Challenge

I love this!

Heading down the home stretch.

Finishing

We are almost done with the 100 Day Heart Challenge - we may have crashed along the way but we are all going to burst through that ribbon with our arms held high.
Maybe I shouldn't use the word "finish" It is the begining of a healthy lifestyle. Moving more, making healthier choices and loving ourselves for who we are.
Dang I just got donut crumbs all over my key board!! Just kidding. It was celery (do they have crumbs?).

I am on vacation this week. What is cool about it is that I have planned lots of physical activities. Not once have I planned to go anywhere to eat. I have not monitored my eating this week but know I have made a lot of healthy choices verses what I would have several months ago. I went hiking with only water - no treats. I ate yogurts when I was craving sweets. I ate half of what I served myself or was served to me. I did eat cake, grilled cheese sandwiches and other things I have given up for the most part.
The thought that I have not lost weight during this 100 day HC has really eaten away at my spirit. I feel I have failed all the people that have worked so hard putting this all together. As I mentioned in my previous posts a lot has changed.
I hope to fight the feeling of failure and continue on trying to become healthier and more active. AND i do hope for a 40 lb weight loss sometime within the next year or so.

What do we teach the next generation?

I will be a first time grandma the end of September. FUN!! As we near the end of the 100 days I reflect on what I have learned, how firm I have gotten, how much healthier I eat AND at the scale which shows no weight loss. Am I a failure? Depends how you look at it. Some scales show that people have lost 25 or more pounds.... looking at it that way I am.

What we compare ourselves to is often how we determine that we are a failure. Didn't we learn that we must be a certain body size by looking at what the world found as "beautiful" Some of us can no more change ourself to look that way than we could will ourselves to be able to time travel. Yet as a child we didn't know that...

What are you teaching you children, grandkids etc to compare themselves to? How are you teaching them to just be healthy and to accept that one person's perfect size may be a size one and anothers may be a size 12 etc.

Have you discovered that you just want to be healthy or are you still comparing yourself to someone you have no chance in hell of looking like?

Stress vs Peace

I used to belong to several singing groups. One of my favorite songs has this line in it... "There is peace in the midst of a storm tossed life"
This week has been crazy. Stress and fading faith in mankind has assaulted me. Not only that but trying to not binge eat during this time.
I am glad to say that I did make a lot of healthy choices even if I did over eat a few times. My worst was about 20 deep fried tater tots with fry sauce.
BUT what is cool about all this is that I made a conscious effort not to binge eat and was aware of my normal reaction and how it is different this time.
In order to handle the stress and deal with the people my sense of humor, my dependence on Him (the Lord) did give me some peace. I have a long ways to go but it was great to know that I am getting stronger every day.
Here is wishing you each peace in the midst of this storm tossed life.

Weigh-in tomorrow

I am worried about weighing in tomorrow. I am hoping the scales have started to move. I know I am down clothes sizes but I am weird as I want to see the scale moving on down!