Week: 4

 The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with the heart. 

- Helen Keller

So...today I went to weigh for week 4 and I've lost 2.6 more lbs! A grand total of 15.4 lbs in 4 weeks! I've reached my 5% goal and now I am looking that 10% in the FACE! I'm COMING FOR YA!

So last week I was kinda bummed about only losing 2.2 lbs...but I've really thought about it this week and especially today! 2.2 or 2.6 lbs IS A BIG DEAL TOO! Losing is a BIG DEAL! As long as I'm losing I can't be unhappy! Those 2.2 or 2.6 lbs add up! When I found out I had lost my 5% today I was super EXCITED! That was a goal that I achieved! And now the 10% is a goal and I have to achieve that...I don't like losing...I would say I am a competitive person...especially with this! I am struggled with my weight all my life. I've never been "skinny" by any means...I've been called names and been picked on and treated badly for it and you know that used to upset me but as I've gotten older I can honestly say it doesn't bother me anymore. It's not what I look like to someone else. It's what I look like to myself. If I feel I am beautiful I AM BEAUTIFUL no matter what others may say! IT'S STARTS WITH YOU! 

 

No one but YOU can define what beauty is for YOU! - Jessica Simpson 

I watched Jessica on Oprah last week and I think she's beautiful. Watching her really made me realize something that I had not realized before even though I've heard it a million times before... YOU HAVE TO START WITH YOU. No one else can determine YOUR BEAUTY FOR YOU! Yes it helps when others point that out to you...but you have to know it inside first!

Being "skinny" isn't everything. You have to be healthy too! So if you are 145 lbs and you are healthy and you love how you look and you think you are beautiful DON'T LET PEOPLE TELL YOU OTHERWISE! Be happy with who you are. 

And let me just talk about weight watchers for a minute. Weight watchers is NOT a diet. Weight watchers is a LIFESTYLE change. It makes you really look at what you are and have been eating. You have to count your points and not go over them. Let me just say that by keeping up with my points it holds me accountable for what I ate that day and if you are writing it down you know what you eat and I've found that some things that I used to eat whenever I wanted to now I don't want because they are too many points and I would much rather have more "good" things that 1 "bad" thing that could cost me 7 pts. It really makes you look at your habits and start picking them apart! You can eat anything you want...you just have to count your points. I've found that since I've joined weight watchers it has made me make better choices...yes there are sometimes you want what you want...such as Friday for example...I wanted some MEXICAN (Shrimp Nachos) SOOOOOO BAD! I was super hungry and I hadn't really had much that day...which is a no no you need to eat all throughout the day so your metabolism doesn't slow down ---> that definitely works AGAINST YOU! So Jeff and I went to El Sombrero and I had my shrimp nachos...but instead of getting a coke...I got water. It's the little things...I don't think that shrimp nachos was the healthiest choice...but I felt that I had done great all week and I had the points to eat it...so I did. And I didn't have anything the rest of the night. Which I didn't need to because it filled me up and I didn't need anything else! 

I have been putting off exercising for a long time now! My first blog was about me starting back working out...well that hasn't happened yet. I think for me I wanted someone to go with me because...well I really don't know why but I want a workout buddy! Well I decided on Friday that since this week I will be on Spring Break THERE ARE NO MORE EXCUSES! I can't have school as an excuse because we will be OUT...I can't have a "no car" excuse because we have a WONDERFUL FITNESS CENTER HERE...so NO MORE EXCUSES! So Friday I decided I am starting on Monday and will work out all next week! Well last night we have a neighbor that has a dog and I usually see her out walking "Jodie" her dog he's a boy and I was walking Abby...they LOVE each other...so we got to talking and come to find out SHE'S BEEN WANTING TO WORKOUT TOO BUT WASN'T BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T HAVE ANYONE TO DO IT WITH! So we are going to workout next week! You know I thank God for this because even when you think he's not listening HE IS and he BLESSES YOU with some many BLESSINGS!

I am so thankful for Deana Mathes too! She talked to me about WW and told me her story and I wouldn't be where I am this week losing 15.4 lbs if it wasn't for her! THANK YOU SO MUCH!

So in closing REMEMBER: IT STARTS WITH YOU! YOU DETERMINE YOUR BEAUTY! LOSING IS ACHIEVING EVEN IF IT'S 2 LBS EVEN IF' IT'S 1 LB! YOU MUST HAVE FAITH IN YOURSELF IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE YOUR ULTIMATE GOAL! 

AND PLEASE ALSO REMEMBER THIS: GOD NEVER PUTS ANYTHING ON OUR PLATES THAT HE KNOWS WE CAN'T HANDLE!

♥kc