week 3

Well I just finished week 3. Will be doing pics this week. I have LB DOMS all the time. (that has never happened)

I have been finding new things out about myself during this challenge


1) I wasn't working out to my full potential before (I know this because I have NEVER had DOMS like I do now)

2) I really do love oats & egg whites

3) freedays are not as much fun as I remembered them being

4) I have made a lifestyle change

5) I NEVER want to eat like I used to

6) I start my day off in a positive way everyday by reading Joel Osteens daily devotion from "Your best life begins each morning"

7) I CAN get up at 4:30 AM to do a workout before going to work




So many people have touched my life during this 2 year BFL journey. I could NEVER thank them enough....BUT....IF you happen to stumble onto my blog/diary please know I THANK YOU for all you have done for me!

Two weeks into my challenge now. I totally love the BFL style. Last week was bad for me. I don't know if it was from the time change or the full moon but I was MISERABLE! I missed 1 workout & eating was not spot on, not awful but not great either.

So glad that this is a new week with a new attitude. I feel like I am back in the game this week. Just finished a very intense UBWO & getting ready to eat.

I read my Joel Osteen Morning devotional yesterday & it just felt like he was speaking to me face to face. It was weird cuz he was saying the things I was feeling like being unworhty & all. Well after I finished reading it I realized I was on March 20th NOT March 15th! MISTAKE???? I doubt it, there are NO mistakes!

Going to try to blog my challenge a week at a time just so I can see where my attitude goes.

BFL New Challenge

WOW....you don't realize how much you miss something till it is gone! I have been away from the BFL lifestyle since last September.

I started a challenge on March 1st. I feel like I have learned so much during the past 2 years.

I look back to past challenges & when I look at the weights I was lifting well that would explain why I didn't get the results I wanted.

I now am lifting to the MAX! Cheating is not even thought about at all!!!! THAT is a first!

I want this so badly. I KNOW I can get through this & will see some major transforming!

I looked back at all my BFL challenges & every week there was a change. May not have been much BUT there was a change! I went the past 9 weeks without any change at all just lots of depression from working out for almost 2 hours a day! I guess that is OK for people who have 2 hours to kill a day BUT I do not. I don't even have time to watch TV or read a book. My days are FULL! I honestly STEAL 3 hours a week to watch my 3 favorite shows. But to even think of seeing them I have to run in the house after work & hit my workout & DH must make the dinner or I miss that tiny bit of relaxing time!

Michelle & I started this challenge together as we both were feeling kinda down on ourselves & wanted to stop this insanity. It really helps to know that your friends are not there only to push you BUT to grab your hand & pull you along if you are feeling weak!

HUGE thank you to all that I call my friend!

Body For Life

I am 10 days from starting my 2nd Official BFL challenge. I feel I have learned so many things from so many people that I NOW have the knowledge to do a challenge & feel good.

I started BFL March 25th 2007. My eating was HORRIBLE, exercise consisted of getting out of bed. I feel I am becoming obsessed with fitness which is a good feeling.

I actually crave healthy food now.....who would have ever thought that would happen!

I am going to start & finish this challenge like so many others have......SUCCESSFULLY!

I will be rereading the book over the next 10 days & putting my workouts & eating together

March 1st will be the first day of the rest of my life

LOSING CRAVINGS

I can not believe how much my life has changed in the past year. NEVER did I think I would not crave pasta or mashed potatoes & gravy or fried potatoes with onion......WELLLLLL...... I have broken that chain! My entire life I have eaten pasta or some type of potato with EVERY dinner! Spaghetti was ALWAYS my ultimate fav food! NOW.....yuck! It sits like lead in my stomach. Even the whole wheat pasta does not do well in my belly.

I have not missed a single workout since December 11th! AGAIN....I used to come up with an excuse why I couldn't get a workout in. NOW I might complain about it BUT I do it!

I have had a FEW slip ups with food but that is even getting WAAAAAYYYYY better.

I want to find that inner person so badly! I look up to so many people. When I think I can't do it anymore I think of those people & I find the strength to push forward! THANKS!!!!

I sometimes wonder how quick my transformation would be if I were still in my 30's rather than knocking on the door of 50? OR........if I had my thyroid & it was working proper?????

I will never have the answer to those ?????

2009 WILL be my transformation year!!!!!

Feb. 4th

WOW I feel like I am sooooo alive today! Funny how pushing yourself actually makes you feel so much better!

I have been working on preparing food for several days & that has soooo helped with my progress lately!

I LOVE this feeling!

Coming to terms with myself

I was sitting here trying to remember what I used to do in the evening.......then it hit me....NOTHING! ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! Unless you want to talk about the CRAP food I poisoned my body with every single night while I sat around doing nothing.

I used to think heavy people that were happy were so lucky because they wouldn't get all depressed about people looking at them funny.....NOW...... I actually feel sorry for them because their quality of life is not very good. They can't keep up with their children or grandchildren.

I am & will be forever thankful to Bill Phillips for the knowledge he shared with me & so many others. Tony for helping me create the person I have been hiding for so many years & all the wonderful people that have inspired me along the way....YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!

Although I know I will have days that I cave in to temptation, I know how to make amends for doing so. I am human. I WILL fall down BUT that does not make me a bad person......it simply makes me HUMAN!

If I really want something I will think about it before I go get it. If after thinking about it I still want it then I will have it but I will not eat something out of impulse!

Why did I wait so long to start living?