Even in the Rain Push!

So today is really a dreary day as its raining off and on again but hey nothing is gonna stop me from reaching my goals. Im still losing weight and I feel great. I have so far gotten my sister and best friend to join in on this journey with me. I tell you, there may be times where you have to go at your journey alone but its truly a blessing to have others on the same journey for support. I find that we are learning about ourselves all over again and helping each other with accountability. My sister just had a baby almost 4 months ago and is trying to lose 50lbs and Im not sure how much my best  friend is trying to lose but my goal is to lose 145lbs. So as you can see we are all at a place where its going to require some work. I know that I have a blogg but Im hoping to inspire others who have lost hope and want to lose but dont know where to start. So here is what we are doing. Meats; chicken,  tilapia fish, turkey ground, and salmon (all meat measured for each serving 4oz) that means only 4 oz of meat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Yes it will be enough cause you'll be eating tons of veggies; broccoli, green beans, spinach, kale, salad with cucumbers and tomatoes (Italian dressing or vinegar base dressing & not too much with oil content) carrots, and zucchini, squash and other plant base foods. Fruit salads so that you dont consume to much of one fruit; blueberries,pine apples, bananas  (1/2 in salad) grapes (few) strawberries, cantaloupe, honeydew, apples, mangos etc. Misc.foods for snacking; granola (little) to go in yogurt, light mozzarella sticks, almonds, walnuts, smoothies made with almond milk with guava nectar now of course you cant have all these at one time but you should have two snacks one mid-day between breakfast and lunch and one between lunch and dinner. MEAL PREP IS ESSENTIAL TO THIS PLAN!!! Dont wait until your hungry and try to fix food... Have it already made so you dont fall off.  Cut off time to eat is 6:00p and if its a special occasion 7:00p. No resting with food on the tummy and inability to work it off. Ok water water water!!! No sugary drinks, juices, or other beverages!!! Wanna spice your water up add fruit !!! Or cucumber and lemon for a refreshing taste. 30-1hour of exercise daily until you build up a tolerance then go for more. For heavier people start out walking there is no excuse!!!! I dont care if you go slow just Move! You'll not only see an improvement after a week but will notice that you are able to go a little further. CONSISTENCY IS KEY!!! FOLLOW THESE FOODS AND WATCH THE WEIGHT FALL OFF I HAVE!!!!
LETS DO THIS!!
I LOVE YOU ALL!!!
BE ENCOURAGED!!!

Sincerely,
Through My Eyes

Gone too long

Hello my fellow bloggers and readers. Im back!!!.... I can't say I've  been successful losing my ultimate goal weight I however been blessed to have lost 35 pounds and have found it to be more difficult than I thought. Anyone who's ever had an issue with weight knows my struggles. First, it's not easy waking up every morning, with a mindset to be motivated to be active.

 Still hurting from the day befores workout it is rather distressing and discouraging. I often still think when I have had a hard day working out, "How did I let myself get this far out of control?" This is one of many questions I have asked myself as the beads of sweat drip down my forehead and my body aches from not being able to carry on another repetition of an agonizing exercise....ugh..... Can I be transparent real quick and go on a tangent? Why can't I have the best of both worlds? 

I didn't get over-weight overnight, totally get it but I like to eat no use in lying about it. I don't like just one particular sort of food I like a variety. While some people get the luxury of eating whatever the hell they want and not have to worry about their figure then you have others like me who have to count calories, count carbs, and starve to even come close to fitting in a pair of good-looking jeans. I don't want to do sit ups. I don't want to do burpees. I don't want to do jumping jacks. I don't want to run until my lungs jump up my throat and pimp slap me!!!! 

Can't anything just be easy!!!  Ive always liked the outdoors (don't get me wrong) and even thought "Maybe I can make exercising fun by walking and hiking!" Big whoopie!! NOT!

 Why is it that everytime you get the mindset to do something great like that great walk that maybe 2 miles, at first your feeling great about yourself and even holding your head up just a-smiling and then lo and behold the super fit people start zipping past you jogging..... breathing all calmly not out of breath, not showing any sign of pain, & matter of fact every hair still in place gliding ever so gracefully through the wind....... you get the picture right?.....   then slowly your smile fades, you start to slow down and time just seems to stands still.......while you're sucking up air and try not to choke on the swarm of gnats you just walked through and gulped down......and yep trying to still look a little cute. Maybe thats just my story all the time...

Anyways,  I'm still on this journey yes the ups, downs, good, & bad.