It Makes You Cry!

If you are trying to lose weight like I am, I am sure you have seen this image floating around…   For the longest time, I felt this same way. Trying to lose weight is not easy by no means. However, I am slowly learning that I have to love my body no matter the flaws it may have in it, in order to lose weight and to keep it off. I have struggled to lose weight for a long {Read More}

Two Weeks and Going Strong!

Two weeks ago today, my family went from eating Walmart pizza, and box meals to eating lean meats, veggies, and fruits. One of my favorite snacks now is frozen grapes. I will admit, in those two weeks we have ate out, however I had a sub with a lot of veggies from subway, and I also have had a mini (10 ounce) blizzard from Sonic. With that being said the numbers are in and they don’t lie. In the past {Read More}

Getting Healthy With Mangosteen Juice

My husband and I have never really lived a very healthy lifestyle. When we were younger we both worked in the kitchen of a casino and we were always eating fried foods. Which maybe the reason I had to have gallbladder surgery at the age of 20. However, as we are getting older we’re realizing we have to start thinking about our health. I mean really start thinking about it, although my husband is only about 40 pounds over weight, {Read More}

Walk it Out by Konami

So as you may have seen I have been doing a lot of Walk it Out by Konami. This helps me get in my walking without having to have the heat against me. Playing with the wii board is a bit tough on my knees  but I deal with it, tonight I did 1.8 miles without no break, and broke a bunch of my records! One thing I love about this game, is it has fast songs that make you {Read More}

Bringing Back The Wii

Do as I sit here, I keep looking at the Wii knowing I have to get my lazy behind up and get a workout in. I dusty off the Wii fit board, and started getting my groove on. I have been doing this for about 4 days now, and let me tell you, I AM SORE AS SORE GETS! For the first 2 days, I walked a little over 2 miles using the Walk it Out game from Konami. This {Read More}

Weigh-In

I have only been doing this healthy thing for about a week now. The work is really paying off, while the number lose this week is not huge I am very excited with the number. I have lost 2.2 pounds in a week! I want to lose the weight slow so I don’t have all the loose skin and such. I would rather lose slow, and then tighten the skin naturally. I am keeping my calorie intake between 1300 and {Read More}

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