I'm taking part in a Challenge over the next 9 weeks to see who can lose the most weight each week and after week one I knew I was really slacking. But the leader of the contest asked a really good question this morning and it really made me do some thinking. I decided to share my response publicly to help keep me accountable and get me back on track. Here's the question: WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO ABOUT BEING AT YOUR GOAL WEIGHT????
What am I looking forward to about being at my goal weight? That's a really good question.
1. Being smaller than I have been in about 25 years, close to high school weight.
2. Knowing that I am no longer considered obese
3. Being able to shop anywhere I want to for clothes
4. Knowing I did what it took to reduce my risk of a heart attack and of getting diabetes. Knowing my kids don't have to worry about my health the way I worry about my parents.
5. Being smaller than my sister in law who always parades around like the queen of sheba at family events. Knowing I did the hard way and she paid for her tummy tuck.
6. Feeling what it will feel like to be in my husbands arms, smaller than I have ever been in our marriage. Seeing myself thru his eyes. (I really can't wait for this one)
WoW! Something about seeing your why in writing! I can do this, I know how to do this, now I just need to push and get it done! Please feel free to add your own answers to this question and join me, I really love to help you as I help myself.
Monday, August 8, 2011
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Shakeology and Menopause
First and foremost let me say, everyone's results will be different and these are only my experiences. But it has been amazing so I really thought I would share with you.
About 2 months ago I started noticing some changes in the my cycle or lack there of and I thought to myself, ahhhh if this is menopause welcome to my world and completely embraced it. That was June!
Then July came around. UGGGGGGGG is all I can say. Not only did it come back but with a vengeance, cramps, heavy, moody, add any other negative term you can think of....... And to top it off I was really depressed, not wanting to get out of bed, eating horribly, crying over nothing and hot flashes??? Really hot flashes in July, that is just evil. How do I describe the hot flashes, hmmmmmmmm. Well it wasn't really a feeling of being hot, but one of my skin crawling up and down my body, and sweat rolling the opposite direction and literally feeling pain. Not bad pain, but uncomfortable. The most uncomfortable feeling ever!
I started researching menopause and some natural ways to deal with the symptoms and I quickly began to think that's in Shakeology, and that and that....then the light bulb came back on. Let me preface this with I was really been eating poorly and not drinking Shakeology on a regular basis. So the last week of July I started drinking Shakeology every single day and I am shocked. The hot flashes have disappeared completely, and I have noticed a huge difference in my moods. I will give Shakeology full credit for the difference in how I feel since nothing else is really different. And again the cravings are getting less and less, I'm beginning to have energy again, working out again, and def. thinking clearer.
If you'd like more info or want to talk in more detail about my experiences I'd be more than happy to talk with you.
About 2 months ago I started noticing some changes in the my cycle or lack there of and I thought to myself, ahhhh if this is menopause welcome to my world and completely embraced it. That was June!
Then July came around. UGGGGGGGG is all I can say. Not only did it come back but with a vengeance, cramps, heavy, moody, add any other negative term you can think of....... And to top it off I was really depressed, not wanting to get out of bed, eating horribly, crying over nothing and hot flashes??? Really hot flashes in July, that is just evil. How do I describe the hot flashes, hmmmmmmmm. Well it wasn't really a feeling of being hot, but one of my skin crawling up and down my body, and sweat rolling the opposite direction and literally feeling pain. Not bad pain, but uncomfortable. The most uncomfortable feeling ever!
I started researching menopause and some natural ways to deal with the symptoms and I quickly began to think that's in Shakeology, and that and that....then the light bulb came back on. Let me preface this with I was really been eating poorly and not drinking Shakeology on a regular basis. So the last week of July I started drinking Shakeology every single day and I am shocked. The hot flashes have disappeared completely, and I have noticed a huge difference in my moods. I will give Shakeology full credit for the difference in how I feel since nothing else is really different. And again the cravings are getting less and less, I'm beginning to have energy again, working out again, and def. thinking clearer.
If you'd like more info or want to talk in more detail about my experiences I'd be more than happy to talk with you.
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