New Beginnings

Well, I'm sorry that I've neglected the blog for so long but I hope to actually get back with it now. <3

We moved last weekend so just feels like a bit of fresh everything! :D I think it helps to get out of a rut. I hope to get back a lot of things in order. More like I'm determined to do just that! Sometimes it just feels like it's all coming together! <3 I'm very excited about things coming up! So try to stay tuned... those that may still be here ^_^

Week is Ending!

Well, everyone likes Fridays... I'm not sure that I'm going to like mine... I have leg workouts tomorrow and it IS rough! I'm looking forward to doing it though because I know how much its helping in the long run! Dan, the gym manager asked me today if I made another blog post SOOO here I am- making a blog post! :P I do truly love all of the support that the staff at the gym give! They root you on while you go even when you yourself don't think you can go anymore. My first day training, another member, didn't know me but passed by and said "Keep up the good work!" I was amazed! Whenever I thought of the gym, it was always very intimidating to me. The fear to be judged. Then I thought, well, if they judge me for trying to change- that's on them- not me. BUT I didn't need to worry anyway or at least not at my gym. I got welcomed to their gym family and I feel at home <3

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. 

Making a come back

I'm very excited to be coming back now after a LONG break, but I feel like it's starting all to come back together, ya know? Sometimes you just know when the tides have changed! Layla is recovering now after now having had her 2nd surgery in her life. About a week before Halloween, Layla was sick for 3 weeks. She had 103 degree temp for 11 days and then we ended up at Riley Children's Hospital in Indianapolis for 6 days while they determined why it was that she had such a high fever. It turned out that her appendix had ruptured 4-5 days before ending up in the hospital. We were SO lucky that it had created an abscess around her appendix and didn't go all through her body because that is when it could have been life threatening! I'm SO thankful for how it happened rather than how it could've been! It's now been removed though and she is doing better! It was a bummer that she had to miss 3 weeks of school but it was out of our control and we're just trying to bounce back now!  Anyway, so that's kind of where I'm at.. trying to back from different things stronger than I was :) It's a process but I'm ready!

Secret Outlast Xtend has a Secret!

I've tried deodorants before and some I've liked and others just don't have the protection length as I'd like. I like when you walk past someone and don't have to worry about, goodness, did I smell bad? I hope they didn't smell me-- NO one wants to think about those things just simply from WALKING!!  I really think Secret's brand name is really fitting for them because I'd have to say they have supplied the best deodorants for me in the past. Their Clinical Strength I really loved and now they have Secret Outlast Xtend that is just as great! I had the pleasure of being able to try it for free for an honest review from BzzAgent and I'm happy that I was able to participate! Secret has a secret but I don't know what it is but I do know they have got it going on when it comes to deodorant and I will continue to buy their brand! The Secret Outlast Xtend last from when I put it on after my shower through past going to sleep when I could still smell it on me just as fresh and it continues to last the next day until my next shower! I don't know any of other brand deodorants that *actually* last that long as of yet. I got the Invisible Solid one and it went on smooth as can be and the best part of it that I liked was when getting dressed- it didn't smear onto my shirt like some deodorants do!

**I received this product from BzzAgent in exchanged for an honest and unbiased review. I was not paid for my opinion!**

Back to the Basics with Welch's Refreshingly Simple Juice - Peach Mango

I got to try Welch's Refreshingly Simple juice- Peach Mango flavor from BzzAgent. I've had all sorts of different flavors of juice. Even the "100% juice" flavoring is never the same- sometimes it's sour because it's supposed to be all 100% juice so no sugar added even though it also tastes like they took the natural sugar out as well or they made the juice with fruit that wasn't ripe. Or you'll get juice that is supposed to 100% juice but isn't actually 100% juice and you might as well be drinking kool-aid that is loaded with sugar. The Welch's Refreshingly Simple juice is perfect as it tastes full of flavor that it keeps it very simple in it. It tastes completely natural like I'm eating the fruit in my hand without ever a sour taste! It is sweet, but not too sweet. I was very hesitant about the juice when I got it for these reasons- I had no idea what to expect but I'm very glad that I did!! I will be trying the other flavors and based on the "Peach Mango" one that I had, I feel that I will be just as impressed with the rest!! Natural without the sour!

**I received this product from BzzAgent in exchanged for an honest and unbiased review. I was not paid for my opinion!**

Hello My Friends ♥

So I did a bit of revamping or at least have started and will probably continue a bit until it's finished! ^_^ I had been in a funk long enough and I feel like I'm out and ready to go all in coming back stronger than ever! There will be changes happening and I'm excited to share them with you as they happen! I'm so excited and happy to be back... I will be writing reviews again and sharing MORE things with you of making money online, recipes, other good information, and just stuff about LIFE. I think that will help me stay a bit sane :D