Mamavation Monday/Move It And Lose It

Weight Loss This Week: 1.2 pounds

It would have been more if I had done all the things I planned. I only exercised 2 days this week. I have no excuses other than just not making the time. If I'm going to succeed at this I have to get in the exercise.

I'm doing better at nutrition, but I'm still working on the sweet tooth. I get cravings in the afternoon. I did succeed a few days and didn't give in to the cravings but I did slip a few times. I've been very attracted for the past few weeks to a raw food diet. I've been adding green smoothies and juices but want to do more. I haven't done more out of this fear of failure. I'm going to try to incorporate more raw fruits and vegetables this week. I'm not the type that could do a 100% raw food diet, but I think I could successfully do at least 50% if not more raw.

Goals for the week:

• More raw foods
• At least 5 days of exercise
• Stay positive

I also want to say congratulations to the new Mamavation Moms. I'm so excited for them and can't wait to see their progress.

This week's blogging carnival is brought to use by Fiber Plus. The question of the week is:

How are you getting more fiber in your diet this new year?

I'm definitely getting more fiber by eating a lot more fruits and vegetables. Since I've been drinking the green smoothies, I've become much more "regular" if you get my drift.

Sista Of The Week!

Congratulations to Lena for being chosen as Sista Of The Week. She totally deserves it. She is such a positive person and helpful to others. I love reading her blog posts because she is really kicking butt and getting healthy.

Mamavation Monday

I'm finding it really hard to get motivated to do all the things I need to do. I don't know why, but I think being so busy is at the heart of it. Whenever I get a moment to myself I tend to just want to sit down and do nothing. I didn't exercise a single day all week. I do walk a lot at times for my job, but I don't count that. I weigh myself every day and I actually saw a loss of two pounds at one point during the week and then today I've gained two pounds. My food choices weren't too bad this week, so I'm pointing to PMS for the weight gain as I usually do retain some water the week before my period. It's just so frustrating but I really don't want to be a complainer. I can't stand people who complain all the time. What I tell them is to do something about it. What am I gonna do this week?

Continue with no soda. I'm at almost two weeks off soda.

Exercise at least 5 days this week.

Take my lunch and snacks to work everyday this week.

Write down everything I put in my mouth.

Try my best to post how I'm doing each day on twitter and go there for support as much as possible.

I'd like to say congratulations to all the new Mamavation Moms. I'm so excited to watch their journeys. They are gonna do great.

I want to take part in the Move It & Lose It Challenge. I'm having horrible PMS today and so it's not a good time to be posting before pictures, but here goes.




I can't find a tape measure anywhere in this house, but will take care of measurements tomorrow and add them. I still can't believe I'm putting this out there.

Mamavation Monday: Progress

I didn't do a post last week. I was sick with strep throat, which totally sucks.

No weight loss this past week, but progress was made. I gave up soda!! Leah made a comment on Mamavation TV last week about soda being the devil. I don't know why but that really stuck with me and two days later I just stopped. It hasn't been easy but after the first couple of days there was no way I was going back no matter how bad I was craving it.

I got my vitamix blender, and I love it. I've been drinking green smoothies this week, and I've enjoyed playing with the different fruits and greens to see which ones I like the best. I plan to try some healthy soups and a green ice cream. I've also decided to start trying fruits and veggies that I've never tried. I bought a couple persimmons this past week. I found them quite sweet and tasty.

Goals this week:
Green smoothie for both breakfast and lunch with a healthy snack in the afternoon, healthy dinner, and then healthy snack sometime after dinner. Because I work 4 nights a week until 12:30 am and don't get in bed until about 2:30am I have to incorporate that last snack. I just don't want to eat any closer than 2 hours before bed.

The exercise thing is harder. There are no excuses the three days I don't work but the days I work are harder. I'll try to get it in first thing. We have plenty of stairs at work that I can put to use when I'm not too busy. There's no reason not to get in exercise.

I need to get more serious this week. It's been such a tough year that I think I don't go all-in because I have this fear of failure. I need to get over it and do what I need to do. I mean, if I can quit soda I can do anything, right?

This week’s blogging carnival is sponsored by @salonpas.

Our question of the week is:

Have you ever been injured starting a new exercise routine? Tell us about it…If not, do you get any aches and pains? Where?

I've never actually been injured but there was an occasion when I got a little too ambitious with the lunges. Sitting down for about three day was quite an event.

Have a great week, everyone!

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