Selfies. Love them or hate them? Amuse or annoyed? Self-Centered? Confidence? Real or Fake? Selfies has become a popular term used this past year. How many selfies do you take till you find the "one"? What is your purpose for taking them? I was totally gross out and not at all confidence by taking selfies. I would find myself judging, picking and pointing out so many things about myself. After all you are your worst critic! Then something changed. I love seeing my results and transformation. Selfies became a scrapbook of my transformation. I stop picking on myself and praised myselff for working hard! I stop focusing on my teeth and focus on my arms (you would too if you never had muscles in your arms!). I started to like myself instead of being gross out. I stop pointing out what I needed to change and embraced my changes. Does that make me self-centered? You may think so, I don't! Do I post my selfies to get praised? Not really, I do it to inspire others to get up, get moving, to be comfortable and start loving yourself. Do I not like the attention selfies can caused, it's bonus when other see your changes, what human being (female especially) is going to say they don't want to be notice after all their hard work they put into getting fit and healthy?!? I challenge you to do more selfies (just don't be Kim Kardashian!) and embrace your changes. You will be amazing how far you come from Day 1! If you are on this journey you must know part of this weight lost, fitness and healthy thing is learning to love yourself and being comfortable in your own skin...
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Raise your hand if you deal with trying to be socially accepted by others?? Or what about being accepted by your significant other family? What about your own family? Heck, what about at church? As many of you know I'm hearing impaired (not deaf!) as well suffer from a blindness condition called Usher Sydrome. Both are not physical disabilities so if you didn't know me you wouldn't know. Well unless it's dark because I do look silly when not in my surroundings ;) but then again you might think I'm drunk! Most people who don't know me assume I'm a snob or stuck up (been called worst but we will keep it clean). Little do they not know; chances are I didn't hear them or I can't hear what's going on because it's a crowded room. Because of this I have always been not socially accepted. I am often misunderstood and I'm often having to prove myself. More then that I'm often found trying to please people so that I can be accepted. It's not healthy! I was never "popular" but yet everyone knew me! I was bullied a lot and many days I just wanted to end it all. However, my parents taught me to stand on my own to feet and push past it. To not be a coward! Was it easy? Heck NO! At some point I seni-accepted who I was and if people likes me = GREAT! If not oh well. However, who am I kidding I was still a people pleaser. It did more harm then good! Then I met my husband. He has a BiG family, no I'm sorry HUGE! Walking into that family is no easy task! 14 years later it still isn't. I don't fit in and don't belong. Now don't get me wrong I love the ones who have loved me for me :) The last 5 years have been rough for both of us with his family. Finally (because I'm still this girl who feels we/I should be accepted) put on my big girls pants and reached out. 3 weeks later no respond. Then I saw something on FB "if you ask someone something and they don't reply, there is your answer.", BAM! Then I turned 34 the next day... Why do I write this? Because turning 34 was tough and rough for me! I am getting older in numbers. I don't want to waste my time pleasing folks or trying to get accepted! It's not healthy, you lose sleep, you over eat, you under eat, over workout, raise your blood pressure, and the moods (or fights) are not worth it. I want to enter my 40's saying in my 30's I was carefree, free spirited, happy, accomplish what I was set out to do and enjoyed my friends and family I do have! Time is precious. Today, look at what's you are trying to get accepted in this thing we call life and see if it's worth it. Embrace what you can't change and move forward... 💋 Day 1. Always the day when excitement is in the air! Like the first day of school, you are excited to get up! First day of new job, you are excited to get there! First date, you are excited to see what the outcome is! You plan, you prep, and you do it all with excitement. We do the same with our eating and fitness. Sad thing is... it dies down. Everyday should be treated like Day 1!! Think about what the results would be like in life if we did treat everyday like Day 1... What did Day 1 look like for me? It was a day of weaning myself off of sugary junk food, taking care of the kids 24 hours by myself, work, dance, workout, dinner, homework, getting out of a ticket, and preparing for the next day! It went smoothly beside being pulled over and almost running out of gas (but I got out of the ticket!). Why did it go smoothly? Because I had prep the night before. Had my lunch made, plans in place for time I would eat and what I would eat. I also used my calendar to plan what days I would work out. It's not always about what you put in your body or what workouts you do. Planning and being PREPARE is the key to being successful. That goes for anything in life! I challenge you for the next 30 days to treat them like Day 1! I plan on doing the same. Happy FRESH Start 🍒 Sometimes in life you just need to start over! Doesn't always mean it's a bad things. Making a FRESH Start can be good for the soul, for your relationship, for you family and your health!
The past few months, we have made some changes in our lives. I have gotten rid of the negative and focus on the positive. So what's happening in our lives?!?! Most of you know we uprooted our family of 5 from Walla Walla, WA to Sarasota, FL with the dreams of opening up a Nutrition Club under Herbalife. We gave up everything (I mean EVERYTHING) to make this happen. Dave gave up his job that he loved to support me (I know CRAZY!). Florida is amazing but also CRAZY! The pay scale down here does NOT support the cost of living (unless you are already successful or already rich). Not to mention it is HOT!! I love HOT but this his H.O.T.(thank god it's almost over, the summer heat that is). Dave doesn't do HOT. However, he did. Now that we are moving to a new FRESH Start, I am ready to share our story... Dave came here quitting his job to become a Garbage Truck Driver. We didn't tell many, not because we were ashamed but because we knew it was going to be temporary. Let me tell you, we both have WAY more respect for those guys out there. Not only is hot and dirty but the pay SUCKS! He did this from Oct. to May. Then he gave Herbalife a chance but knew right away this wasn't for him. He took a part time job in a Fishing Store (which he loved) but lets face it...Me working part time at Old Navy and him in a Fishing store is not a dream life for parents with 3 kids :) However not long after that he took a job for an A/C Company and I was offered a job at our church. Both were (are) a blessing to us both! We kept praying that God would show us what's next. Soon after that I knew Herbalife is not the business I wanted to do (I won't lie, it never really WAS the business I wanted to do). What I want to do is inspire, coach, motivate and share with others. Not be a sales person! Shortly after that I was offered a job with United Ways part time! PERFECT job for me! Then Dave got a phone call from a job he applied at 3 months prior that they wanted to hire him back in the Wind Power Industries. We prayed since it meant he was going to be traveling. Finally, we took it. So there is our FRESH start in the job field. I am back to work in an office part time (still coaching and working at the church because I love doing both!) and Dave is back to Wind Power traveling. Our situation may not be ideal but when has any of our decisions. We are young once! We are excited to see what's next! (PS, I still use Herbalife products and yes you can still ordered from me!) NOW with that being said, my fitness and eating...OH boy, I need a restart button! I let the last week of summer vacation get to me and now the 1st 2 weeks of back to school, working schedule and kids extra activities! Tomorrow, we are back on TRACK and I am looking forward to the others joining me! It's OK to fall down sometimes but get back up. The quicker you do it the easier it is to get back on track. Who's ready to join me for the next 30 days?!?! Check back in tomorrow AM for Day 1 assignment and updates! Also check out our new FB page to see what you need for the week! https://www.facebook.com/moveoverfatty |
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