Constant Prayers

Constant Prayers            

Two years ago when I hit my 101 pound loss, I had a dream of becoming a personal trainer. I was ready to start studying and then life got in the way and I pushed my dream aside. For the last month or so, this dream has been coming back up almost daily. I have been in constant prayer about if this is the right step for me to take, who I would even train, how I would even go about it and everything else. A few weeks ago, it was laid on my heart that I need to focus on kids and mothers. I have been helping a bunch of my friends (who happen to be Mom’s) so I have that area down… how do I even start with kids? I have been praying for God to help me out because I can’t just go up to someone and say “Hey, is your kid overweight, do they need my help?” I know if someone did that to me, I would probably smack them! I figured God would be able to do it WAY better than I could so I handed it over to him.

Last night, I received a text from a sweet friend (someone who played an important role in my weight loss) asking me for help with her daughter (who happens to be my little… someone I have hung out with, been there for guidance, and much more). I couldn’t stop smiling, not that she needed my help but that God answered my prayers. I of course agreed to help out and 1^st thing this morning I sent over a LONG email for the mom to read and then have her daughter read. This is a start to something that is going to play a huge part in my life and I couldn’t be more excited.

My hopes for this next chapter in my life:

1.       That I can encourage this girl to fully jump on board with changing her life at such a young age.

2.       That when she hits her goal of becoming fit, she can join me and help me spread the word to other kids her age.

How am I going to do this you might ask?

1.       I plan on after hitting my 101 pound weight loss (again) I am going to purchase the study materials to become a certified personal trainer. I hope that by 2014 I will have my certificate and I can really expand my dream.

2.       I plan on working with this girl very closely, teaching her everything I know and making sure I set out one-on-one time with her.

The best thing of all, Casey is on board with this all. It is great to have such a wonderful man supporting me each step of the way. I have known my entire life that working with kids in some way is my calling from God and I am so excited to finally figure out how to do it. This is just the beginning and I am SO excited!!!

If you have a child who you feel might benefit from learning about weight loss and getting healthy, message me!

Happy 3rd of July

Tomorrow is a holiday and most holidays mean you will be surrounded by food and drinks... oh and family and friends! But I am sure there will be way more food then there is people which means you probably will have unlimited options and that could be B-A-D!

Dig down deep and figure out what you want more, to over eat and over drink just because its a holiday OR do you want to stay on track with your meals and workouts and conquer your goals?

My choice is to crush my goals for sure! Here is how I am going to do it...

 - We are celebrating with family, friends and fireworks tonight instead of tomorrow night since I have decided to work Friday instead of taking a vaca day. My sister & brother in law are having a cookout and I am bringing my own turkey burgers instead of eating what they are grilling. My sister is going to have fruit and a salad (thank goodness she is on the healthy journey too). I will make myself a plate, eat and then be done. No snacking just to snack. I will be armed with water and focus on hanging out with my nieces and watching fireworks instead.

- Tomorrow I am off and the YMCA is open (YES!!) so I am meeting my sister up at the gym bright and early (8am) to do a full body workout and cardio before the day starts. Later in the day Casey and I will be working on making a photo wall for our wedding (work out) and then headed to the mall to do some shopping with a gift card I won (walking = working out). We have decided to not attend any parties and spend the day together instead since we do not have Caleb. This will help with the eating. I will be able to control what we both eat all day long.

- Friday will go back to normal since I decided to go back to work instead of taking a vaca day.

- Saturday night we have plans to go on a triple date... we have chose sushi (my idea, are you shocked since I really don't like fish?!) and I have already reviewed the restaurants menu. I know exactly what I will be ordering and then we are going bowling (another form of a fun workout).

- Sunday will be like all my other Sunday's so I am good there too!

You have to have a plan when going into a holiday, specially one that can go from being a 1 day holiday into a weekend long holiday. If you have a plan, you are more than likely to stick to it and come Monday morning you will feel better about the choices you made.

I hope you all have a happy and safe 4th of July!

The other white dress

I have had this white dress (not my wedding dress) that I just love so much. It's a perfect dress to wear on a hot summer day. I bought it the summer I had lost all my weight (2 years ago) and it fit perfectly. Well, with my surgery, depression and weight gain in 2012... the dress was T-I-G-H-T!!! I couldn't even zip it myself. I had to have Casey zip it while I sucked in and pulled the material back to help him. It was a sad sad day!

In January of this year I told Casey my goal was to have this white dress no longer fit me because it is to big. I have been trying it on every couple months since then. In January, it was the same story as I just mentioned. TIGHT and Casey had to zip it while I helped. Then I tried it on again in March while I was doing Insanity. Casey still had to zip it, but it wasn't as tight as it was in January. I couldn't wear a bra with it because it was basically cutting off blood flow under my arms.

Well, this morning I thought what the heck, I am going to try this on and wear it to work. Casey was not home so I knew if I wanted to wear it to work, I would have to zip it myself. I put it on and was able to zip it with ease. After getting it on I realized that it was loose in the chest and that there was plenty of room for me to put on a strapless bra!!!

I decided to take a picture and compare to March. I can see a difference in how much my stomach sticks out... still gonna work on that, I want the dress to lay flat and not stick out at all. I can see a difference in the size of my arms too. Lifting weights is really helping my arms shrink and I am happy about that because my arms have always been one of my big problem areas.

 I am going to try this dress on again in 3 more month (October) and compare again! My goal is to have it be to big by then... Time to give it hell!!

My success in June

June was a GREAT month for me and here is why:

1. I fully started back with Lo - training twice a week

2. I started doing 2 a days at the gym

3. I did not cheat one single day even though I planned on eating cake on the 22nd.

4. I signed up for a program at the Y and completed it (got me another t-shirt)

5. I reached 2 goals on the YMCA MobileFit program (hello waterbottle and coupon, those were my prizes)

6. I have gone down a size in pants (Holla!)

7. I am lifting heavier weights

8. Oh and ummm... I lost exactly 17 pounds from June 1 - June 30 (according to my scale, not Lo's... I weigh in with her tomorrow).

Seriously, I have not been this dedicated and motivated since when I was aiming for my 100 pound loss 2 years ago. There is something that caught on fire deep down inside and it has finally made its way to the surface and I am ready to get back down to my 101 pound weight loss.

Here are my stats:

I am 5'10

June 1st weight - 200.6

June 30th weight - 183.6

17 pounds gone and NEVER coming back!

Goals:

1. To hit 189.8 --- DONE & DONE

2. To hit 175.0 --- I have 8.6 pounds to go

3. To hit 164.0 by my 28th birthday (8/22/85) --- I have 19.6 pounds to go and I have 53 days (6.5 weeks) to do it!!

If you think I killed it in June, just wait and see what I have in store for July!!!

Have a happy and healthy Monday!

-Fitbyjordan