks since I started my quest to lose weight. Nothing spectacular has happened, I haven't dropped 20 pounds, and I am still struggling with what I shove in my mouth. I guess I have to look at the big picture and revisit my goals that I set for myself at the beginning of this quest. My 1st, and most important goal was to achieve lifetime fitness. The journey hasn't been easy and I don't think that it will be any easier for the next year. I guess I truly understand what enduring to the end means! I just have to accept that it will take longer (for me) and that I am becoming a better person through this experience. I didn't gain all this weight overnight, so I probably won't lose it that fast either! Thanks for all the support. Just reading my journals give me the boost of energy to keep on trekking! Monica