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Nature

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Yesterday My mom, myself and my Daughter had a mother Daughter day. We went to a Farm/petting Zoo about 20 miles north of my town. When you live in Michigan the more you go north the more beautiful and full of nature it is. We had a wonderful day. We pet and fed animals. We picked flowers, we walked around the farm. We went into the aviary. We enjoyed the sun. And we enjoyed the day.

I love nature. Fall is one of my favorite seasons to enjoy nature. It’s cooler and the leaves are all changing colors. My friends and I use to go hiking over the hills near the lake in the fall and it was so beautiful I could hike those trails every day and if I could drive I would but I can’t. (Controlling ex, long story) I hope to be able to experience all nature has to offer this fall and get back up on them trails and get some good hiking in. I crave nature. I couldn’t imagine living anywhere but Michigan.

Make that a challenge

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As we say goodbye to August and Hello to September I have been thinking about what kind of challenges I want to overcome this month. I live in Michigan and That means September brings a lot of Change. The leaves will start to turn color, the air will become more crisp, it will be time for Apple picking and Pumpkin patches, sweaters and Fall boots, and lots more things to love about the change of the seasons. And yet all the good that comes with September It also is filled with reminders of things I would rather forget. Things of my past that I may share with you later. This year I Want to stay focused on my journey and less in my past so I have decided that I will do a challenge this month. And by that I mean I will choose a goal to accomplish every day this month no matter what. I will make a promise to myself to Accomplish that one thing. Now Today I read some of the Rachelle Hollis book Girl wash your face so Im feeling a bit Inspired. She talks about how we tend to take promises serious when we make them to others but on the other hand will almost always brake a promise to ourselves. This got me thinking about it and she is 100% true.

I am going to make a promise To finish the challenge I chose to set for myself. The problem is that I have no idea what change to give myself. I have a few Ideas but I’m still on the fence. My first Idea was a water challenge but I’m really already doing that so It wouldn’t be much of a change. Next I thought of a work out change but It has to be more narrowed down than that. So I have came up with :

  1. Walking every day for a minimum of 10 min even if it’s walking in place.
  2. Do yoga every day

And that’s it. For some reason I thought I would be able to come up with more but that’s all I got. Sure there are more I thought of but I’m trying to have something that’s a little challenging but also Obtainable for someone just starting out. I would love to hear some of your ideas for monthly changes. If you have an idea please leave me a comment. But until then TTFN

Keto

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One of the things that worked for me was Keto. I don’t exactly remember why I stopped doing keto but I know a few things that played a factor in my Quiting. When I did keto the first time around my ex husband and I lived in a hotel and no it wasn’t like the sweet life of Zack and Cody. My ex had a problem keeping a job and a problem spending money instead of paying bill… so we never could stay in one place for to long. We lived in hotels often and the one particular time we didn’t have any way to cook other than a crock pot and a George Foreman grill. This played a large factor in my going keto. I don’t like bread and cooking pasta wasn’t exactly possible so we mostly ate meat and vegetables. Also there was a gym we had access to. Because of the gym I wanted to go on a diet as well, I got researching and stumbled upon Keto. After some reading I realized I was already halfway there so I committed to it. I tried Avacado for the first time and loved it. I learned about coconut oil and how it was a healthy fat. I learned about Carbs and sugars and there impact on Hormone Imbalance. I learned about green tea and so much more. I studied all the time. If I wasn’t working out or studying I was thinking about one of the two. Before I knew it I felt Amazing. I was hooked on keto and I was hooked on working out. It just worked for me.

That feels like forever ago now. I often think of how easy keto was for me it was like a second nature. Now I’m a week into Fasting and I keep thinking what if I went keto as well. What if I Could Succeed at it again. I know it worked before so why not now. Sure I would have to Do some of the research all over again but I’m worth it. So I have made a decision To go keto Again. It may take some getting used to. And done things may be hard to let go of. For example Potatoes. But I’m sure I can do it.

The plan is to cut out 90% of my carbs. I want to be able to give myself some wiggle room so I can have some things… For instance the salad I bought for brunch today It had croutons and I didn’t want to pick them out So I just ate them. I typically make my salad at hone so this will rarely happen bit it does happen. I have a good strat on healthy foods thanks to my let-have-a-better-fast shopping trip that u can read about in my Intermittent Fasting post. And who doesn’t love a good avacado. I really think I can do this.The next challenge however is Cardio and that is a tough one. But that’s a topic for next time. Ttyl.

Intermittent Fasting

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In the weight loss and diet world Intermittent Fasting in my opinion is one of the Easiest thing you can Do. If your not familiar with Intermittent Fasting it’s fairly simple. You fallow a set Time of eating and not eating. For example 8/16 is the most popular. You would eat for 8 hours and fast for 16 hours. It sounds difficult but if you thing about each night when you sleep you easily make it through around 8 hours without a thought because you are asleep and that makes things easier.

Today Im officially a week into Fasting. I wish I would have taken some notes from the beginning but I didn’t so I’ll do my best to remember each day. My eating window is 1-8. I eat my lunch or breakfast (what I call it Depends on. What I ate) around one. Dinner is around 7-730. I resume my fast at 8.

Monday: I decided Sunday night I was going to do this. After Sundays dinner I didn’t eat. Monday morning I was hungry I kept my mind busy by cleaning my kitchen. When it was finally time to eat I ate like bear. I ate Pizza rolls and chicken nuggets for breakfast and lunch and I had a few Ice cream sandwiches. I was not proud of myself. But I stopped eating for the day at 8pm

Tuesday: I struggled with my hunger all morning and once again ate crap in my eating window. 1-8

Wendsday: I woke up and told myself the day would be better. So I did a work out and then got on YouTube and looked up Fasting. I learned that what you eat when you are coming off a fast is a big deal If you eat junk like I had been eating it defeats the purpose of the Fast. I took a deep breath and told myself it’s time to Fix my habits with food. I did better that day. I ate breakfast and didn’t eat anything until my dinner. No junk. I felt better that day.

Thursday: I woke up feeling better than I had all week. I went shopping and got some Healthier things to eat and snack on. I ate only healthy stuff in my eating window and I even cooked My man a healthy dinner.

Friday: I fasted for 19 hours I got so busy I forgot to brake my fast. I wasn’t hungry and I felt Amazing. Had a healthy eating day.

Saturday and Sunday: I continued my fast and ate health.

So as you can see after a few days of struggling I began to to better. And now after 7 days It’s second nature to me. I wont weight myself to see if it has helped with the weight loss aspect of everything but A few weeks down the road I will. My plan Is to keep at the Fasting as a new way of life. It comes so easy to me so why not?

Goals.

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So I should probably start this out by Listing some Goals. I feel as if Goals are important no matter what your trying to do. Goals are of the foundations of Life. I believe Everyone has Goals even if they don’t know it. Here is a list of my goals.

  1. Lose weight (about 100 pounds or so)
  2. Develop a better relationship with food.
  3. Cut out Junk food
  4. Have more energy and endurance
  5. Build muscle
  6. Grow most of the food My family eats.

Sounds simple enough right. Basically they all fall in line with each other. I would love to hear some of your goals. Feel free to leave me a comment. But for now I have lots more to do. So Ta Ta for now.

The Journey Begins

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Welcome to my website/blog. I decided to start this blog so I can talk about my journey to be healthier and hopefully lose weight along the way. I find it helps me stay focused and on track to Wright out my Success and Struggles. I’m not even sure anyone is out there to listen but here I am. So if you happen to stumble across this page pull up a chair (assuming your not already sitting) and enjoy whatever I may have to offer at the time!