HOW DID YOU DO IT?

Okay, so i get asked at least 5 times a day..HOW DID YOU DO IT well here ya go..
First, let me start with saying what worked for me might not work for you I can just tell you what I did..
Okay so my rule of thumb
1. EAT 30 minutes after waking up..Your body is starving from not eating all night long..
2. SMALLER portions I ate on a child's plate.
3. WOULD not let myself go back for seconds.
4. DRINK lots of WATER.
5. Do not DIET. Unless you plan on eating this way FOREVER.
6. EXERCISE I walked everyday and did ZUMBA 2x a week.
7. STAY of the SCALE.
8. Have a TARGET SIZE not WEIGHT.
9. YOU have to be ready IF your not then you will not have the MOTIVATION you need.
10. WRITE IT If you eat it you write it.. I use my fitness pal (awesome site)


OK so here is how a day in the life of me went I ate breakfast Special K with Strawberries 110 calories with 1/2 cup milk 30 calories..2 hours later I ate a snack carrots,special k bar,parfait,yogurt,chex mix and then 2 hours later i would eat lunch sometimes it would be baked fish,turkey,bacon and eggs this became my go to. 2 hours later snack 2-3 hours later dinner this would be whatever i cooked for my family just a smaller portion.That rule don't eat before bed is a lie to me and a lot of nutritionist that I talk to. I would eat a yogurt right before bed YUMMY...


Smaller Portions was hard for the first few weeks till my stomach shrunk but after that it was a breeze.If i ate to much i would get sick.
DO NOT get seconds DO not eat anything out of a bag put it on your plate when its gone your done.Find something else to do if you get hungry go for a walk. Play with your kids.Clean.Do anything to keep your mind of FOOD. I would try not to sit down all day long until DINNER.


WATER get you a Jug i had 3 of them from the Family dollar and I would always have water with me and would drink a couple of them a day. I love tea so on the weekends I would treat myself to one tea after a few weeks of that I stopped drinking tea I couldn't drink It anymore and to this day if I have to drink a soda somewhere I get two sips and can't drink anymore my taste buds have flipped. (this is coming from a chick who was ADDICTED to MT.DEW)


I say don't DIET make a LIFESTYLE CHANGE which mean make changes that are going to last forever not just for a  a few weeks.I have watched to many people loose tons of weight and diet and as soon as they start eating again they gain that weight plus some back.LIFESTYLE CHANGE..


You have to be active do something to burn calories. Zumba is a AWESOME way to start your journey you will not feel like you are working out there are so many INSTRUCTORS out there with different styles if you don't like one class go to another and another until you find a class you like.Walking get some friends together and go for a walk even if you can only walk a block right now get out and DO IT.


STAY of the SCALE.It takes a few weeks If not Months to see huge changes in the scale you will notice in Inches (clothes).I stayed at the same weight for like a month until finally my scale went down 10lbs.


PICK A SIZE not a WEIGHT its hard to know what size you want to be but its harder picking a number and never reaching that inches are easier to come by then numbers haha i don't know why..I still have not meet my GOAL weight but I am way past the size i wanted to be in i put myself at double digits thinking at 130 i would be in like a 8 umm was i wrong I am 140 and in a 4/5 can fit some 2's so size and weight mean nothing to each other..I will never be the size I was before kids which will be another post.
COMING SOON


UGHH this one makes a lot of people MAD but oh well It's the TRUTH.YOU WILL NOT LOOSE WEIGHT AT ALL until you are ready you will constantly say I am tired of being this size or I am so over this BLAH BLAH BLAH.. I've heard it all okay I was there I had been saying for a year i was done IM ready to change I'm gonna make a change well guess what I didn't WHY..because I was not motivated to do so. Loosing weight is the hardest thing i have ever done in my life yes it is I do support people 100 percent in making this decision and sticking with it but I also feel that unless you get UP and DO something its not just going to happen.I mean you have got yourself in this situation now get yourself out.  I was at my breaking in, I was beyond DEPRESSED I couldn't look at myself in the mirror without crying I couldn't get dressed without having a meltdown.I would sit in the house and not go anywhere I didn't put my makeup up on I didn't Dress like ALEASHA. It was bad I hated what I seen. So we took family pictures and when I got the pictures WOO I was DISGUSTED that day I OFFICIALLY said I am done..DONE DONE DONE I REFUSE to look like this and I CHANGED THAT DAY AND NEVER STEPPED BACK...  


Write down what you EAT I use MyFitness Pal and i keep track of everything I eat if I'm out and need to eat I can type In whatever it may be and get the calories down to a T..Restaurants,Fast Food even home cooking I LOVE IT...You can keep track of your exercise and everything.


I have made it a PASSION of mine to help others get fit I LOVE LOVE LOVE seeing people getting healthier so if that means having to answer questions all the time i am DOWN for it I WANT TO HELP YOU. So don't be afraid to ask..


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