Motivation #2

So there are a lot of mantras I follow these days...some come from Mandy, some come from my pastor, and some I just pick up here and there. They really speak to me...I try to spend a little time each day focusing on some of them. Here are a few that really help me out, especially on tough days:)


- Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal...but nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude. Whether you think you can or can't, you're right.

- Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.

- Where you're going is far more important than where you've been.

- Aerodynamically, the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know that so it goes on flying anyway.

- Don't let what you can't do stop you from doing what you can do.

- Don't let yesterday rob you of today.

- You will never change your life until you change something you do everyday.

- Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.

- Only a fool walks into the future looking backwards.

- Champions aren't made in the gym. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them- a desire, a dream, a vision.

- The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

- Stop being a victim and start being a victor.

- When I hear someone sigh, 'life is hard', I am always tempted to ask "Compared to what?"


And finally one of my absolute favorites...

- Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.

Oh, how true is that:)

What a feeling:)

So I've been meaning to write for a week or so and just haven't gotten to it. But TODAY was such a big important day that I just had to make an entry.

So it's July 9th. If you've read my posts from last year, you know that last fall I signed up for a 90 day challenge at the gym. I was deadset on winning and for a while I was doing really well. I stopped writing sometime in August I think, and in September everything went downhill. Jeff turned 31, then my mom threw a big party for my 30th birthday, and then we had a huge blowout for Ian's 2nd birthday. With all the festivities, I gained a pound or two back and got so frustrated that I ended up quitting and not finishing the challenge. I steadily gained weight back through the rest of the year and ended up at my highest weight of 261 when I walked back into the gym to meet with Mandy on January 9th, 2011.

A little over 3 months ago, during one of our sessions, Mandy asked if I had heard about the 90 day Spring challenge coming up. I said yes, I had, and that I had done the last 90 day challenge and dropped out... She interupted me and said, "Well, you're doing this one and you're going to do awesome and you're going to finish". I was nervous and not really looking forward to it because my weight loss is so slow going (which is totally OK but not conducive to winning a challenge like that). But the entire time she kept telling me it's not about winning, it's about doing the best I can for myself.

SOOOOO, today was 90 days. I had my official weigh "out" today. Drum roll.................I lost 23.6 pounds!!!!! I am so thrilled with myself:) I don't know where I placed yet but I know it's up there pretty good. I know I didn't win but I am SO proud of finishing and of doing so well. And on top of all this good stuff, today is my 6 month point w/ Mandy. Since I started with her/the gym I have lost a total of 33 pounds! AND the icing on the cake is that I went shopping yesterday and bought a pair of 16 pants. My old pants are size 22. That is THREE sizes people. Give it up! hehe:) SO ok, they were Gloria Vanderbuilt brand which runs big, but STILL. It doesn't start with a 2!

So it was a big exciting day for me. I'll let the pictures show you how happy I am. I am so blessed to finally be getting my life back.

So here is me almost exactly a year ago.....


And here is today...... :)


I'm getting there baby!!