Find Joy in Your Journey

Hey, Hey! It's been a couple weeks since I was last able to post. My 2 year old (Josiah) had his tonsils and adenoids removed, and it wasn't a quick recovery. This week my husband helped me with my topic "Find Joy in Your Journey".

First I want to quick say I'm down 14 Lbs! Sitting at about 222lbs (it fluctuates)  Which leads me to a great point. Don't get worried if you are doing work, and weigh more than you think you should. Stay consistent in your eating and working out... you'll see the changes come as long as you're being obedient!

FIND JOY IN YOUR JOURNEY.... FIND JOY IN YOUR JOURNEY....

Now say... I WILL FIND JOY IN MY JOURNEY! say it again!

Okay!!! Now that you've told yourself you'll find joy in your journey... your chances are higher that you wont become a statistic and stop your New Years resolution! Yes it's true! The average date most people stop their workout/eating right regimen is by the 18th of February... I think it's because of all the chocolate on Valentines day! Whatever the reason don't become the statistic!

Find JOY in your Journey! It's like this; you need to retrain your mind! On January 1st you say to yourself I want to lose weight. By the 6th week you've only seen 5-10 lbs come off and for the last week nothing more... Mid February comes around and you become discouraged because you dislike this disciplined lifestyle and want immediate changes.

There are 2 parts here...

1) You're not going to get results immediately. Everyone that begins a work out regimen will see a change of 5-10 lbs right away (Some times more, and of course maybe less everyone's different), but once they get to the stand still after a handful of weeks they get lost and discouraged. DON'T lie to yourself! You're still doing great... don't think now think in a years time! I have said this in all my posts.. STOP THINKING NOW... think in the future! When you made your resolution you said THIS YEAR I want to lose ____ lbs. You didn't say this month.. or these next 6 weeks... You said THIS YEAR. Stop expecting immediate results. I'm preaching to myself by the way! I am just as guilty of this as anyone else.

2) MOST IMPORTANTLY: Find joy joy joy in your journey!!!  Your joy isn't the lbs coming off (although the ultimate goal) it's not the JOY. The Joy should be every day, making wise decisions. Finding YUMMY meals that are good for you (and sharing them with me ;-)... Shopping and looking in your cart seeing all healthy, and seeing someone elses and saying that's not me anymore.... entering the gym and knowing what you can become.... the compliments... the energy.... the motivation to play with your kids if you have them... The fun dances in zumba (yes men can do it too)... the shopping for smaller sizes.... This is a JOURNEY it's not a fast process....Just think, for me it took 6 years to get this big (I was a size 6 in the Air Force in 07') I'm not going to lose this weight in 6 weeks it could very well take me 2+ years to get that small again.

So in the end of reading this I hope you learned 2 things. Don't expect immediate results, and find joy in this new journey of yours.

TIP: If you desire chocolate for Valentines day choose a Dark Chocolate not a milk chocolate!

                               January 1st, 2014                                         February 10th, 2014

I know it's not a HUGE change, but that's what I'm telling you! Don't expect HUGE changes immediately :-)