Philippians 3:13-14 No, dear brothers and sisters, I am still not all I should be, but I am focusing all my energies on this one thing: Forgetting the past and looking forward to what lies ahead, I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize for which God, through Christ Jesus, is calling us up to heaven. (NLT)
To say it has been a rough month is not nearly enough to express the struggle and obstacles laid out in my path. Our little cowboy has been terribly ill since December 9th and is finally on the road to recovery. As a mother there is no heartache like the one where you can't fix what's wrong with your child. Thanks to an awesome ER doctor at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center we were able to receive the correct diagnosis and the correct antibiotic on Christmas Eve that has our cowboy on the mend.
My workout routine has been hit and miss. When I nailed it ~ I nailed it and worked out 6 times a week. When I missed it was the same ~ I missed all week long! I think, no I KNOW, I lost and gained the same 2.75 pounds each week. As of today I am one pound less than what I ended our Meltdown with and I am happy to say that after the month I have had at our house!!
As we approach the New Year I want each of you to take the next week and start a food journal. I want you to write down each and every piece of food that you eat. Write down why you ate it (were you hungry, were you bored, were you excited, happy, sad). I am having you write this down because I feel it is going to help each of you start to look at why we eat. I read an amazing blog over the course of our 3 week illness about a woman who has lost and kept off 135 pounds. She said she had to get good with her reason for eating and eat to live not live to eat. She found that she actually had an addiction to food and used it as a buffer to her emotions. Through a food journal she overcame the emotions inside of her and has successfully kept off the weight and remained healthy for 5 years! She said it was her key to success. She doesn't kill herself at the gym although she walks every day but she knows how many calories she needs to take in to maintain and what happens whens he doesn't.
Take a look at the following formula that I have found in another one of my books I have been ready regarding healthy lifestyles.
pounds (add 00)/number of days in a month = calorie need to subtract daily
Example:
15 pounds want to lose in a month
1500 divided by 30 days in a month (or 31) = 500 daily calories I need to subtract or burn off with exercise to reach my goal
I think this really puts everything into perspective as far as what you want to see on the scales. If you aren't putting the minutes into it with exercise and I am talking about 60 minutes of heart rate in the mid to high range then it's not going to happen on the scales. This hit me like a brick ~ when you are yo-yo-ing with hit and miss effort in eating and exercise you aren't going to have consistent results with the scales.
So our goal for this next week is to keep a food journal with emotions written down or the feelings we had when we ate AND exercise.
Keep measuring, weighing, and emailing me with your results!! Accountability is the final key to success with your goals.
Much love, Stephanie
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