The Biggest Loser League

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So, I started reading Bob's Are You Ready! book. I am not very far into it (I really need to set more time aside for my reading) but so far I am loving it. The first section is all about what Bob calls your Inner Compass. Basically, he says that you have to take care of yourself, your emotions, and discover why you made those poor choices in the past BEFORE you can even start on the physical parts of this journey like eating right and exercising. You have to to realize what your baggage is, confront it, and move on. You have to accept where you are right now, and forgive yourself. You have to look at yourself full on and say, "This is where I am now. But I am going to do something about it."  Then, you have to forgive yourself for all those poor choices and letting things go this far. And you just have to move on. You have to love yourself, be good to yourself, take care of yourself. Discover things that you like about yourself and focus on them. Use them as a mantra to switch things from negative to positive whenever you are feeling self doubt. The final step of your Inner Compass is about changing your internal tape recorder. What are your inner thoughts about yourself? Are they negative? Are you being too hard on yourself? This step helps you step back and take a good look at that. You wouldn't let someone else talk to you that way, so why do you let yourself? Negative thoughts feed our emotions and can lead to emotional eating. When you get those feelings, don't react, STOP, and sit with them, think about them. Then, maybe you can understand them better and change what you do with them. That's about how far I am in the book now. It is very powerful reading. The next chapters go into eating plans, food journals, work out routines, etc. I'm very excited about finishing it. I LOVE Bob!

Hey all!

I want to say THANK YOU to everyone who congratulated me on becoming the featured member. I appreciate my family here so much for all of your support, encouragemnt, inspiration, kindness, and so much more. It is very touching to feel so much warmness. 

So, yesterday I blogged about trying out that new active wii game, and today I woke up with the back of my knees hurting. It concerned me at first, but then I realized that it wasn't my knees hurting... it was the muscles on the back of my legs behind my knees. They are sore!!! I am going to take it as a good sign. That game worked out something in my body that apparently, I had not been working out much before! I have never been so excited to feel pain. lol. I do hope it's better by tomorrow though. 

Tonight I tried out a new recipe for dinner. It was spinach stuffed chicken breasts. They were sooo good! Juicy and flavorful. MMmmm... everyone really enjoyed them, and they looked nice too. lol. I love it when a new recipe works out! Gotta change things up a bit, ya know? 

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I played a new active wii game today! It's called Outdoor Challenge, and it is so much fun! You get the game and a floor mat. Looks kinda like the dance mat in DDR, but a little different. My sil got it today, so we played it together. You can compete against each other head to head, or take turns against each other, or work together to accomplish something, or play by yourself! It mostly involves a lot of running, jogging, and jumping. But there are also other moves and stuff you can do, like playing whack a mole with your feet, or rowing in a canoe. It is very active, a great workout, super fun, and boy did it get us sweating! I love finding new ways to exercise!!! 

 Hey Everyone!

I hope you all had a fantasitic weekend! Mine was good. On Saturday I went to the cemetary to visit my sister for her birthday. My dad went with me, we brought her these beautiful boquets of flowers, and it was really nice.

Yesterday, I went to my mom's house to visit, and that is where I'm currently at right now. I'll be going back home tomorrow. I did manage to weigh today. I brought my own scale. lol. My mom doesn't have one, and let's face it, I wouldn't trust a different one anyways. So, I got on the scale this morning and... I lost 3.2 pounds! YIPEE! I am under 310 now. That's soo exciting! Especially since I'm not far from my next milestone of being under 300. I can't wait! I haven't seen the 200's in years.

In other news, I'm still waiting to hear about that job I interviewed and then shadowed for. Apparently they had more applicants than expected and the process is taking longer than they thought. I am so anxious to hear something. My sil volunteers there and referred me to the program director, whom I've actually never met, I interviewed and shadowed with someone else. But, she told my sil that everyone was really impressed by me, and I am at the top of their list. They said they wanted me, but the only reason why I might not get hired is because they might have to give priority to the subs they already have there. However, she said that I was so impressive and have such great credentials, that even if they don't hire me, she would personally help find me a job somewhere else. That's good news. I hope to get this job though, because I really liked it there, and I really need to get started in a job now. I'll be crossing my fingers.