On the road to healthier me

Okay so at the beginning of this year, I decided to make a change. While everyone else was making New Year Resolutions- I was not. I didn't want to make a New Year Resolution and then feel pressured that that was why I was doing it! No! I needed to make a change, I'm obese and it doesn't feel good. I didn't just *need* to make a change, I wanted to! That's the biggest thing for me... I always thought, "I need to eat healthier....... buuuuuuuuuutt I really don't want to stop eating all the good stuff" Well, now I'm too the point in my mind set that the good stuff while I still enjoy the taste-- isn't good for me and it'll take some adjusting but I'm willing to find other foods that I can like just as much (or will learn to love as much) that are healthier for me. I do not *just* want to LOSE the weight... I want to be thinner, yes, but what happens after I've lost all the weight that I want... do I go back to old habits?! ABSOLUTELY NOT!! I'm making a lifestyle change... 'til death do us part! I'm looking forward, not back. 

So I started changing how much I was eating. I have a big problem with when something tastes super yummy to not go back for seconds... and I also have an issue with wasting food so if I got a bunch of food on my plate-- I felt that I needed to eat it until it was gone, not just until I was satisfied. Then I added working out with videos, but I began to learn quickly while they're great.. I currently need some guidance on what I need to doing. So, my next was to get a gym membership. It was especially nice for me to be able to do that because my insurance pays me back so much a month if I go at least 8 times a month. So seemed like an extra perk even since I wanted to do it anyway! I signed up at Anytime Fitness (that is 24 hour gym so no excuses, right?) and the next day I met with the Fitness Director. We did a training session and I quickly realized that at least for awhile, I really did need a trainer. It's not that I wouldn't lose weight without one but I wouldn't lose it in the right places and gain all the muscle that I want too. Like I said in the beginning, I don't want to be just skinny. I want to be healthy but to also get fit!

There was a woman on the news this morning for here in Indianapolis, who was 347 pounds and lost 170 pounds in 1 year! I want to do that! Not so much about the 1 year but she was heavy and got thinner and now she's leading Zumba classes and such. She talked about how much pain she was in that she could barely walk. I didn't get that bad but it is painful to walk sometimes in the morning when I wake up or whenever I stand up from a sitting position, but once I get moving it goes away.  I'm kind of hoping that I'll do something with my success once I reach it like that! Either way, I'm not giving up on me and I feel really good about it!!

I started at 260.8 on January 5th. I just weighed myself tonight and I'm at 252.4. Normally I wouldn't be so open about how much I weigh and need to lose but again, time for a change. I need to own it. *BUT* I'm moving away from it so I don't mind so much too.

This was me over the summer. 

[REVIEW] Neosporin & Band-Aid Products

I’m pleased to say that Neosporin sent me products to review, with no other purpose than to review them- not determining whether or not that the review was positive or negative. Well, like I said, I’m pleased that they sent meproducts to review. They sent me a Essentials Trial Pack,Original Neosporin Ointment, Neosporin Lip Health: Overnight Renewal Therapy, and 3 packs of Band-Aids. I’llstart with the Band-Aids- 2 of the packs were the regular ones but assorted designs on them. I liked the Band-Aids because they didn’t just come off shortly after I put them on like some other ones. I thought that the designs were cute, but girly and normally I wouldn’t care except that my husband needed to use some because he cut his finger at work. None of them were particularly made for a guy as far as designs. It would be nice if they came out with guy designs as well something for them to think about. They also sent Flexible Fabric ones with Quiltvent technology, which I liked a lot more- they stayed pretty glued and more comfortable. The Original Neosporin Ointment is just as good as it ever was. I, too, got a cut on my finger and I put it on below my Band-Aid and I didn’t feel any pain from it while it was on! It did its job and more! The Neosporin Essentials Trial Pack products consisted of Moisture Essentials: Daily Body Wash, Eczema Essentials: Daily Moisturizing Cream, Eczema Essenials: Hydrocortisone Anti-Itch Cream. I didn’t have the need to use the anti-itch cream yet, but would be more useful come summer time with mosquitos and other bugs that bite. The Daily Moisturizing Cream has left a soft yet clean feeling left on my skin. I’m partial to creams and lotions that have some sort of scent but none of the Neosporin products have a fragrance, which is good for everyone in case of any allergies. I still wish it smelled like something. The Daily Body Wash, however, while it didn’t have a specific scent, it felt like a clean and fresh scent but no actual fragrance. It didn’t feel run down nor did it feel clumpy or thick. It really just felt clean and left my skin feeling fresh and healthy! Before using the Neosporin Lip Health: Overnight Renewal Therapy, I wasn’t sure how well I’d like it. It wasn’t like a chapstick, it was more like putting lotion onto my lips- just not as thick. Once it was on, however, it didn’t feel weird and it felt like it was moisturizing my lips.

 I’m really happy that I was given the chance to try and review Neosporin products! I wasn’t too familiar with their productsexcept for their original ointment. So you’ll have to check out some of their products as they continue to come out with more that people didn’t know they had!!

To find out about their products, check out their website!