SO .......

So .... It hasn't been Easy!  I said it, however I am not giving up and I hope none of you are.  Day 5 -7 was hard.  Lessons learnt: 1.  Be sure to have enough groceries to last you through the week.  Not having the food to prepare just funks up the entire diet and before you now what's going on, you are raiding the fridge and scoffing down stale cupcakes (YUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!).  I didn't do that though LOL!!!!!! I just had a flash forward of what could have been (SMH).  Well ladies it is GO time and truth is some of you have dropped off the chat, some are struggling right now and in the same vein some of you are like energizer bunnies, pumped and ready to go and doing great so far.  Please remember this is a commitment to yourself not to anyone else.  The only person you let down or short change is YOU.  And I don't want to be the FUN buster but too many of us can't stand to look at ourselves in the mirror for fear of what may look back at us.  For me its the rolls, the double chin, the butter belly and those frigging bags under my eyes.  I know what I need to do and I shall do it.  


I would share 3 of my REAL challenges this week and I hope for better next week as I stay committed to my 6 week body and LIFE make over.  
1.  I found out that my emotions truly are a driving force behind what I eat.  So my emotions challenged me this week and I had to say NO to emotional eating. (That was hard, because as bible says money is a defense, AJ says food is a comforter.  Aaaaaaargh!!!!)


2.  Eating healthy AIN'T Cheap.  My sisters I don't want to think of what my grocery budget is going to be every month.  However what's the alternative?  My health.  So let me think about that ... uuuummmmm Grocery Bill or Healthy Life, Grocery Bill or Clean bill of health, Grocery Bill or My Sexxxxy Back?  Ladies I choose my Sexxy Back.  


3. Work Life, Personal Interests balance is NO JOKE.  Hmmmm and I can say that again but I won't.  As a wife, a new mom, a business owner and a passion seeker fitting all "THIS" in requires time I don't already have.  So, I must be truly committed to stay on track.  


Well now for the benefits of this week:
1.  I have lost weight, albeit inches .  It is less than what I started off with and that is always a good thing.  
2.  I am staying committed because I am accountable not only to myself but to you all.
3.  I have a renewed passion for life and its fullness.  So watch out world here I come.  


I just want to leave you with this word of encouragement.  Its to let you know that life is full of challenges and this is another challenge that we shall overcome.  Amen.


2 Cor 4:8 -9
We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed


In this there is still HOPE.


Looking forward to the new YOU ladies,
AJ