Getting Real and Setting/Sticking with your goals.

    Holiday are here!!! This can be a great time of the year. It can also be like riding a bull and trying to hold on to dear life just to be thrown off. It can take your breath away to feel like you totally failed yet again. When this happens (and it will for most of us) it is what we do after that makes us great or makes us feel like we just can't seem to get it.

  So how do we pick ourselves back up? Here is my SECOND Key to success.

First: Realize that it is real life and learn to FORGIVE yourself and not to give up just because you maybe had 1,2,3, even 4 days (or more) of celebrating the Halloween holiday.

Second: It is important to make promises to yourself then KEEP THEM!!! When I started to run I would make promises to myself such as;" I promise that I will make it to the stop sign" (Even when it was only 10 steps away) When we do this it makes us feel good and helps us believe in ourselves.

Third: Get your paper out and write down your goals in detail and WHY you want them.
Don't just say that you wish you could loose 50 lbs. Tell yourself that you are GOING TO DO IT. And Believe that you are capable and worth the effort. I remember looking at the scale at 216lbs and thinking "How am I EVER going to loose 70+ lbs? It is so far away and I just don't know if I can do it." Then one day I changed my self talk and belief. I told myself that I just had to take the first step (Running) and that was where I had to start.

Forth: Make an action plan. In any game they do this. Take football, they create a plan. They take timeouts to reassess when necessary and plan again. They also take time to study their opponents. What are your opponents?  Make a plan to over come them and then write them down and review your why.

Fifth: Reward yourself when you hit mile stones. This can be a period of time, hit a mini goal, had a perfect day, or even a perfect hour, kept a promise you made to yourself.                

  Things come up that causes stress. It is part of life! Learn to love yourself and know that you are made from the great creator and that you can do anything because of who you came from. (God) 
If you ask He will help you in this journey called LIFE. We are not alone and He knows you and loves you and wants you to be successful in this life.

   It is late and I am getting tired, so for now I just want you to know that it is really important to keep "trying 'til you win" It is a process and I do believe that we learn when we fall. I know that I do NOT like the way that I feel right now after falling off for a few days. I look forward to a new day, a clean slate.
Good night all. Hugs, Emily

    

Day 9-10 5K with my family

  We took the kids on their first 5K. It was a good experience, but one of the hardest 5Ks I have ever done!!! We were so excited about taking them out to do our fist family run.

    Going into the race I knew that I would have to help Beeps because she is only 6 years old. For those of you who don't know a 5K is 3.1 miles. I ended up carrying her on my shoulders most of the time. Doing things like this is good for me, it is a good reminder how much I used to carry around with me all of the time.  We are doing better going out and doing things with the kids. We need to up our activity level as a family.

    I want to let you know how things are going with the diet. Both with my family and with me.

    Let's start with me, I am doing well. I have not been perfect at this, and the first week was not always easy. The thing that have been the hardest to stay away from, which I have not been successful most of the time with, is French Bread.  I don't eat a lot of bread in general but French Bread is my down fall. The times that I have fallen off of the wagon it has been because of the French Bread. I think that for the time being what I need to do is to write down what I am craving, then tell myself that at the end of the 30 days I can eat the bread, or what ever I am craving. I will let you know how that is working.

  So, how are things with the family? That has been a little tricky. The kids love the fruit and I haven't taken away the cheese, eggs, etc. However, I am not replacing them after we run out. If the kids start to miss the cooked food and ask for it over and over again then I will reassess what needs to happen. My goal it so make really yummy food so that they don't miss the cooked food for breakfast. I will keep you updated on how that is going as well.

 Tomorrow I will be making a list of the food combinations I as still learning about why the combinations are important because of this I won't be saying a whole lot about why it is important not to eat certain foods with other foods. Keep an eye out for that post coming tomorrow.
  
 

 

Day 5 raw til 4 Paradigm shift

   Good morning all! As I have said before, yesterday was my husbands official birthday. I always let me family choose dinner on their birthday, and my husband didn't know what he wanted. I decided to make breaded and fried pork chops, mash potatos, milk gravy,  and veggies.
Why am I telling you this? First of all I NEVER!!!!!!!!!! Cook like this. But he LOVES it when I do. I grew up eating a lot of this type of food. If you have read "about me" you know most of my story.
  I divert the reason I tell you what I cooked for dinner, is because it was his birthday I gave myself an excuse to splurge. Oh, man!!! It was soooooo...... PAINFUL!!!You thought I was going to say good huh. Well, no I was bloated, not only bloated but in actual PAIN!!!! My digestive system was doing summersaults. NOT good. Lesson to be learned. I need to have a paradigm shift.
   What is a paradigm shift? It is a change in basic assumptions. In other words a change in how I think or believe. At least when it comes to what is truly good and what is good according to my subconscious. (I will be talking about this later. Our subconscious.)
    I thought that because it was a birthday I could have the day or meal "off" and it would be ok.
Not so, and my body was the one to tell me.
   This was a good lesson for me. At first I thought about not writing about this. I don't like to "fail" again I am working on shifting my paradigm. Did I fail? Maybe? But, I can tell you that I was sure glad when I woke up today and all I wanted was my juice!!!

It is amazing how food really does determine how you feel. Yesterday after I ate that dinner I was bloated, in pain, and so drained. I actually slept it off. I did NOT like how it made me feel. After eating mostly raw and vegan in just a few short days my body was trying to heal itself. So what do I do? I put a wreaking ball through the process that is what it felt like. Today I am back on track and feeling better.
  As I was thinking through this experience the thought came to me "what do I want"? "Is it worth it"? The answer is YES I do want this and I do want to make this change.
   The changes that I am feeling in the few days that I want to keep are....
Energetic
Light Non bloated
Faster Metabolism I can tell because I am always hungry.
   I like the way that this feels. It is better than  anything  ever tasted. I am reading a book called fit2fat2fit. And I like this saying. "Nothing tastes as good as healthy feels"-Unknown. I am slowly learning this. I don't always love the way my juice tastes but I do love the way that I feel after I drink it. I like fitlife.tv On there he talks about our tastes changing over time. He uses the example of beer. When in college he didn't like the taste but he wanted the buzz so he pushed his way past the taste. After so long he actually liked how it tasted. I am hoping this is what happens to me. I like the way I feel so I am willing to plug my nose and close my eyes and drink the juice because it FEELS good. 
  I am not saying that from here on out I am going to be perfect at this. I thought that on my first day of the 30 day raw challenge. But I am sure going to try and remember how I feel eating this way vs. the way that I was eating.
I have to say that I have always tried to be healthy. I am always reading "diet" books because I like to learn. Some of the things I have tried others I have not. Some things feel right others don't. This is not my first time going raw. I will post about that in my next post.
   For now I want to go back to my question I asked earlier.  "Do I feel like I failed". No, I learned a lesson and I am back on the wagon. Getting back on IS HOW we find SUCCESS. It is a process of finding why we do things and if it is worth the effort. I can honestly say that after you get past the rumbling tummy from doing a 360 degree diet change.  That this is worth the effort, and I DO like the way I feel. I love that I can eat ALL of the fruit that my little (healthy) heart wants to.  I say 30 days but I think that I am going to make this a life style. :0) We shall see, but for now this is the way that I feel.
   Hugs, Emily

Lunch a few days ago. Mmmmm

 

This was 1 Pineapple

Frozen then thawed Mangos

Frozen then thawed Strawberries

all chopped up and placed in a bowl.

In a blender

Frozen Raspberries

Frozen Mangos

Banana

Is you like it a little sweeter add

4-6 Dates

Blend till smooth.

add to chopped fruit. Enjoy!!!!

 I always have to share with my kids. So I make extra for them.