I haven’t blogged in a while and I’m going to change direction a little bit. While I will still include information on skin care and healthy living, I’m going to start including details of my personal journey.
On February 28th, 2010, I decided that it was time to do something with my weight and my health. I was feeling the pinch of my pants as they were getting tighter and I refused to go up another size. My company, Arbonne, provides us with training podcasts weekly. This particular week, I listened to a podcast on our weight loss program. It was enough to motivate me to really start changing my lifestyle.
The one thing that I learned that is the most important thing: there must be 3 things in place to truly lose weight and change your lifestyle. First, you must commit; without a commitment, there is nothing to hold yourself to. You must truly commit yourself to your program. Second, you must Exercise. While I would love to be able to exercise every day, I just cannot work it into my schedule. My goal is to exercise 3 times a week, but I try to get 4 in per week. And last, but certainly not least, you must change your diet.The commitment was certainly the easiest – I wrote down my goals, sent them to my girlfriend, and made a decision that I was going to do this! Another girlfriend also suggested that I download the Lose It! Free app on my iPhone – thank you so much Kris! It is my favorite thing! It allows me to enter my goals and track calories throughout the day. It even has calorie listing for most restaurants! It’s fantastic!
Exercise, while not super easy, was not too tough. After being in the Army for 10 years, I know how to run. I like to run. BUT, I was still way out of shape. So I found this fantastic podcast: Robert Ulrey’s “Couch to 5k.” It is so great! It is set on a weekly schedule and he actually tells you when to walk and run and plays music for you! So you don’t have to watch the clock, you don’t have to write your intervals down on a 3x5 card and re-write it every week because you left it in your smelly gym bag last week and all of the pen has smeared off. I love it and it worked for me! Plus, it moticated me to do my 3 runs per week. I wanted to get to the next week – and I’m running a 5k April 17th! Thanks Robert! My next goal is to do a 10k this summer. http://www.ullreys.com/robert/Podcasts/
Finally, my diet. Whew. This was going to be my hardest feat. I figured that since I’m an Arbonne consultant, I should be able to represent my company by using my products. Here’s a little secret about me – I don’t like to take pills of any kind! So, even vitamins and supplements are hard for me. But I made my decision, so I was sticking to it! I started by following the general guidance and sample meal plan we have on www.gofigure8.com. I do take the Going, Going, Gone! Supplements and I can tell you, I wouldn’t trade them for anything! They truly help with both energy and appetite. I feel fuller faster, I can’t eat nearly as much, even when I occasionally forget to take them, I’ve cut back so much on my portions, that I don’t eat as much anyway. I feel fantastic!
More next week – I’ll go into more details of things I’ve learned about myself and different obstacles I’ve encountered on this journey…For RSS Feeds: http://feeds2.feedburner.com/blogspot/wrdB
