Challenge to Losing Weight

When it comes to losing weight, one of the main challenges is getting everyone in the household on the same page. You cannot lose weight if someone else in the house is eating differently. My family is in the process of completely changing out eating habits. We’re removing red meats from our diet, and including more seafood, chicken, and turkey. We will be eating more BEANS. You know that saying “Beans, beans good for your heart, the more you eat {Read More}

Flabs to Abs Event August 1st – 13th

We all do what we can to drop those pounds before Summer. Who doesn’t want to have those great abs when it comes time to hit those beaches. However, once Summer is over it is back to the couch and on with the pounds. Only to turn around in Spring trying to workout to get that killer body back. So why not stay off the couch and keep those pounds off! I have teamed up with MNMSpecial once again to {Read More}

Learning Good Carbs From Bad Carbs

If I am going to try with this no or low carb thing, I guess the first thing I am going to have to do is learn which carbs are good and which ones I need to say no too. One of my weaknesses when it comes to carbs is bread and pasta. After researching good carbs and bad carbs, I learned that I pretty much already pushed away those bad carbs. I learned the bad carbs include products such {Read More}

Bob Harper’s Smart Success 7-Day Cleanse Review

I have never kept it a secret that I have been a struggler with my weight for a long time. Depression stinks, I will get going good, then the scale will say I had a gain, then that hopelessness sinks in, and I see no point in trying. I have tried several diets, changed a lot of things. However, all it takes for me is to see a plus count on that scale. I know I need to try harder, {Read More}

Making Goals

I have learned making goals, and attempting to make a plan might not be a wise idea. I was supposed to take all my measurements last night, and start a log. Well, I have yet to do so, and I have been thinking it might be smarter for me not to. I am thinking I may have more lucky losing weight ditching the scales, and just watching what I eat. When I look and see numbers, if they are not {Read More}

Being FAT Sucks.

Here is were I go through that emo depression state, where I look in the mirror and see a blob of fat looking back at me. My husband gives me that speech about the camera making you look bigger than you are blah blah blah. I have always been a bigger girl, and it has always had some sort of emotional toll on my life. I personally feel being over weight plays a big roll in my anxiety. It often {Read More}

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