2012 Goals & Challenges

New year and you could say I've dropped off a bit, but I'd like to think of it as cooling off. Working out 5-6 days a week can be a bit taxing on the body. Mentally I no longer desired putting my body through the motions. However I guess I feel up to it again as I started Lindsay's 60Day Slimdown System again. I really didn't want to (if I'm telling the truth) but this is not about me. I started a group by the same name on facebook to motivate moms/women to lose 30lbs or more. I have 70lbs to lose this year and I really think it can get done. A group member mentioned a similar goal and my support mode kicked in. Before I knew what I was typing I agreed to join her, support her. By doing so I've gained a workout buddy who will support me as well. Win-Win-Win right?

I completed yesterdays workout at 11:30pm and got up at 7am this morning for day2. This is not the pattern I want to set this early on but it was important to me to do this together. I'm excited to see my body change even more but in learning more about myself no longer desire to be bone skinny. I may have never vocalized that anywhere but it has been a twisted dream since I was bone skinny and didn't even realize it. Last year all you heard was Strong is the new Sexy, well this year I'm bringing Sexy back with strength :)

I won't be posting everyday, that only complicates and frustrates the process. I wonder if I should post ever 10days with stats, we'll see. I'm also not done with the 100WinterChallenge. I have 67miles to get in by Feb.29th, not impossible but it won't be easy either.

♥Christy,
HappilyEverAfter

HEA 2011 in Review

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ooking at the year 2011...

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July              August               September          October              November             December

July 28th I started Lindsay Brin's 60Day SlimDown the challenge that kick started everything and had me really serious about getting my BeforeBabyBody back. I was 30 years old with 4 kids my youngest 9months at 5'6" weighing 218lbs.


                          30 days later I had some pretty exciting results for my half way point. I really did a poor job following the challenge to a tee but still got some beneficial results.


                                                    I started to slack a bit and took off a few weeks in Sept. My excuse was I couldn't get out of the house to run because the kids weren't yet used to mommy "working out" they'd fuss and wake up daddy while I was out. Getting up early on time before the kids woke up was super hard for me and our dog was not a joy to walk around the neighborhood. I'd have a sore forearm from the pull of the leash.
                                                                             October 31st was a sad sad day for me. I learned a lot about my sugar addiction. I had gotten such good advice from the ladies in Lindsay's fb group but didn't heed and totally sabatoged all my success. I was well on my way to reaching 209 or lower and gained 3lbs instead. So my 90 day stats got tossed. From 211 to 213, then 215 and I've been working on getting back down ever since. It was so much harder losing 3lbs you've already lost. I was down for a while about that.
                                                                                                         Fed up with the numbers haunting me I told my husband to hide my scale. I didn't even notice for the first few days but when I did it drove me crazy. You see I hadn't owned a scale for almost 10years. I grew up in a very weight conscious home and looking at numbers that don't change whether you're exercising/eating right or not. It got insane.
                                                                                                                                  I'm not totally against weighing myself. I'll sneak one in at someone elses house once a month or when I think about. Just recently I  got to 211. Is my attitude grateful? Sort of, I still feel like I should have been here months ago and could've been even lower by now. That's really not going to get me to HEA is it? I could go back even further and not have let myself get in this mess too. That's not reality, that's not where I am. I'm here now and this is what I'm working with.

This year is all about new philosophies, new plans, and new challenges. I can't wait to put 2012 in review and watch in pics and videos my body transform and more importantly myself become HEA each day.

♥Christy,
HappilyEverAfter