Music is my Therapy

This is happening!       I started yesterday (June 15th) and will go until July 14th with the "Squats Challenge" (picture #1) and until July 24th for the "Plank Challenge" (picture #2). The plank challenge is longer because I added "rest days" to it since they didn't have any included. I just put the same rest days that the "Squat Challenge" has.   I feel like this is very do-able for me and I'm excited!! 2 days down so far! I really want to complete this. I've never been very good at following through all the way on things like this but I am DETERMINED to do this! I wish I had started it earlier but I can't look behind, I must keep looking forward!   Wish me luck!

This is a lot harder than I thought it would be!     Eating healthy is SO HARD! And the only exercise I've been doing is taking my dog on walks. Granted, they are usually 30-60 minutes long. But still, I could do a little more. This is pretty much my logic when it comes to eating better.   This is how I feel (and basically what I do ) every time I try to eat healthy!   Monday and Tuesday I totally blew it!! Like BIG time! I ate and I was lazy and then I ate some MORE! I really like to eat. Obviously. And I'm addicted to things that require little to absolutely NO movement at all (i.e. sleep, reading, blogging, youtube-ing)   Wednesday I started a few aerobic type exercises along with my walks. 30 jumping jacks, 15 sit-ups, 30 side-touches, 1 minute of bicycle kicks, 10 girl push-ups, 30 squats and 10 lunges. I ate pretty well for the most part too.   Thursday was pretty much the same as Wednesday UNTIL t...

I WANT TO LOSE SOME WEIGHT AND FEEL GOOD ABOUT MYSELF FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE!!   I am so sick of feeling this way!! I feel like crap. I feel useless. I feel pathetic. ALL. OF. THE. TIME! I keep eating away my feelings so I keep gaining weight and then feeling worse and worse!! I'm constantly comparing myself to others and I get so discouraged about how I look and then I just EAT MORE!! This HAS to STOP!! I can't keep doing this to myself! I want to be HAPPY! Because right now, I'm most definitely NOT happy.   Sorry about the rant. It just needed to happen.   I'm not officially joining this Dietbet challenge but I am definitely planning on trying to accomplish the goal.     Here's the link to the Dietbet official page. http://www.dietbetter.com/games/50530     Even though I'm not putting money on this, I'm determined to do it! The goal is to lose 4% of your body weight by Thanksgiving. The challenge begins * Sunday, S...

I exercised today! I walked/jogged (mostly walked) on the treadmill for about 45 minutes! I was pretty exhausted by the time I was finished but I'm just proud that I actually DID something. My eating choices have been pretty decent too. For my pre-work out breakfast I had two poached eggs (they didn't turn out perfectly but much better than the last time I tried making them) with tomatoes and green peppers, a little bit of salt and pepper and hot sauce :) Then for my post-work out snack I had a strawberry-banana smoothie. 1 cup ice, 1 cup strawberries, one small banana, 1 cup almond milk and one container of Yoplait strawberry yogurt. It was pretty tasty! I ran my hardest and fastest to the amazing song "Fired Up" by the amazing Hanson Brothers! I love these boys a little too much. But their music is what keeps me going. When I'm so tired I want to just quit, their music is what gives me the strength to finish strong. I ran through the WHOLE song and I was ju...