Thintervention

Are you kidding me?!? 

I was watching my usual Monday night programming, The Real Housewives of New Jersey, and decided to stay tuned for Thintervention.

There are some people on the show that are 50% fat! One is only 22 years old. Several of the clients on the show were previously in great shape, including a former fitness model, professional cheerleader, and Playboy model. The reality is that the majority of our society is over-weight or obese. I, too, would fall into that category. According to the body mass index chart, I am 20 pounds overweight.

How every, I am working hard to fix that. (Although today, I had a hamburger and a yogurt shake with my mom at lunch today.)

Jackie Warrner, the personal trainer, is so inspiring. On the first episode, she gave her clients homework: go home and toss out everything that has more than 5 grams of sugar and drink water with lemon juice, which will detox your liver and burn more calories. Just about everything in these peoples pantries got tossed into the trash.  Her recommendation, get rid of even the yogurt. It has 13 grams of sugar per serving.

The reality is we, as Americans, have an unhealthy relationship with food. We associate food with our emotions, whether you think about it or not. We need to get to a place where we eat only for nourishment and not just to eat to stimulate our senses.

So, my goal this week it to do just that. Nothing with more than 5 grams of sugar. Stay tuned as I will weigh and measure in on Saturday to track my progress.

Up for a challenge? 

Join me and let me know what results you get this week!

Why I'm Running

A little over a year ago, I went through a really BAD season. I was dating a guy, for 3 years, that I was in love with. I thought that we were going to end up getting married and having a great life together. The reality was, that wasn't going to happen for us.

I felt like I was always trying to change him and as many of you know, being in the business of change doesn't EVER work out for the good. I wanted more for him and his life and at the time, he didn't want that. I felt like I was pushing him to seek the Lord and have a genuine desire for Him. 

Things progressively got worse between us, in my heart of hearts, I knew it wasn't going to work. Not until both of us allowed the Lord to change us and we grew up. 


One night, we were in Tucson visiting my parents, for mother's day. He wanted to visit with his friends in Tuscon and I did not. After all,  I was there to be with my family, not his friends. After a high tension day and bickering, we went out to dinner and dancing with some of his friends (me begrudgingly). Well, the "night of fun" took a quick turn for the worse, in a snapshot, he ended up hitting me. 


It took me a year to finally be able to move on, thanks in part to great friends, family, and most importantly the work that the Lord did in me. When I finally released him in forgiveness, I began to soar!


Now that I'm FREE, I've taken up running as a close to a chapter in my life! 


Let the journey begin!

Accountability

I've decided to make another blog because I want to keep track of my progress throughout this marathon training. I would like to get to my ideal weight which is 140-159.