19 to 35….

Only 19 weeks until I turn 35. So let me explain how I feel about birthdays. For those of you who don't know, I believe that birthdays are everyone's personal holiday in honor of them! They should be celebrated for at least a whole weekend, if not a week! ;-) So, birthdays are a BIG deal for me, yet since turning 30 every birthday since has had me thinking about where I am not and what I have not done since my last birthday. Every birthday I say that by my next birthday I am going to have lost weight and be healthy. Seriously, you can check my past blog birthday posts.  Anywhoo, so here we are 19 weeks/133 days until I am 35.

Since my last birthday I have completed the C25K & finished the Advocare cleanse, but in true me fashion, I come to a screeching halt once I have a little success. I have this cycle where I am like: I am awesome; I'm doing so well, I deserve a break or treat. Then a few weeks later, I am still on that break and have lost any, or almost all, of my progress I may have made.  My breaks/treats normally included just sitting on my ass watching TV and stuffing my face.  Even when I lost a ton of weight with LA Weight Loss, I cheated the first 3 days after weigh in and then spent the remaining 4 days trying to re-lose what I had gained back.  When I run any more I find my self thinking: why on earth am I doing this?? I just find myself wishing it was over and that I wasn't doing it. But if I look back to when I was running consistently, I enjoyed it, it felt good, I was getting stronger and faster.  It all comes down to consistency.

I always catch myself wondering what would happen if I put everything I had into this? No cheating just being as awesome as I know I can be? Then I think there is no need to wonder. I know that if I gave it my all I would succeed, no if ands or buts about it.  Part of me is dying to Just Do It, like Nike says, but I am so scared to fail yet again.  I have the all the tools I  need. I have no excuses not to do this. I need to take the next 30 days and be the best me that I can be. "To push my limits and break through" (Frozen tribute)

THE CHALLENGE

I am going challenge myself to be the best me I can be and truly give this my all for the next 30 days. I invite anyone to join me, if you're looking to lose weight it is FREE to join weight watchers until Saturday this week.  I am going to redo my simple start starting on Wed. Doing this means my whole meal plan is already set up for me w/ simple start. I am a paper geek. Even with all the technology we have today I still like to write things down with a pen and paper. I got a little calendar and I have written all my daily goals on each day.

My daily goals are:

               

1. Read my vision statement & do my devotions. To remind me of why I am doing this and to keep my brain in the right place.

2. Adhere to my training schedule, so I will be running 3 times a week and cross training twice a week w/ two rest days

3. Take my vitamins and meds every day

4. Track all my food every day

5. Drink half my body weight in oz in water every day. (140lb person should drink 70oz of water a day)

6. Blog, to keep myself accountable and to keep you all in the loop

My 30 day challenge starts on Oct 22nd and goes through Nov 21st. Reaching the 30 days will not mean I get to come to my screeching halt but it will show me what is possible and what I am capable of. I will take my measurements & before pics tomorrow and post them. *GULP* So if any of you don't want to see me in my spandex avoid my next post.