I'm Back on Here!

I’m Back on Here!

I’m finally able to get back on here. This technology challenged lady somehow locked herself out of my own blog. I have no idea how I did it either. It finally just accepted my same old password.
I have been busy. I mean very busy.

Change to Healthy Journey
I am working on with Salvation Army ringing the bell. I can’t just stand there ringing so I walk back and forth. I’ve even been caught a copy of times dancing. [Well dancing for me] I have it. Now my legs hurt beyond measure. My feet hurt worse. I know my weight doesn’t help this but I know by next year I’ll be able to so much easier with far less pain.
I am still plugging away on First Fitness Nutrition. I love this program because it is easy to do and makes a lot of sense. I am learning how to be healthy. I love how much healthier I feel. I have more energy now. I hate when I have to sit down because my legs need a break. I want to go, do and be active. I love the new me I am becoming.

One of my favorite products right now is the Body FX shakes. I love the tropical crème flavor. I add SF vanilla pudding and man does this shake taste so GOOOOOD! I have an insulated 52oz mug I take this shake with me to work. I make it in the morning with 2 cups of water, the mix and teaspoon of SF vanilla pudding and then fill the blender with ice. It is a good thick shake that travels. This enables me to stay healthy while I am out and about at different places each day and working. It is a great lunch. I pack a small salad of Romaine lettuce, spinach, tomatoes, cucumbers, bell peppers and mushrooms. I have a shake and a salad for lunch. It is completely healthy. I love it. I can easily have healthy lunch and still be on the program.

Now I want to say something here. This program is not just shakes. Oh no! You have so much food to eat and choose from. You learn so much about healthy choices. Your taste changes and begins to crave the healthy. You prepare so much fresh ingredients and food. Yes the shake is a huge help but it is just one of many tools that help me change my life to healthy.

Great News is I’m losing inches. I’m wearing some blouses I haven’t been able to wear for years. I’m starting to get excited about clothes again.

Panic and Anxiety
I had someone ask me if this still made an appearance in my life. Yes it does. Yes it is an issue in my life. In fact, just yesterday I was working ringing the bell and the store I was working at got super busy. People coming in and out of the store. This store only had one entrance and exit. It got super busy and crowed. I mean crowed! I have never liked crowds. Well I started to feel trapped and wanted away. I hate feeling trapped. Now when ringing the bell I have to keep smiling and greeting people. The shaking helped ring the bell. I just kept ringing the bell. For about an hour I was a nervous and jumping. I just propped myself up against the wall behind me and kept smiling. It was a fake smile but I was still there. I wasn’t running away from the job. I was still there. When the store business slowed down I began to feel better again. I felt like I was going to be alright.

Yes my nerves still get to me. Yes I still do not like this part of me. It drives me crazy. However, I’m learning so much about just accepting this is who I am and I can still have a wonderful life.

To see where I began this journey please read my first blog posting:

http://mmbreakingfree.blogspot.com/2013/09/my-story-so-far.html

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Transformation Day 1-4 I have lost some weight! YES!!!!

Transformation Day 1-4 I have lost some weight! YES!!!!

Day one continue…..

Soon after I posted my day one blog I went to catch the bus. I missed it so went back and sat in Library lobby area. I was on my laptop, with my ear phones on when someone came up behind me and grabbed me and yelled “Got You!” This sent me into panic mode. I jumped up and almost dropped my laptop on the floor. Thankfully I caught it. I finally was able to turn around and the guy’s face was shocked. He let go of me. He kept saying he was sorry. He thought I was someone else. By this point I am shaking. I am trying to stay clam but it isn’t happening. I quickly pack up my laptop and grab my purse and go out to the bus stop. I was hoping the fresh air and being away from the situation would help me. I get to the bus stop and two guys are fighting over who gets to sit where on the bench. [Seriously they are fighting over a public bench.] I just stand off to the side and try to just focus on listening to my MP3 player. The bus comes and both of the guys fighting run off in different directions. I get on the bus. I sit with my ear phones on and people still kept trying to talk to me. They would touch my leg or arm to get my attention. This did not help me calm down. I transferred buses and by this time the MP3 player was dead. I finally get to Kroger and go inside. I manage to get some of the groceries in my cart then I just start shaking all over. I go and sit down at tables in the deli area. I get a drink and something to eat. I text my mom and then the next text I get said “Your dad is on his way” This 39 year old lady was very relieved that her daddy was on his way. I finished my drink and then got a few more groceries to make it through the weekend and went outside to wait for him. I got home and by this time I was calmer. I put groceries away and made dinner. Then just before I went to bed I plugged in the room heater and it popped and then wouldn’t turn on. I then added it to my list of things I needed to buy. Then everything hit me again and I just sat in my bed shaking for over an hour. I finally just went to bed.

Day 2-3

I got up and moved on. I enjoyed my morning shake and did my to-do list and exercised. I loved it. It was great.

Day 4- Sunday Morning. I weighed and yes I have lost 6 pounds. I lost these 6 pounds in four days! I am now 442 lbs. This is a wonderful way to start your day. But then it got better.

I was trying to find something to wear to church that wasn’t the same old outfit. I saw a button up shirt that I bought three years ago. I looked for something to wear under it because I have never been able to wear it without something underneath it. I found a shirt but it was way too tight. I was going to wear it anyways. I put on the button up shirt and realize that it not only buttons but it even a little baggy on me. I must tell you I did a little happy dance! I wore that shirt buttoned up to church. I felt like I had on a new outfit. I do love losing inches. It is a great thing! I shared the news with my church family and they were all as excited as I was over this news. It was wonderful!!

I didn’t measure inches until I got home from church and I was excited then too! I had lost inches. I love FirstFitness Nutrition! It is wonderful!

Here is my measurements on Day 4- November 22, 2015

Old                                                    New

Weight: 448.8                                   442.0

Waist: 51”                                         50”

Upper arms- R- 21.5” L-21”             R-20.5” L-20.5

Thighs- R-45” L-47”                         R-45” L-47”

Bust/chest- 50”                                 50”

Hips- 79”                                          79”

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http://mmbreakingfree.blogspot.com/2013/09/my-story-so-far.html

 

Transformation Day One Part Two

Transformation Day One Part Two

I realized my before pictures didn't post with my last blog. Here they are now.
I hope this works. I'm having trouble using my tablet to post on this blog.

Transformation Day 1

Transformation Day 1

I have started my own business. Yes I know you all are aware of this fact. I started FirstFitness Nutrition and I am a Sr. Distributor. I have my website all set up- www.breakingfree.firstfitness.com and yet I didn’t start using the products again.

Now I know several of you are reading this going WHY?????? Or WHAT!!!!!!!!!

Here is the reason: I didn’t have the money to buy the food yet. I had food but it was what I got from the food bank. I wasn’t going to start taking the products and not also be eating the healthy food to go along with it. That is a waste of time. It isn’t doing the program honestly and correctly. I wanted to give everything I had to this program. I wanted to be honest and do it right. Well now I have money to buy the healthier food. I am on Day 1. I am going grocery shopping and doing the program off right.

Let me explain what I am doing. I’m doing FirstFitness Nutrition-Suddenly Slim Transformation Weight Loss Program. I am loving it. I have been doing the program all day today and it is great! I haven’t been hungry. I haven’t felt stressed about making sure I am doing everything correct because it is a simple program.

I measured myself and weighed today too.

Weight: 448.8

Waist: 51”

Upper arms- R- 21.5” L-21”
Thighs- R-45” L-47”

Bust/chest- 50"

Hips- 79”

This is where I am today. I have set a goal for myself to lose 20 pounds and 20 inches this month. I know that is a lot but I want to achieve this goal. I believe I will achieve this goal. I will keep everything updated. Here is my Day 1 Pictures.

 

 

 

 

I am looking forward to this journey!

Check out my FirstFitness website: http://breakingfree.firstfitness.com/

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I Have Started My Own Business

I Started My Own Business

Update:
First of all, no I have not quit. No I am not died. I just don’t have internet. I miss it. I hope to make enough soon to be able to get the internet back in my house. I have faith I will have internet soon. I have still been walking and adding/trying new things to make myself healthier. I have also been really buy working on lesson plans for the Wednesday night class I teach and activities for their class. Then I have been so inspired with the writing I do that I haven’t made it to the library as often as I thought I would.

As you all know I have been looking for a job for a long time now. I keep getting employers who love my resume but think I can’t keep up. I know this because I have had employers tell me that. I am beyond frustrated. There are so many things that having a paycheck will provide for you. Believe me I know this for a fact. I need a paycheck. I’m living off food banks and a friend who lets me stay with her in exchange for taking care of her. [Thankful for this fact.] I found myself at a complete loss at what to do. I needed a job. I have student loans and medical bills piling up. I wanted to be able to still do the FirstFitness Nutrition program. [Because it worked] I was getting desperate. The amount of stress not having a job can do to someone is crazy. My nerves have been giving me fits. I seemed to not be able to anything to help add myself in getting this job. I felt like I was in a downward spiral. Nothing seemed to be working! I was starting to have panic attacks again over doing things I do every day. Leaving my house was becoming hard again. [Yes this lead to me having trouble leaving my house to go to the library. I started to struggle just to leave my house again. I was getting depressed again. This isn’t good because that is a dark hole to climb out. I was no longer able to afford FirstFitness. I wasn’t even able to buy food. [Food banks gave food but lots of sweets, snacks, pasta, and not a lot else. Grateful to have food but this only adds to the problem of gaining weight.] I was desperate. I prayed for God to provide a way for me to do FirstFitness Nutrition and find a job. I was pleading for this to happen.

My New Adventure!

That night when I got home I received a text from someone telling me they had talked to my sister, Chelley and wanted to help me become a distributor. [They want to anonymous] I had no idea why this person would do that. I picked up my phone and called Chelley. I asked if she knew what was going on. She explained she had been contacted by this person and they were going to help.  She then explained my options. I told her I would think about it. Later that night I realized something. I had way to have not only a job but a business. I had a way to be able to do the FirstFitness Nutrition and start making an income. I had the answer to my prayer. I agreed to do this. Thank God!

I’m excited, nervous and happy to announce I am now a FirstFitness Nutrition distributor. I am selling the product that is helping me become healthier. I love working this program because I not only lost weight, I lost inches of pure fat. I have energy. I don’t feel sick all the time. I love FirstFitness. I love the support I have received from everyone at FirstFitness. It is wonderful. To check out my FirstFitness Nutrition business check out my website. www.breakingfree.firstfitness.com

The next couple of weeks will be filled with me learning about my new business and getting my life back on the healthy track. You will be getting a lot of updates from me. I’m so excited because I now have my own business. YEEEESSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To see where I began this journey:

http://mmbreakingfree.blogspot.com/2013/09/my-story-so-far.html

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Good News & Temptation

Good News & Temptation

GOOD NEWS!  Day 9 and I have lost another 3 pounds! I love FirstFitness Nutrition Body Renewal 10-Day Cleanse! Yes! I’m excited to lose the weight!

TEMPTATION

Today I am doing a Children’s Event and a Youth Event at my church. The children’s has cookies and cupcakes. [I love cupcakes!] Then the Youth Event tonight is a Pizza Party. I LOVE PIZZA! This will be a hard day for me. A very hard day! Then I woke up late. Rushing stresses me out. I didn’t have time to make my snacks for today. My friend made them. She chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, celery, mushrooms with Romaine lettuce and spinach for me to have a salad while I am there from 11 to 10 tonight. [She hates Tuna fish and opened and drained the can so I can have it for my salad.] Then she put two yogurts in the bag for me. This will help me for sure stay on my plan. I made a Body FX shake and put in an insulated mug to take with me to have to drink while I set up things. I was even good this morning and made a healthy breakfast this morning. I’m on track with my plan.

Now to stay on it today.

To see where I began this journey:

http://mmbreakingfree.blogspot.com/2013/09/my-story-so-far.html

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Day Four- I Have Good News!

Day 4- I Have Good News!

I have been on this 10 day cleanse & restarting. I did water aerobics and Richard Simmons DVD and some walking. I’ve added a lot of water. Plus I’ve done the FirstFitness Nutrition Body Renewal 10-Day Cleanse! I’m glad I have done this program. I have been sick and just not getting well since April. I have had no energy. I have felt weak. Well this is the start of day four and I do not feel stronger. I have energy. I just physically feel better. I’m grateful to start feeling better. Plus I weighed this morning! I have lost 11 pounds. I now weigh 456 pounds. I’m glad to see it go down.

I’m going to be doing my water aerobics class again today. I like that I walk there. My house is at the bottom of the hill. I walk the two blocks there, all the way up hill, then do the water aerobics, stay after class and walk the pool and work with weights in pool and then walk home. I’m grateful it is downhill home.

I hope you all have a great day with lots of activity.

To see where I began this journey:

http://mmbreakingfree.blogspot.com/2013/09/my-story-so-far.html

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https://www.facebook.com/Change2Healthy

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