Hi, it's Rebecca. Today was a pretty good day for me, but I feel as though I ruined it all by eating too much of my tuna sub from Firehouse Subs! They have they BEST tuna subs, ever! And my dad got me a whole foot long! I usually just get a 6 inch, but after I finished the 6 inches, I was just like "Wow, that was so good... I think I'll finish it up!" But then, I couldn't even finish the half of the other 6 incher. So I will be taking it to work tomorrow to eat at lunch. I feel kinda bummed. I should have just stopped at the 6 inches. It's a problem I have with food. You know, how you get so much food or something was so good, you go back for seconds, and realize you shouldn't have because you are already getting full, but it was just so good, you have to finish it! I need to work on that.
At least I did get a workout in tonight. I found out they have some workouts on Netflix's Instant Watch. So, if you have Netflix, that is really cool and you should try it. The one I tried tonight was Crunch: Fat Burning Ab Attack! It was easy enough for me to do (even though I did get confused on one of the dance moves! ha. Go figure...), but all in all, it was pretty simple. And it's a good 30 minute workout. My heart was definitely pumping and I was quite sweaty. I really liked the lady instructor for the video as well. The whole time,, I was thinking "Wow, she has a great body!" I'll probably be doing that workout again.
If you have any suggestions for awesome workout videos, let me know!
Friday, April 15, 2011
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Time for change!
Hi, my name is Rebecca. I'm very thrilled my online buddy, Jenifer, and I have decided to do this blog together. If anyone has any advice for us, or anything else, let us know :)
I've pretty much been overweight my entire life. I was very skinny as a kid though. But when I got into 3rd grade, I really started to put on the weight. I'd come home, do my homework, and stuff my face with potato chips while doing it! In middle and high school, I was very heavy and made fun of on a regular basis. Those were horrible, horrible times.... in fact, I still grimace if I see someone I went to middle school or high school with, if they were a part of the 'clique' that made fun of me. It was just horrible times.
A couple years after high school, I actually lost 90 pounds! I had this Denise Austin exercise video tape I would do everyday and I would also walk 2 miles a day. I cut out all sweets as well! I just ate healthier. And I felt much much better. I had more energy and was no longer depressed.
But a couple years later, I ended up gaining back 50 pounds and no longer bothered exercising or eating healthy. In the past couple of years, I sort of let myself go. I had no desire to lose weight. I actually felt good about myself... I just didn't care about my weight! I'd eat whatever I wanted to, whenever I wanted to. If I craved something, I'd give in. Life is short, right?
But health problems is really what has made me decide to exercise, eat healthier, and change my lifestyle. I have Mitral Valve Prolapse, a condition with the heart. It is really nothing serious at all! It is not life threatening as far as I know, but it is life changing. Last year was a pretty crappy year for me, health-wise... which led to money-wise! I've been diagnosed with Mitral Valve Prolapse (MVP) for the past 6 years, and last year it just started to act up really bad! I'd never had problems like I did last year. It almost felt as though I was having regular anxiety attacks, which I felt was impossible because I had nothing that was making me anxious. I also have a heart murmer and get heart palpitations a lot. Sometimes I felt like my heart was jumping or like it would just suddenly drop, as though it were an elevator... very very strange! And that freaked me out. I also thought something was wrong with my nervous system as well. I had another echocardiogram done last year, which just said I had Mitral Valve Prolapse. Getting healthier and exercising has been something in the back of my head the last year, but I was just too lazy to get off my ass to do it. I am thankful for my friend, Jenifer, to support me. We were talking in our Last.FM shout boxes about how we both wanted to lose weight and just get healthier, so finally I was just like "Fuck it! I'm doing it!"
I started April 1st too! (Well, technically the last day of March! But saying April 1st is just easier!) I have gone back to doing my Denise Austin video tapes and I also have some Yoga DVDs I am doing. I have been doing one video a day for the most part. But unfortunately, I missed a couple days because I was so tired when I got home from work. I've also been walking a good bit. I am eating healthier as well. Our scale is actually not working, so I'm not sure if I have lost weight. But I feel as though I have. My t-shirts are fitting better and my pants almost fell off my ass yesterday when I was running with one of the dogs. My boyfriend also said my stomach felt smaller when he put his arm around me, so yay! This inspires me to continue on...
I have also bought a couple of 'healthy' cookbooks. I got a Weight Watchers magazine, which has some yummy stuff in it! I was thinking of doing the whole points thing, but I don't feel like counting all those points and eating random things and going "Okay, how many points is this??" I'm just eating healthier and eating less! We should share some recipes, as well! :)
So, that is my story as to why I am needing to change my lifestyle. So far, it is going pretty good. In some of the exercise videos (especially this cardio-dance one I have) I find it hard to keep up with the steps... and I really do suck at yoga! but I don't get discouraged... I'm a beginner, so i just do the best I can do, but not quit! That's all you can do.
Peace out!
I've pretty much been overweight my entire life. I was very skinny as a kid though. But when I got into 3rd grade, I really started to put on the weight. I'd come home, do my homework, and stuff my face with potato chips while doing it! In middle and high school, I was very heavy and made fun of on a regular basis. Those were horrible, horrible times.... in fact, I still grimace if I see someone I went to middle school or high school with, if they were a part of the 'clique' that made fun of me. It was just horrible times.
A couple years after high school, I actually lost 90 pounds! I had this Denise Austin exercise video tape I would do everyday and I would also walk 2 miles a day. I cut out all sweets as well! I just ate healthier. And I felt much much better. I had more energy and was no longer depressed.
But a couple years later, I ended up gaining back 50 pounds and no longer bothered exercising or eating healthy. In the past couple of years, I sort of let myself go. I had no desire to lose weight. I actually felt good about myself... I just didn't care about my weight! I'd eat whatever I wanted to, whenever I wanted to. If I craved something, I'd give in. Life is short, right?
But health problems is really what has made me decide to exercise, eat healthier, and change my lifestyle. I have Mitral Valve Prolapse, a condition with the heart. It is really nothing serious at all! It is not life threatening as far as I know, but it is life changing. Last year was a pretty crappy year for me, health-wise... which led to money-wise! I've been diagnosed with Mitral Valve Prolapse (MVP) for the past 6 years, and last year it just started to act up really bad! I'd never had problems like I did last year. It almost felt as though I was having regular anxiety attacks, which I felt was impossible because I had nothing that was making me anxious. I also have a heart murmer and get heart palpitations a lot. Sometimes I felt like my heart was jumping or like it would just suddenly drop, as though it were an elevator... very very strange! And that freaked me out. I also thought something was wrong with my nervous system as well. I had another echocardiogram done last year, which just said I had Mitral Valve Prolapse. Getting healthier and exercising has been something in the back of my head the last year, but I was just too lazy to get off my ass to do it. I am thankful for my friend, Jenifer, to support me. We were talking in our Last.FM shout boxes about how we both wanted to lose weight and just get healthier, so finally I was just like "Fuck it! I'm doing it!"
I started April 1st too! (Well, technically the last day of March! But saying April 1st is just easier!) I have gone back to doing my Denise Austin video tapes and I also have some Yoga DVDs I am doing. I have been doing one video a day for the most part. But unfortunately, I missed a couple days because I was so tired when I got home from work. I've also been walking a good bit. I am eating healthier as well. Our scale is actually not working, so I'm not sure if I have lost weight. But I feel as though I have. My t-shirts are fitting better and my pants almost fell off my ass yesterday when I was running with one of the dogs. My boyfriend also said my stomach felt smaller when he put his arm around me, so yay! This inspires me to continue on...
I have also bought a couple of 'healthy' cookbooks. I got a Weight Watchers magazine, which has some yummy stuff in it! I was thinking of doing the whole points thing, but I don't feel like counting all those points and eating random things and going "Okay, how many points is this??" I'm just eating healthier and eating less! We should share some recipes, as well! :)
So, that is my story as to why I am needing to change my lifestyle. So far, it is going pretty good. In some of the exercise videos (especially this cardio-dance one I have) I find it hard to keep up with the steps... and I really do suck at yoga! but I don't get discouraged... I'm a beginner, so i just do the best I can do, but not quit! That's all you can do.
Peace out!
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
First post
This is my first post and the very first post I believe of our blog. Just in case someone else is reading this besides us who have created this blog, the purpose of it is to help each other out by living a healthy and positive life. Even though it is a lot about losing weight, I don't want it to end there when we get to our ideal goal because the biggest problem is staying there. That is why I hate the word diet because I am NOT on a diet, just cutting some bad food(or at least trying to) and getting more active. I also hope to kill those bad habits and feelings that lead to a not so pleasant life, at least I know I have them and some of them I know I have and maybe there is more that I don't realize that I have.
It is not always easy to get started or keep going that is why I hope this will help. Doing this alone is not easy, with someone else who is there to help even if it is just in the virtual world it is still a hand that can help the healing process of the mind, body, and spirit.
I found this Swedish proverb that I think is fitting for the first quote for this blog "Fear Less, hope more; eat leas, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more;love more, and all good things will be yours."
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