January Recap

Since tomorrow is the last day of January, I figured I should recap how this month has been for me.  I've stuck with my healthy lifestyle for 33 days now! And I've been working out for about 4 weeks (3x/week).

When I first weighed myself (on Jan 4 in workout clothes)...I weighed 146 lbs.  Now, I am 141.5 lbs.  First thing in the morning, without clothes on, I am around 138.6 lbs.  But since I set my goals based on the 146, that is what I am counting.  I am 1.5 lbs away from my first goal weight!!!

I also saw someone today who I haven't seen since the new year and she told me I looked really good and like I've lost weight. She really has no idea how happy that made me!!!

So far, I am really proud of myself.  I am on my way to living a much healthier lifestyle.  I haven't made that many drastic changes and I am extremely happy with where I am.  I've also noticed that I haven't been having the afternoon crash lately.  Between eating right and working out, I can definitely feel a difference in my energy level.

Goodbye January, Hello February!!!

Future Me

I just found a GREAT way to make sure I keep my healthy lifestyle going.  Well maybe not make sure I keep doing it, but a great way to get motivation to start up again if I fall off the bandwagon.

If you go to this website: http://www.futureme.org/ you can write a letter to yourself, in the future.  You can set it up for any date...1 year, 5 years, 10 years, anything.  I think it is a really great way to make sure you've done the things you've always wanted and possibly keep yourself in check.

If you always said you would go to Paris when you were 30...send yourself an e-mail for when you're 29.  Sometimes we forget what things were once really important to us....who better to remind you than the person who found it the most important.

For now, I just wrote myself one for 2013...but who knows, maybe I'll write more!  I really love this idea and I hope some of you write a letter to yourself as well.