Been in Ireland

Okay so no excuse for not blogging,
But been on vacation in Ireland!
Surprisingly vegetarian friendly!
Lots of vegan or vegetarian soups and dishes,
So was able to stay on plan easily, except....
For the occasional Guiness, of course!

I´ll get back to blogging regularly in a few days.

Exercise was no problem, you learn to walk very fast in Dublin,
And we walked or hiked at least 5 miles every day!
(My husband has a  pedometer on his phone that tracked us)
Think I actually lost a few pounds!!

Had the time of our lives here!
Can´t wait to come back!
To see more of our trip, visit our new blog at
irishmaybs.blogspot.ie

Dreaming Big...Uh.. I Mean Great!

Let's keep the words Big and Large to a minimum......
Everybody has dreams.
I know I have a lot of them.
But until recently, I never thought many of my dreams would ever come true.
Like getting fit and controlling my asthma.
Or wearing a smaller size!!
But I've come to the realization that if you don't believe in your dreams
They're just thoughts.
Believing........sounds all new agey, but it works.

Three years ago, my husband and I said we wanted to take the trip of a lifetime.
We wanted to go to Ireland.
We had no idea how we could pull that off,
But we said it and we believed we could make it happen somehow.

A few months later someone came into our life and showed us how to do a home based business.
That business, that I work on once a week, paid for our trip and we leave in two weeks!!

So applying this theory to my weight release journey would be seemingly easy, right?
But I have so many paradigms to get over it's harder than just saying I believe. It takes practice to squelch the mean things I say to myself.
Oh voices in my head,
SHUT UP!!!!

I DO BELIEVE! I DO!!

Slip Sliding Away...

More like backsliding away!
It's been 15 days since my last post.
I've been taking a little break.

After going at it hard and heavy,
I felt like taking it easy for awhile.

Very BAD idea!!!

While I haven't put on any weight,
I can sure feel the difference in my energy, my body, but...
Especially my
ATTITUDE!!!!!

It's amazing how much a little exercise can change your attitude.
Who knew?

So back on schedule this morning and looking forward to the next chapter in my journey.

Here goes nothing!

Progress Day!

Size 12 Vera Wang skirt
Yeah, that's right!
Booya!!!!!

So while I didn't get as far as I wanted..
I did keep my accountability agreement.
Which was 2 dress sizes in 90 days.

Yea!!
I get to keep my Nikon!
Thank goodness. Phew!

Am I done yet?
Not by a long shot.

My next 90 days is to get some inches off my middle!
Haven't decided yet how many,
Just going to take some time to breath.

But the next 90 days brings me to November 18th, almost a full year to when I started this blog.
Wow.
This has been no short cut, no crash diet, no miracle pill.
It's been hard work and sometimes some back slides.
But I have learned a lot and changed a lot.
Can't wait to see where the next 90 days takes me.

When Things Aren't Adding Up In Your Life........

Start Subtracting!

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What a great concept.

Once I started subtracting instead of adding.

Things just started uh.. um...

                                      Adding up!

                                     Okay  a little crazy sounding but it's true.

I looked at my portions and apparently...

I needed to subtract.

I thought I was doing so much right!

But I was adding to much.

I was thinking that because I was working out,

Eating on Plan, etc,

That things should add up.

But thy weren't.!!!!!

So I subtracted.

And I think it's working!

Progress pictures will prove it on August 20th!!!

Oh lord, I hope I'm right!

No Magic Pill.....Darn!!!!

Where is that magic pill all the commercials talk about?
Because I can't find it..
If I had all the money back I've spent on miracle weight loss gimmicks.............
You know the rest.

This changing your life thing is hard!
It's so easy to fall into old habits...
They're like a warm comfy blanket.


But if I really want things to change,
Well..
Then things have to change.

I'm actually on track lately,
But for some reason
Instead of getting easier,
It's getting harder.

Why is this so hard?

What's that about?

Eating on plan,
Working out on plan,
Two weeks until my progress picture!
OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm Giving Her All She's Got Capt'n!

But am I?
Really?

One of the trainers at the gym asked a friend of mine, "If your giving it 100%, why do you think it's taking so long to get to your goal?"
Wow!
At first I was pissed off, and insulted for her.

But then I asked myself the same question.
Am I lying to myself that I'm doing everything in my power to make this happen?
Why is it taking so long?

So I re-examined not just my exercising, because I do well at that, but...
and it's a big but,
my food intake.

I discovered that I was miscalculating how much I was putting in my body.
After all,
just because you work out doesn't mean you can eat more.
Not if your trying to Release weight.

Damn.
You would be surprised how little food I should be eating in comparison to what I have been eating.  While I'm eating healthy and on plan, my portions have been way off!
Double Damn and Damn again.

Well, knowledge is power?
Right?
Moving on.