journito170

Hey buddies,

I read MJ’s blog that said something about the idea of being relentless about your weight loss. I love that idea….its a fighting and empowering word…if you want it…you have to “be relentless” don’t give up….you will succeed. I like it.

Right now, there are 85 days until the end of the year and I have been fighting all year to reach my goal of 170. Will I make it? I am determined and I will. That is why I named this blog journito170. I am going to fight til the end…and when I’m relentless I can achieve anything I set my mind and goals towards.

What choice are you going to make today to be relentless?

 Journi

Today I made a decision. My girlfriend and I have been talking a lot about “The Secret” and really trying to apply its philosophy to our life as we have both done in the past and saw results. Well as a result I decided that I am no longer obsessing about what the scales says. Not one more day.  I decided that I am going to put my energy out there for what I want from the universe and no longer focus on how its going to happen. Just doing what I need to do to get to my goal. I am going to enjoy my workouts, track my progress, and watch the pounds melt off me the healthy way. Its not mentally healthy for me to obsess about my weight no more than it is healthy to obsess about any other area of my life and the more I think about how I am stuck at this plateau, the more my body will stay here.

I am going to up my cardio this week and really focus on making the best, most healthy eating choices and just enjoy my life. I can imagine already how free it going to feel to let go of all the anxiety about not reaching my goal for 2009 and just get there.  I have 3 more months to the year and I am going to make them count. Watch me shine buddies and I know you will do the same! 2009 is almost over….let’s give it all we’ve got!

Peace and Prosperity,

Journi

I don’t understand! I am 7-9 pounds from my mini-goal that I have been fluctuating between for the past 3 weeks! I don’t understand why I can’t get over this hump. Buddyslimmers….why won’t the scale move? I am so sick of trying to trouble shoot and figure out what is wrong and why it won’t move. I am soooooo close! I have been trying to get here since November 2008 and I can almost smell victory! Why can’t I get there?  Even if I just make it to the mini-goal this year….it will be such a huge huge emotional release. I am really trying hard. I have been all year and I haven’t given up. That is the first for me….not giving up.  I am also trying to keep some momentum…ugh. Any advice? Anyone?

Hey everyone,

So today I finally decided to shake up my routine a bit. I have been doing about 2-3 miles on the treadmill for 30mins and 30mins of cardio and on non-strength training days, an hour of cardio since November. Well today I decided to do a few tough intervals on the treadmill and WOW! I feel more alive in my workout routine than I have for a long time! I really really enjoyed doing them. I know that I am going to incorporate them into my strength training workout days (little cardio blasts) between sets. When I talked to the trainer at my gym she said this would be a great way to get the heart rate going and burn more during the workouts! I am going to try it and see if that will shake things up!

What about you all? Do you do cardio blasts on days you do your weights?

Have a great day ladies and gents!

Journi

Hey Buddies,

My girlfriend’s friends were in town over the weekend and let me tell you, we were eating up a storm. Pizza, ice cream, apple pie, rice and beans, shrimp, mofongo, alcohol, chips and salsa, you name it; we ate it! I expected to see at least a three pound gain! But guess what? I only gain .06 ounces! Wow I was really surprised when I stepped on the scale this morning after I worked out…

Pleasantly surprised to be out of the double digits and staying there….So this week I have to get back on track and make sure that I am doing what I need to stay on the track to weight loss….I actually felt really good and I really think that I will succeed this time because I am allowing myself a day or two to eat what I want as long as I workout and the rest of the week I stay on track…you have to live a little and let yourself have those little treats every now and then, its just a matter of not indulging and being a glutton! Its all about balance!

Well I hope that you all had great labor days and you are back on track and making it happen!

Peace and Positivity,

Journi

Hey Buddies,

I am so happy, I am now at 208 and officially 8 pounds from my mini goal! I am so happy! I have been consistent and working hard and FINALLY I am seeing the work pay off! Plus I got a Green Star today! Not to mention the fact that I got my period yesterday so I am 100% certain I have some water weight which means that I may be even smaller than what the scale currently says! That feels good! there is no turning back for me! Never again will I be where I was. Never again will I look in the mirror and WISH I looked another way. I am taking destiny in my hands people….and I am finally becoming the person I knew I could be!

 Have fun this labor day everyone….enjoy yourself and try to stay on track. If you fall, pick yourself right back up again and work it!

Peace & Positivity,

Journi

Hey Buddies,

So I am 9 pounds from mini goal! Is it possible to make it? I don’t know why…but I have been bigger for my adult life and the possibility that I can actually achieve this goal is so scary to me….I am fighting through not to self-sabotage. This is usually the time when I do…But I think I want it more than I ever have before which is why I am going to push through it.

I have been mentally comfortable with being this size, mentally confortable with wishing I looked differently, mentally comfortable with failing….when I reach my goal…my entire mind-set will have to change. The way I feel about me  and what I can achieve will have to change…the way I look at my whole life will. But I will do it, I know I can….I just have to stick to it….I pray I  can…I know I will. I will work through being scared. Thank you buddies for always being a source of support and encouragment for me!

 Peace & Love,

Journi

Hey Buddies,

So I got on the scale today and BAM!!!!!!!! I lost 2 pounds this week! What what!!! I am so happy right now….Its the little victories you know? I am down 24 pounds and 9 poumds from the mini-goal I have been trying to reach since NOVEMBER 2008! I mean honestly. Hitting the mini-goal will feel like I just hit my ultimate goal for real! I am READY to be the Me I always knew I could be!

 I am soooooo happy I did not quit! Even though there were a few set backs here and there…I didn’t quit and I won’t! Everyday I get closer and closer to wearing those jeans in a 32! I swear I am going to cry when I put them on! I put on a jacket today that I have not worn in a while and it was big on me….that always feels good! LOL

I got some great advice from Becky (it was really for another friend of mine) and I am going to try it! Also, I have vowed to take a month off from eating hot sauce! Now for real, hot sauce is my weakness. I love it! I put it on everything….BUT, its also packed with sodium and I know that it is part of the reason why I have not been losing weight consistently you know? I drink 100 oz of water a day, but I still feel bloated and it occured to me….STOP EATING THE HOT SAUCE! Lord, it so crazy the things that do not occur to us you know?

So from now until September 27th I will live my life without my spicy BFF. But I will still use cayenne pepper ;-)  its good for boosting the metabolism along with a host of other health benefits….I can’t live without my spices! Wish me luck!

 Peace & Love!  Have a great weekend!

Journi

Hey Buddies,

I really kicked some butt today….everyday that I work out, I give myself a little star on my calendar (a little trick I learned from another Buddy) and if I work out hard and really push I give myself a red star!  Well I know it may sound silly but after a whole month of not working out…I am EXCITED I got my red star! Even if I am going to be crazy sore tomorrow that’s ok.

I also bought a pair of size 32 jeans from Good Society. I think that this will help me with my visualization. I look at them and try to picture myself in them because I don’t want my money to go to waste! I know that these may be silly to some but they are the tools that are helping me to stay strong in my journey! Yay!

I hope everyone has great food and exercise habits this week! xoxoxoxo

Journi

Hey Buddies,

I know I posted last night, but I really wanted to get something off my chest! So as you know. I have been on this journey to weight loss my whole life but as a serious “This is it” attempt since November 2008. Yes I have had a set back here and there, but for when all is said and done, I haven’t quit…I am still going. There are tools that I have in place now that I did not have before such as: A new outlook on my life and what I can achieve, a new appreciation for exercise, an understanding of what it takes for lasting weight loss, and the support of my buddies. So its different this time. I am different this time and I will succeed! I know I will!

I have a friend (she isn’t a close friend) whose opinion really matters to me because I think highly of her. But when I was talking to her about my weight loss and my working out and whatnot she said to me

“we are big women… we will never be skinny…unless we starve.. this is the way we are built… AND… with that we can work to be the best that we can be.. I dont mind being bigger as long as i am in great shape”

Now I understand what she was trying to, not allow me to set unrealistic goals for myself. However, I am not a big woman naturally. I am NOT suppose to be this size so I will be damned if I stay in this fat suit just because someone tells me that I have to accept that! If you look at my hands, ankles, wrist, and feet they will all tell you that I was not naturally shaped to be the size that I am. And honestly her words kinda left me feeling like “Damn am I being unrealistic?” But when I look at other BS members like Loni and Dagny…that have lost HUGE amounts of weight, I know that I can too! Not to mention, I don’t think that 160 is an unrealistic goal for someone that is 5′6″ tall. I am not aspiring to be 120 but I definitely dont want to be categorized as OBESE not one minute longer.

I am celebrating my progress….and I will continue to celebrate every small victory on this journey. Ladies….look at how far you’ve all come! Even if its a pound at a time…that is one pound less that you have to work off….one pound gone that moves you closer to your goals. You have to remember….its not the destination, its the journey!  So celebrate yourself and don’t let ANYONE tell you you can’t reach for the stars and pull one down for yourself! Hugs!

Peace & Positivity,

Journi