Monday, December 23, 2013
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Making A Change
Hello my lovely, beautiful people!
Today I want to talk about my plans for transforming my attitude on food, fitness, and health as soon as my semester is over (I'm too stressed out about finals right now to make diet/exercise my top priority!).
Right now I am undergoing laser treatments to help minimize the appearance of my stretch marks from having Phoenix. I have stretch marks on the front of my stomach (lower) and on the back of my hips. I have some minor ones on my thighs, outside and in between my legs. These marks have made me really struggle the past year. I've had a hard time feeling young and beautiful with skin so damaged looking. Although at this point I've only had one laser treatment, the act has inspired me to start thinking about my health and body in a new light.
Over the summer, I started doing Hip Hop Abs as a fun way to get in shape. Almost immediately I lost 6 pounds, and looked like I did before a had a baby (albeit the stretch marks). But then I went on vacation and lost all the drive I had to work out and be in shape. From that point on, I started developing a stronger and stronger love for food, which I feel has been my way to cope with the stress of school, as well as the sadness it brings me that I cannot stay home with my son as often as I'd like. I am a full-time student Tuesday-Thursday, and I work 20-25 hours per week Friday-Sunday. I think I look food as a way to cope because it is instant gratification, you get your happiness from it so instantly that is has become the easiest way for me to feel better.
Now, I want to start taking control of my relationship with food. Yes, food is delicious, but my happiness should definitely not depend on it. I want to be able to go out to dinner from time to time, and enjoy food all the time, but I want to make smart decisions as well. I want to think about the long-term consequences of putting junk food in my body or drinking soda. I want to think beyond how good something will taste or how much better it makes me feel emotionally. I want to think about the positive long-term effects of making the right decisions with food, not being crazy strict, but overall being healthy. The first step for me is definitely getting rid of my lifelong love for soda, and replacing it with good, old-fashioned water! I suffered from gestational diabetes when I was pregnant and now I tend to have higher blood sugar, and when I drink soda I can tell that a spike in my glucose levels occurs, but I can't stop drinking it. Working through what makes me feel like I NEED that soda is going to help big time with kicking the habit. I purchased Deepak Chopra's new book, What Are You Hungry For, to help me really zero in on what's going on with my eating.
I bought a groupon for hot yoga in my area, one month unlimited classes, and I am going to use this as my tool to get back into the mode of fitness and working out. When I was working out six days a week over the summer, I felt amazing about myself. I want to get that back. I am also starting the T25 Focus workout dvd with my wonderful hubby-to-be, Jordan. I'm hoping that this program will help us get into better habits. Since it is only one 25 minute workout a day 5 days a week, with a 6th day to stretch and one rest day, it easily will fit into our schedules. I'm hoping that when I finish T25, I can muster the ability, time, and a focus to do Insanity. I have tried before, but with asthma and not a ton of endurance, I gave up fairly quickly as I was modifying every workout within 5 minutes of the start. I think T25 is designed with people like me in mind, people who want to start out with results but also don't have their whole lives to dedicate to fitness and working out.
I'm excited for these changes in my life, and I really feel like I will be able to make it happen. It would be easy, and I know my diet will never be perfect, but I think that I should get some good results, and hopefully feel a lot better emotionally and physically!
That's all for today! Sorry I've been slacking on the posts... This semester has been crazy at school and now that I've started working, I feel I have barely any time to spend on my blog :( Hopefully that will also be changing soon!
With love,
Brittany Rose
Today I want to talk about my plans for transforming my attitude on food, fitness, and health as soon as my semester is over (I'm too stressed out about finals right now to make diet/exercise my top priority!).
Right now I am undergoing laser treatments to help minimize the appearance of my stretch marks from having Phoenix. I have stretch marks on the front of my stomach (lower) and on the back of my hips. I have some minor ones on my thighs, outside and in between my legs. These marks have made me really struggle the past year. I've had a hard time feeling young and beautiful with skin so damaged looking. Although at this point I've only had one laser treatment, the act has inspired me to start thinking about my health and body in a new light.
Over the summer, I started doing Hip Hop Abs as a fun way to get in shape. Almost immediately I lost 6 pounds, and looked like I did before a had a baby (albeit the stretch marks). But then I went on vacation and lost all the drive I had to work out and be in shape. From that point on, I started developing a stronger and stronger love for food, which I feel has been my way to cope with the stress of school, as well as the sadness it brings me that I cannot stay home with my son as often as I'd like. I am a full-time student Tuesday-Thursday, and I work 20-25 hours per week Friday-Sunday. I think I look food as a way to cope because it is instant gratification, you get your happiness from it so instantly that is has become the easiest way for me to feel better.
Now, I want to start taking control of my relationship with food. Yes, food is delicious, but my happiness should definitely not depend on it. I want to be able to go out to dinner from time to time, and enjoy food all the time, but I want to make smart decisions as well. I want to think about the long-term consequences of putting junk food in my body or drinking soda. I want to think beyond how good something will taste or how much better it makes me feel emotionally. I want to think about the positive long-term effects of making the right decisions with food, not being crazy strict, but overall being healthy. The first step for me is definitely getting rid of my lifelong love for soda, and replacing it with good, old-fashioned water! I suffered from gestational diabetes when I was pregnant and now I tend to have higher blood sugar, and when I drink soda I can tell that a spike in my glucose levels occurs, but I can't stop drinking it. Working through what makes me feel like I NEED that soda is going to help big time with kicking the habit. I purchased Deepak Chopra's new book, What Are You Hungry For, to help me really zero in on what's going on with my eating.
I bought a groupon for hot yoga in my area, one month unlimited classes, and I am going to use this as my tool to get back into the mode of fitness and working out. When I was working out six days a week over the summer, I felt amazing about myself. I want to get that back. I am also starting the T25 Focus workout dvd with my wonderful hubby-to-be, Jordan. I'm hoping that this program will help us get into better habits. Since it is only one 25 minute workout a day 5 days a week, with a 6th day to stretch and one rest day, it easily will fit into our schedules. I'm hoping that when I finish T25, I can muster the ability, time, and a focus to do Insanity. I have tried before, but with asthma and not a ton of endurance, I gave up fairly quickly as I was modifying every workout within 5 minutes of the start. I think T25 is designed with people like me in mind, people who want to start out with results but also don't have their whole lives to dedicate to fitness and working out.
I'm excited for these changes in my life, and I really feel like I will be able to make it happen. It would be easy, and I know my diet will never be perfect, but I think that I should get some good results, and hopefully feel a lot better emotionally and physically!
That's all for today! Sorry I've been slacking on the posts... This semester has been crazy at school and now that I've started working, I feel I have barely any time to spend on my blog :( Hopefully that will also be changing soon!
With love,
Brittany Rose
"'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' - that is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know."
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know."
Sunday, December 1, 2013
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"'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' - that is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know."
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know."
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