LADIES... Never do this please...

This will be a short blog.. mainly for the ladies =)
So, mother nature decided to pay me a visit the beginning of this week... or as I like to call it Aunt Flo.. now, take into consideration that when us girls start our cycle, we tend to have water retention and may even go up 10 lbs.. I KNEW THAT and still decided to jump on the scale JUST to see how much I weighed and WWWWOOOOOOWWWWW!!!!!!! the number was now up to 169.0 POUNDS!!  No one forced me to step on the scale, I wanted to do it "just for fun" ... well that really messed me up. As soon as the number went through my brain cells and immediate FAT ALERT ran through me and so like always I began to cry my eyes out.. my husband calmed me down and assured me that it was water retention. I knew it but something about actually seeing that number was what tripped me out. So., ladies, please do yourself a huge favor and don't do this when Aunt Flo stops to pay you a visit., even if it's just to see. Being emotionally strong is what will get you through your weightloss journey. I'm working on that =). Until next time!

This is REALITY..

Hello jelly beans! =) This is the blog that goes with the video I recently posted on my youtube (titled just like this blog fyi.) Anywho, today I was going through my pictures and found one that I took the friday before I even knew I was going to start working a full time job. I was like HEY!! I need to try those jeans and that shirt on RIGHT NOW!! so I did, looking like crap but I did.. then reality slapped me on the face. That outfit looked NOTHING like it did on that picture.. which now leads me to my goal for the month of March.. (my hubby's birthday btw) My goal is to fit in this exact pair of jeans. I will work hard for it and I know it's going to be a STRUGGLE!! but i'm so willing to do it., and if for whatever reason I don't achieve that goal then hey I still will keep going.. moving forward is the only option now. So without wasting any more time.. Here is the THEN picture....

IT'S TIME TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN!!!!! =)
Talk to you guys soon!! =)

This is IT!!! =)

What it do guys!? omgee! I'm super excited for the month of March.. I'm tired of making excuses and drowing in a glass of water. Yesterday my hubby and I took a trip to the store and I bought two workout dvds.. haven't tried them yet but I know i'm gonna love them!

I also started to workout again! Today was actually the first time in a while that I did a morning workout. I did some Zumba with my xbox kinect and then decided to film a zumba routine to upload to my youtube channel. Hope you guys go and check it out. I also printed out this paper in which I typed the following:

Just Do It!

-Daily prayers

-Eat healthy

-Drink water

-Exercise daily

-Love yourself

-Have self-discipline

-Smile! =)

I thumb tacked it to my wall where I can see it every day in hopes of it motivating me.. just do it.. simple, right? Ok well I hope you guys stop by my channel (youtube.com/byobtoday)  and hopefully I keep posting new workout vids. Let me know if you have a video request and or any questions that may be roaming your head.. =) Talk to you all later. Have an awesome weekend =)

New Jean Size?????

SOOOOO!!!

Yesterday I tweeted that I was thrift shopping and you guys won't believe it but I needed some jeans., the only bad thing about it is that I needed a larger size!!! =( I love shopping and I love going to thrift stores (especially to see the houseware stuff and electronic) anywho, my size 11 jeans don't quite fit me as comfortable as they used to and I was so in denial that I needed a larger size. After wearing my jeans and having them squeeze my stomach ALL DAY! I sort of switched to "stretchy pants" aka sweats.. I love to be comfy and the jeans were'nt doing the job. So yesterday I said you know what, I really need some jeans... I can't go on like this thinking I look good or feel good! So I went to my favorite thrift store... here are a few pics..

After sorting and looking through ALL the jeans I found 2 pairs size 11/12.. tried them on and they fit kinda baggy yet not baggy?? lol.. then I found these shoes, I ditched my Nike Shox and wore them the whole time I was there...

They were comfy/too tight so I didn't buy them =(

Anywho., the whole point of this is that after trying on the jeans I thought about what my struggles have been., and lately my life is so hectic and disorganized that I feel as if i've lost control. I left the store empty handed because I refused to go up a jean size.. I told myself that I now have to work a thousand times harder to lose some weight.. the words WHATEVER IT TAKES stuck in my head. I haven't been completely honest with you guys... (you = my youtube viewers) I don't like to share my "marriage life" because it's very special to me, but since this concerns my weightloss journey I will share it only this one time =). Here it goes!!...

My husband was diagnosed with diabetes about two or three years before we got married, at first it was so painful but we delt with the situation as best as possible. After getting married, I was a stay at home wife and that's when my weightloss journey started. Since I stayed home I had time to cook some-what healthy meals and my husband's health didn't completely improve but it wasn't any worse. Now that I've started working, i've gained about 13 lbs !! (yeah I know) which puts me back to when I started last year (165lbs) So, working full time I get home tired, wanting to take a nap, house still needing major cleaning, dishes to wash, dinner to make etc. Dinner hadn't been the biggest priority so the consequences now are that my husband's health is getting worse. So that placed me in between two walls, and my weightloss journey is now in the backburner, which i'm ok with because getting my husband's health back is my NUMBER 1 PRIORITY. Sometimes I feel as if i'm neglecting myself to take care of him but them again the vows weren't said for nothing right? plus I LOVE HIM WITH ALL MY HEART.. (note: by now I don't know if I should really be posting this).... when I get home from work I want to workout but i'm just too tired., but I promise it will be better.. It's just going to take a while. I have to go now, but I will continue on my next blog with more updates. Thanks for listening (reading) and stop by next time. Be blessed =)

Starting to blog! =)

Hello everybody!! Your gal is still here =) I did some thinking of wether I should start blogging every once in a while and decided to do it since I am now doing monthly video updates for my weightloss journey. This way I can keep you all posted and updated on what's been going on and how things are working out for me. I twitted last friday about my weigh in and OMGEEE!!! I had a 2 pound loss! I honestly believe that it was due to my "part-time" vegeterian week that I tried doing. Geez! was it difficult!! All I gotta work on is trying to get my workouts in and getting my healthy eating habits back. I think being vegeterian is farely simple but if you're just starting you will find yourself eating junk food since you can't eat meat. That's what happened to me., I told myself "oh, i can have that cupcake since i'm not eating meat" BAD IDEA!!! Anywho, I'm excited about this friday's weigh in. I know I told you guys I was going to start doing bi-weekly weigh ins but making monthly updates kinda feels like I have room to slack off and I don't want that to happen, so to keep myself on check I will start doing weekly weigh ins and focusing on NSV (non scale victories). Well, that is all for now. Thanks for reading my blog =) Take care! <3
P.S The above picture is an old one.. I miss that old me =(