Mamavation Monday Week #7

After the flu, here I am again with another post for mamavation.
Very happy to realize that I lost again, this time a whole pound, 138 lbs.

I must admit, wasn't really difficult, since I wasn't able to eat much the whole week given the flu, just fluids. So, no much surprise.

This week Mamavation sponsor is Fitstudio and the question of the week is:

What motivates you to get going and what keeps you going?

I'll say that most times it's really easy to loose motivation and when I do, I know is painfully difficult to get it back. My motivation is most things that I do is the thought of working myself to be a better person and I try to keep going repeating to myself that if I stop now will not be a big deal that I didn't reach my goal, but will be shameful and awful to loose all the work done so far.

This post is sponsored by SEARS FitStudio and I’m writing this to be entered into a giveaway hosted by Mamavation and sponsored by Sears.

Mamavation Monday Week #6

After taking a week off last Monday, here I am again with another post for mamavation. Very surprised to find out that I lost another 0.5 lb!!

And here my latest measurement:
Waist: 31.5"
Hips: 42"
Bust: 36
Thigh: 23"

So basically, I shaved off 0.5 lb and 0.5 inches off my waist, hips and bust, while my thigh is the same.

I must admit I'm pretty surprised 'cause I've been sick, kids are sick, packing and boxing like a mad woman and eating what I wanted when I felt like it.
But YAY me :)

Mamavation Monday Week #5

Still no change, sitting at 139.5 lb, so I didn't take a picture of it, I thought to spare everyone to look at my socks lol

I'm a bit worried on how I'm going to keep up with this resolution. With the move coming, I know there will be days that I will forget to eat and days that I will over eat. But I guess I will get plenty of exercise moving boxes around, right???

That's what I keep telling my self anyway!

This week sponsor is Earth Footwear

And this week question is: What does “wellness” mean to you?

Well (lol), for me wellness is very spiritual, come from the inside, from your soul and you feel it when everything is in balance in your life, your weight as well!
I hope to get to my "wellness" status pretty soon after the move is over.

A little edit: A nice member of the mamavation sistahood, let me noticed that even tho my weight didn't change, I could have shredded some inches off my body.
This is a duh moment for me, since I didn't think to take my measurements when I started, so I'm doing it now:
Waist: 32" (how did this happened???? ah, right, KIDS)
Hips: 42.5" (I thought I was running out of measuring tape!!!!)
Bust: 36.5" (Can we switch hips with bust???)
Thigh: 23" (oy vey!)

Mamavation Monday Week #4

No changes to report for my week #4 of my journey in the Mamavation Sistahood

I worked a bit harder during the week and found my balance between the water goal, the walking goal and the coffee addiction. But then the weekend came and....well, I just had an hard time keeping up. But at least I didn't gain anything.....phewww.

This week, Mamavation is sponsored by Fiber Plus that is posing an interesting question.
How are you getting more fiber in your diet this New Year?
I found this question very intriguing 'cause I struggle a lot with my fiber intake. I know fruits and veggies have fibers, but I must admit that sometimes I lack so bad that I have to take the powder. I do love the Berry Yogurt Crunch cereals from Fiber Plus and I plan on stocking up, because I think it's a yummy solution to my fiber intake deficit.

I’m writing this post as an entry to a blogging carnival sponsored by Fiber Plus. I will be receiving free product in return.” at the bottom of your post.

Mamavation Monday Week #3

Week #3 of my journey in the Mamavation Sistahood.
No change in my weight and I didn't expect any.

I realized there are 3 things that I'm trying to fight all together:
1) My coffee addiction, you can read about here
2) The goal of drinking 2 liters of water per day
3) The goal of walking 30 mins per day

While I was trying to drink as much water as I could, I had to cut back on the coffee and the symptoms of my addiction threw me off completely. I couldn't focus on anything the past week, I forgot about an important doctor appointment for my daughter and missed a deadline......not good! And the 30 mins walk was really difficult to implement 'cause all I wanted to do was sleeping all day.

While I realize the 3 points above are all important and relate one to the other, I can't do all 3 together, I always end up neglecting one or 2 of them.

So, I decided to go a little bit easier on me and concede my self the second help of coffee as long as all the water as been down. I guess will be kinda my reward for drinking the 2 liters per day. This way, I will still have my sanity and can implement the exercise on my routine.
When I will be well on track with the water and exercise goals, I think kicking the coffee addictions will be easier to handle.
Time will tell :)

Mamavation Monday Week #2

This is my second week and my second post for the Mamavation Sistahood and as you can see I lost 0.5 lb. I was 140 lb last week and now the scale reads 139.5 lb, black on grey!

I must admit I was really surprised, wasn't able to be constant on my water and waking goals. But I also know whatever effort I made, was certainly more than usual, and evidently enough to make a little difference.
I know that I will always be able to find excuses, loose the focus and motivation, but I will try to remember that it's possible and I can do it!!

Now onto to work harder to loose more of at least keep this 0.5 lb off :)

Mamavation Monday

As I explained in my previous post, I'm going to "try" to get fit and in order to do that, there some things that are going to change.

I'm going to pledge to the Mamavation Sistahood, so every Monday I will make a post about health/weight/struggle updates.

The Cupcake Monday Find posts will still be active, bu will be taken place on my Artfire blog.

So I went to pick up the scale and weight myself.....haven't done in years and was a bit scared, but.....voila'!

Yup, it does read 140 lb and I'm only 5 feet tall. eeeek

I used to be 125 lb before kids. I've never been skinny, always a curvy girl and I guess it's ok. But now I'm starting to feel slightly unhealthy.

I sit around a lot and I want to change that. I want to be able to keep up with my children when we play at the playgrounds. So, as I said, one on my new year resolution is to walk at least 30 min per day EVERY day.

I used to drink 2 or more liters of water per day. My skin, my hair were gorgeous. Now I barely finish 1 glass, all the rest is coffee. That's gonna change too. Less coffee and more water. I will need to start tracking down how much water I drink, seriously.

Would be nice if I could kick off 1 lb/month and end up with 130 lb at the end of the year, but I did diet before and I know it can be hard.

But I thought better starting now, at least will avoid gaining more and end up with serious problems, right?

Talk you next Monday :)