Never, never, never, give up

I was bugged at myself all night long.  I finish what I start, and I do that which I say I will do.  Disregard that last post.  Game is still on.  I am re-vamping my gotta wanna forward list today.  If you want to stay on the list email me back or leave me a comment.  You can play or not depending on what your given week is like.  You don't need to worry about being the low points for the week, I have some sheer white whitening kits and i-tunes gift cards to use as prizes.  Last week my week started great and then when straight down-hill.  My point total for the week was 207.  And man I felt it Monday and Tuesday....I felt like sludge.  I don't have time to feel like sludge.  I was up and on the spin bike this morning and it felt great.  I already have more energy.
Have a great day!!!

Winner from week #3 and discontinuation...

Shout out to Cowgirl once again with 350 points!!! Woot Woot!

I am typically a big believer in finishing what you've started.  However based on the comments I've been receiving from friends that thought this looked fun at first but are now stressed out of their heads with the holidays; I've decided my brilliant idea was not so brilliant.  I feel like I'm adding to your stress.  That being said I am calling a halt to my 'fun' little contest.  I will still be tracking and blogging and hopefully getting closer to my goal.  I wish you all the best in getting to yours because you Gotta Wan-it Baby!

Fabulous and 50?

Did you catch the finale of Dancing with the stars? I have never seen the show but happened to catch the finale tonight. I want Jennifer Grays abs. And arms. Holy Smokes she looks AWESOME and she is 50!!!!
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Monday Motivation and Thanksgiving wishes:

Today's blurb is brought to you by my fabulous friend and neighbor Sister Ferg.  She is a wife, mother, Grandmother and most recently released from being our RS President.  I want to be like sister Ferg when I grow up because everyone, and I mean everyone loves her.  She is "real" and wise beyond her young Grandma years.  She is constantly "doing good" and sharing the gospel.  I just love her.    She mentioned in her long list of things to do between now and the holidays was to "stay focused on remaining safe emotionally"  I asked her to expand on that thought.

Regarding your wanting a thought for weight loss,  here is a couple: 

 

The things we want the most, we forget in the moment.  And yet a diet coke and 1 Dove "chocoleta" gives emotional comfort  once in a while!

 

Emotionally eating needs to be delt with daily.   Choosing not to love certain people who trigger your eating food that you do not even really enjoy, needs to be delt with. Knowing you can love certain people "from a distance" can be very healing and positive in trying to accomplish weight loss.

Her quote about "from distance" is taken from a talk Elder Holland gave, where he talked about unconditional love.  He said that loving unconditionally does not mean you need to love up close.

Dive into your Thanksgiving feast this week and enjoy!  Then toss the left-overs and get on with being strong and feeling good.  I'll leave you with this poem I picked up from one of my offices:

May your stuffing be tasty

May your turkey be plump,

May your potatoes and gravy

Have nary a lump.

May your yams be delicious

And your pies take the prize,

And may your Thanksgiving dinner

Stay off your thighs.

We Have a Winner from week two!!

Shout-out to Cowgirl with 350 points!!!!
I think the low points was around 210?  But I can't double check because my email account got hi-jacked with a virus.... nice.  Stay emotionally, physically and spiritually strong.  Have a Great Week!!

Motivation Monday for week #3

Ya I know it's Tuesday 11:15 pm.  That's how I roll sometimes.
What do you call your mom's cousin to you?  She's technically not your Aunt, she's a second cousin?  A cousin once removed?   Her (this cousin of mine) her oldest grandson (she is actually old enough to have a grandson which comes as a shock to her and those that meet her) He, (Tyler - I think) at the last reunion said, we are part of his "spread-out family".  I could give you a bio on her, but I would be typing for a very, very, VERY long time.  So this is the part you need to know.  She has successfully raised and managed 6 AWESOME - over-achiever kids and one GREAT husband. She has an energy for life that is contagious.  She is one of the luckiest people I know.  BUT I also know behind all that luck is a whole lot of hard work and an amazing amount of positive attitude.  If you read my bluchippy blog you also will note she is the one responsible for the "get a man to help you by wearing a skirt technique".  Without further ado...the famous Janette......

Melanie’s invitation to join the “Fab and Fit Club” was an answer to my prayers.  I have been praying that Heavenly Father would give me the strength to be more physically and spiritually fit.  When you get older…you still need to be ‘fit’ in all ways.  I always had a goal to eat more veggies, drink more water (and not diet coke) but it was always ‘tomorrow’.   I do know that when I read the scriptures daily I feel closer to God and more in tune to receive inspiration but by the end of the day, it can be too easy to just crash into bed or watch a comedy TV show like my favorite ‘Frasier’! 

I took the “Fab and Fit” challenge to help me reach these goals and I’m happy to say that have done my scripture reading every night and it feels great! I can’t wait to open my scriptures but I had to buy a book light so I wouldn’t wake my husband.  We have been taught for years that daily scripture reading will bring us joy and we have to have faith that Jesus knew what he was talking about.  It is interesting to note that physiologically, what we feed our brain and body plays a big part in who we are…whether its food, good reading material, exercise, etc.  There is a book called “Change your Brain Change Your Body” by Daniel Amen, (go figure) M.D.  I highly recommend it…it is fascinating.  Basically, when we keep the commandments like keeping the word of wisdom (not going too fast, eating right, etc.), our brains function at their optimum and things start to ‘click’ physically, mentally, spiritually, emotionally, etc.  So…way to go for wanting to be “Fab and Fit”…your brain is already working well!

PS…Mega kudos to whoever thought up the “sweets only in one sitting”!  Now instead of eating sweets all day, I see a sweet and think that something better will come along but soon it’s after 8pm and I end up not eating sweets all day!  I find the less I eat sweets, the less I want them…and its make me feel so good!  My daily goal is to give up coke and I’ve done it for these two weeks.  It’s true…you have more energy when you DON’T drink it!

Tips:

1. For a switch up in scripture reading, go to the library and get children’s scripture stories…they are fun to read and make the scriptures easy to understand. 
2. Use Stevia instead of sugar or aspartame (which is in diet coke and is banned in many countries because it can destroy brain cells).  Add it to water with some lemon and you have a refreshing drink!  

The winner is....

High point total for week #1 was Posh Petals at 360.
Low point total for week #1 was The One Thing at 49

Be good and keep trackin!

Last Call for week #1 point totals

Send me your point totals.  I'll be posting the week #1 low and high tomorrow.

The low point person will mail me the prize and I will forward it to the winner of the week.

If by chance you "had a crazy week" jump back in and start tracking today!

IF you want to up the ANTE fabandfitby40 (my sister) has thrown down the gauntlet.  She has already anticipated she won't be the high but won't be the low.  She'll be stuck in the middle...so she is personally committing to donate $1 for every point under 310 on her weekly total.  (remember the max is 375).  The money goes to the winner for the week. Money is tight so if that means she needs to roll out of bed and hit her knees for a prayer and a quick scripture she's going to do it.  THIS IS TOTALLY OPTIONAL.

Be Good!

Motivation Monday

Being that I know such awesome people that I want to be like when I grow up.....I'm going to be picking on you people to write a little paragraph about a given topic.  Today's Motivation Monday is brought to you by the fabulous Jill Koford.  She is mother of 3, wife to 1,  and currently serving as Primary President.  She has her own company Creative Design Inc. and she is a whiz with Photoshop.  To top it all off she is currently working on her masters degree.  AND she is NORMAL she has her good days and bad and just like all of us I know she has watched the scale go up and watched the scale go down.  She is currently looking awesome.  We went to lunch for her birthday and she mentioned how much she was liking running...Jill hates running so thus prompted my question......


You know it’s serious when you actually get a phone call and not a text from Mel! How could I say no when I actually got a voicemail!?!  When Melanie called and asked if I would write this little blurb she mentioned something about staying motivated to go out and run. At least that’s what my sleepy mind remembers. In reflecting, it seems like it all comes back to her! She’s wonderful motivation for me!!!

About  a year ago I agreed to the biking portion of a triathlon team with Mel. I put off any kind of training for a very long time and found myself having some serious doubts about whether or not I could do it. Then I mentioned something to a neighbor who wanted to get out on her bike and she agreed to help me train. When this same neighbor then invited me to run with her for some cross training I distinctly remember saying something about hating to run but that I supposed I owed her. I warned that I was a turtle and was assured that she was not part of the “serious girls group.” They run fast. She said something about stopping to walk and not running the freakishly large hill near our house. It sounded doable. At one point last summer this extremely convincing neighbor talked me into running the Provo Half with her. Ok “running” is a strong word. I completed the race. It wasn’t pretty but it was amazingly empowering and a little thought ran through my head on the drive home…we could probably do it a little faster next year. My then 12-year-old daughter joined me in the half. It was truly one of our best memories from this summer. We felt strong. Fit. Like we could do anything!

I realized I was really hooked when, in the dark, a week or so ago my neighbor and I  met under the stoplight for out morning run. It was snowing…ever so lightly. But still it was snow. It was 6am, and I loved it. It was quiet and dark and exhilarating. We still don’t run the freakishly large hill…but we do walk it rather quickly and we actually run more than we used to – there’s a bit less walking. Quite frankly I’m stunned that we still manage to go. Some days are tricky but if our little group doesn’t make it out to pound the pavement a couple of times a week we start feeling deprived and know it’s time to send some text messages and get out. We’ve adjusted for the dark a little bit. We hit the gym for boot camp three days a week. But there’s something almost sacred about out time in the wee hours of the morning when our not-so-serious group gets together for some girl talk oh and a bit of exercise.

Thanks Jilly-bean....I assume that means we are on to do the entire SPUD-man now that you've got the bike and the run in the bag...the swim is the easiest part!!!!

P.S. Happy Snow Day to Everyone - Welcome to Winter!

Done with week #1

Ok people total up those points and email them to me.
NOTE about the SCALE - I am hereby taking the scale out of this contest.  I use the scale as a guide but as noted earlier it is only one of many guides.  This contest is about feeling fabulous inside, outside, even upside-down.  You can include your  # of lbs to goal if you would like, but it's all about the weekly tally of those POINTS.