Hey buddies! Well, I only lost a pound this week…but I’m not stressing about it. It seems to be my pattern these days, so I figure I’m due for a bigger loss next week.
Things are going well here, staying busy with family and writing stuff. Hope y’all are having a fabulous weekend!!
So today was my middle son’s fifth birthday party, and it went great. We had it at Chuck E. Cheese’s, so no planning (outside of scheduling it and inviting everyone), and also no clean up. WOOT! LOL!
Anyway, my MIL was walking around with a camera, and she snapped a silly pic of my daughter and I, which she subsequently emailed to me. Initially, when I saw it, I picked it apart (oh, my mouth looks weird, oh look, you can see the gum I was chewing, etc.) But then, I pulled up an old file with pics from 53 pounds ago. Check this out:
Ok, and then, this silly snapshot taken today:
So NOW, I can see the difference. Looking at these two pics inspired ME a little today, to keep moving forward with this healthy lifestyle. I can see things happening, and it feels fabulous!! So I hope it can inspire you too.
Hope everyone is having a healthy and wonderful day!
xoxo
Angie
Ok, first let’s start with the weigh in…down three more pounds, for a total of 73 so far. WOOT!
Now, life…my big kids have both started school, so I’m running around like a crazy woman again. I don’t mind though, and I’ll tell y’all what, being in better shape makes a HUUUUUGE difference in the way I feel ABOUT running around lol. I feel a lot less cranky about it and less physiclaly exhausted. I can only imagine how awesome I’ll feel when I reach my goal.
Anyway, I’m also writing daily, publishing often. That certainly doesn’t hurt anything in the self confidence department, because when one’s doing what one loves, what more could one want lol?
Other than that, I don’t have tons to report. Youngest two kids have a cold (thanks to the middle one bringing it home from preschool.) Oldest kid is doing great mostly…
I’ll keep it short and sweet this morning since I’ve got a coffee pot calling my name, but I’ll try and update y’all more tomorrow. I hope everyone is having a fabulous and healthy weekend!! xoxo
Angie
Ok y’all, since you asked, here are some progress pics! I’ve lost 70 lbs so far…and I’ve got some more to lose, but I’m kicking butt lol!! Here we go.
This is my highest weight–265 lbs
This is at now, at 195:
So what do y’all think? Can you see a difference lol??
Anyway, the party last night was fun, and it was so nice to go out with DH without the kids. However, I worried about them a little. That’s how it is when you’re a mom I guess…even so, I heard all kinds of compliments about how good I looked from the other party goers, and then when we got home, DH’s friend came over and went on and on about how good I looked lol. I knew I was looking better, but it is so validating when other people confirm it. LOL!
So I continue on this fabulous journey. I’m loving life about now, and it’s only going to get better!!
I hope you’re all having a healthy and beautiful day!! Hugs!!
xoxo
Angie
Here in Onederland that is lol! Well buddies, I lost two more pounds this week, securing my stay in Onederland lol. YAY!
I also set a new mini goal–175 lbs. That’s 20 lbs. So woot.
Sorry I haven’t been around as much this week, I’ve been really focused on my writing. I’ve got several new articles published, several more waiting to be published, and a new opportunity on the horizon that would mean tripling my current fees per article. I’m really excited, and crazy busy lol! But I’m loving it. It doesn’t feel like work when you’re doing what you love!!
Tonight, hubby and I are going to a party at his old boss’s house. (They still work for the same company, she’s just not his boss anymore lol.) These parties are so much fun, and sorta fancy, so I get to dress up. Buddies, let me tell you, I bought THE sexiest pair of shoes to wear tonight lol…they are literally the sexiest pair I’ve ever owned!! DH saw them and well…let’s just say he REALLY liked them haha. I’ve been asked to post a new pic since my last full body one was before I got preggo with Sophie, and also when I weighed 20+ pounds more, so I’ll have hubby take a pic of me tonight and will put it out tomorrow hopefully.
Anyway, hope you are all having a fabulous and healthy day!! Hugs to all of you wonderful buddies!!
xoxo
Angie
Hey buddies, I’m freaking thrilled. I just did my weigh in (YAY) and FINALLY, I’ve made it to ONEDERLAND!! My current mini-goal was 199, and I am at 197. YAY!! I CANNOT BELIEVE IT, finally.
I haven’t been below 200 for more than ten years. I am so happy.
I’ll keep it short today, but can I get a WOOOOOOOOT!!!!! LOL!!
Hope you are all having a fabulous and healthy day!!
Hey buddies,
Well, it’s clear to me that some of you aren’t interested in this whole “Secret” thing, BUT that’s ok. I am really feeling it, and I gotta go with what works for me.
On the flip side though, while I am finding many positive differences in my life, I really wasn’t having a problem with getting healthy. I mean, working out and eating right are doing what I intended them to do–getting my body in the healthy shape it’s supposed to be in. I’ve lost 65 lbs so far, and I am going to go with the old “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” theory for the most part.
However, I am going to make a couple of changes. For one, I am NOT going to dwell on “losing” weight. Instead, I’m going to focus on my healthy body getting healthier and more beautiful every day. Also, I’m NOT going to weigh myself seventy five times a day like before. I do feel like that was blocking me…but I don’t think I can completely stop weighing in. I think it helps me to stay on track and accountable…SO, I’m going to go back to doing it once a week, starting on Saturday again. I have put the scale up in the closet so that I can avoid obsessively weighing myself.
I am also going to continue to visualize myself at my perfect weight, and am going to DO everything that I’ve been waiting to do “until I reach that weight.”
So, I hope that this clears up any confusion or upset that my last couple of posts seem to have caused. I refrained from posting for a few days because I received some negative feedback–something that’s never happened to me here at BuddySlim, but I realize that I need to be here, so I’m here. I cannot and will not let negativity be my guide.
On a related note, I had a girls’ night out on Saturday. It was great–except that one of my friends was fighting with her husband and couldn’t go (long story, but this reminds me I need to call her and check on her today!). And then…get ready buddies…another thing happened. See, I had promised my DH that I would be home no later than 1:30 am because we co-sleep with our daughter (nine months), and he is uncomfortable with it if I’m not there. (He’s afraid she will roll off the bed and he won’t hear her.) Well, at the end of the night, I asked the driver to take me home first as it was getting close to the time I needed to be there. She agreed, and all was well. THEN…another friend decided SHE needed to go home first and actually SCREAMED at me!! I was in complete shock. So, I stopped speaking to her, immediately, simply because I do not have the time or inclination to argue with people like that. I have been friends with this person for five years, and she has NEVER spoken to me that way. I don’t even know what to do. I haven’t spoken to her, AT ALL, since she did this.
So, I need to figure out how I’m going to deal with this, if at all. Probably, she will just pretend it didn’t happen. I am trying to decide if I can deal with that. I know it sounds petty, and if this were the first thing about this person that upset me, I would totally drop it. But there is much more there, and I’ve been wondering for awhile how long I will tolerate it. I guess maybe the bottom line is that she’s not as good of a friend as I thought.
Ok, enough venting. I’m moving on now lol.
So, I hope you are all having a wonderful and healthy day!!
Good afternoon buddies! As many of you know, I’ve been on a journey of self discovery for the past few months. I figured out the eating and exercise thing, and it’s going well. It seemed that something was still missing, so I went on a mission to kind of figure it out.
Y’all know that I’ve recently become interested in “The Secret.” This secret has changed my life, already, and it’s continuing to do so. I just posted an article from the book that will sort of explain what I’m about to tell you, check my last posted blog if you’re interested. (I seriously recommend that you check it out!)
Anyway…
One of the things that I’ve learned is that in order to achieve one’s goals (in this case, reaching my goal of 117 lbs in a healthy and safe way–btw I’ve changed my goal weight from 110 to 117–just something that came to me lol), one must begin living AS IF that goal/desire/dream already exists. So, weighing myself often takes away from the ability to act AS IF. If I weigh myself and the scale reads 200 lbs, how can I believe that I’m 117? Ok, I know it sounds like a bunch of mumbo jumbo here, but while my brain fully comprehends what I’m trying to say, I’m struggling with properly expressing it. Bear with me.
So, I plan to still be around BuddySlim, because I have changed my lifestyle and don’t have any intention of going backward–but I will NOT be weighing myself every week. This is going to be a hard change for me, but I believe that it’s time. The idea is, I cannot focus on the need to “lose” weight, because focusing on “losing weight” will attract the NEED to lose weight. I wish I could make more sense of this for you, but I know what I’m doing here lol. So, I may weigh myself once a month or so, we will see.
Please, if you’ve got a moment, take a peek at my previous blog. It will explain things more clearly.
To my Rockstar buddies, I will understand if you want to remove me from the team since I won’t be weighing in for awhile. To the rest of you, please don’t think I’ve lost it!! LOL! I promise I’m sane.
I hope this blog wasn’t completely confusing.
I’m so grateful for all of you and your understanding!!
Have a fabulous and healthy day!!
xoxo
Angie
Hey buddies…I’m about to write a post explaining some things that I’m working on, and thought this might help you to understand where I’m coming from, and also hopefully can help you along your way. I did NOT write the following information–it is part of “The Secret.” Credit given at the bottom of the article. I hope you find this info as helpful as I have:
Let’s look at using the Creative Process for those who feel they are overweight and who want to lose weight.
The first thing to know is that if you focus on losing weight, you will attract back having to lose more weight, so get “having to lose weight” out of your mind. It’s the very reason why diets don’t work. Because you are focused on losing weight, you must attract back continually having to lose weight.
The second thing to know is that the condition of being overweight was created through your thought to it. To put it in the most basic terms, if someone is overweight, it came from thinking “fat thoughts,” whether that person was aware of it or not. A person cannot think “thin thoughts” and be fat. It completely defies the law of attraction.
Whether people have been told they have a slow thyroid, a slow metabolism, or their body size is hereditary, these are all disguises for thinking “fat thoughts.” If you accept any of those conditions as applicable to you, and you believe it, it must become your experience, and you will continue to attract being overweight.
After I had my two daughters I was overweight, and I know it came from listening to and reading the messages that it is hard to lose weight after having a baby, and even harder after the second baby. I summoned exactly that to me with those “fat thoughts,” and it became my experience. I really “beefed up,” and the more I noticed how I had “beefed up,” the more “beefing up” I attracted. With a small frame, I became a hefty 143 pounds, all because I was thinking “fat thoughts.”
The most common thought that people hold, and I held it too, is that food was responsible for my weight gain. That is a belief that does not serve you, and in my mind now it is complete balderdash! Food is not responsible for putting on weight. It is your thought that food is responsible for putting on weight that actually has food put on weight. Remember, thoughts are primary cause of everything, and the rest is effects from those thoughts. Think perfect thoughts and the result must be perfect weight.
Let go of all those limiting thoughts. Food cannot cause you to put on weight, unless you think it can.
The definition of the perfect weight is the weight that feels good for you. No one else’s opinion counts. It is the weight that feels good for you.
You most likely know of someone who is thin and eats like a horse, and they proudly declare, “I can eat whatever I want and I am always the perfect weight.” And so the Genie of the Universe says, “Your wish is my command!”
To attract your perfect weight and body using the Creative Process, follow these steps:
Step 1: Ask
Get clear on the weight you want to be. Have a picture in your mind of what you will look like when you have become that perfect weight. Get pictures of yourself at your perfect weight, if you have them, and look at them often. If not, get pictures of the body you would like to have and look at those often.
Step 2: Believe
You must believe you will receive and that the perfect weight is yours already. You must imagine, pretend, act as if, make-believe, that the perfect weight is yours. You must see yourself as receiving that perfect weight.
Write out your perfect weight and place it over the readout of your scale, or don’t weigh yourself at all. Do not contradict what you have asked for with your thoughts, words, and actions. Don’t buy clothes at your current weight. Have faith and focus on the clothes you are going to buy. Attracting the perfect weight is the same as placing an order with the catalogue of the Universe. You look through the catalogue, choose the perfect weight, place your order, and then it is delivered to you.
Make it your intention to look for, admire, and inwardly praise people with your idea of perfect-weight bodies. Seek them out and as you admire them and feel the feelings of that-you are summoning it to you. If you see people who are overweight, do not observe them, but immediately switch your mind to the picture of you in your perfect body and feel it.
Step 3: Receive
You must feel good. You must feel good about You. This is important, because you cannot attract your perfect weight if you feel bad about your body now. If you feel bad about your body, that is a powerful feeling, and you will continue to attract feeling bad about your body. You will never change your body if you are critical of it and find fault with it, and in fact you will attract more weight to you. Praise and bless every square inch of your body. Think about all the perfect things about You. As you think perfect thoughts, as you feel good about You, you are on the frequency of your perfect weight, and you are summoning perfection.
Wallace Wattles shares a wonderful tip about eating in one of his books. He recommends that when you eat, make sure you are entirely focused on the experience of chewing the food. Keep your mind present and experience the sensation of eating food, and do not allow your mind to drift to other things. Be present in your body and enjoy all the sensations of chewing the food in your mouth and swallowing it. Try it the next time you are eating. When you are completely present as you eat, the flavor of the food is so intense and magnificent; when you let your mind drift, the flavor virtually disappears. I am convinced that if we can eat our food in the present, entirely focused on the pleasurable experience of eating, the food is assimilated into our bodies perfectly, and the result in our bodies must be perfection.
The end of the story about my own weight is that I now maintain my perfect weight of 116 pounds and I can eat whatever I want. So, focus on your perfect weight.
Copyright © 2006. Reprinted by permission. Excerpted from the book The Secret edited by Rhonda Byrne published by Atria Books/Beyond Words, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc. (Available at www.simonsays.com. ISBN: 1-58270-170-9, $23.95)
But I’m here to share it with y’all. I’ll tell you something, I have been showed this secret many times, in many forms. Most recently, I was showed the secret in the form of…well…”The Secret.”
I don’t know if any of y’all are familiar with this, but if you’re not, I urge you to check it out with an open mind. Seriously. It’s making such a huge difference for me, both in weight loss and other areas of my life.
I think most of y’all know that I’m currently on a journey, one that includes weight loss but is so much bigger than that. I wrote about it in my personal blog, so I’m just going to post it here too so you can see what I’m talking about!! Here ya go:
When I was fifteen, I read an article in a teen magazine called “Fake It Till Ya Make It.” The author explained that if you wanted to change things about yourself or your life, you only needed to “act as if” it were already the case. For example, she said that if one wanted to become more popular in school, one should behave as though that were already the case. So, one might be more open and friendly with other students, or one might be more likely to volunteer for clubs and other student activities.
I applied this concept to my life at that time, and had some positive results. In fact, the concept still sticks with me to this day. I have used it over the years to overcome various hurdles. For example, during one of my pregnancies, I developed some serious jealousy issues. These were completely unfounded, and they were directed at my poor husband. It caused many arguments and left both of us feeling awful. I felt sick over the whole thing, and KNEW that the jealousy was unreasonable, but even though my logical mind knew this, I could not bring myself to stop.
One day, it occurred to me that I was only hurting myself and my marriage, and I decided to get over it. Easier said than done right? Well, it was actually not as hard as one might think. I reminded myself every day that my husband loved me and that he wouldn’t cheat on me. I reminded myself that I trusted him, and when I felt jealousy coming on, I consciously pushed it out of my head by repeating these things and putting a smile on my face. Eventually, the “faking” became real, and I was (and am) much more confident in myself, and thus my marriage. What I realized then, was that the problems were all in my head and really had nothing to do with my husband. He’d never given me any reason to doubt him, but somehow I allowed myself to do so. Thankfully, he waited it out and things are better than ever now.
As time has gone on, this “fake it till ya make it” concept has presented itself to me many times, in various forms. Many self help books, books on spirituality, and other books will tell you the same thing. They might use more sophisticated language, and of course they’re directed at various audiences, but the same notes ring out each time. It all boils down to this:
YOU ARE WHAT YOU THINK.
It all sounds too simple, am I right?
It certainly does. But the idea is that when one focuses on something, when one BELIEVES something, really wants it, it happens. When you become conscious of your thoughts, you can make a difference in the things that you bring into your life.
It can also happen unconsciously. For example, when I gave birth to my middle child, it occurred to me that I wanted to become a stay at home mom. I focused on this fact, and hard. Sure, I went back to work. But every day, I thought about being a stay at home mom. I felt jealous of friends who were able to do it. I read everything I could get my hands on about HOW to become one, and I discussed it with my husband. I talked about it with my friends, family, anyone who would listen. I wanted it, badly.
And one day, even though I had just been informed of a forthcoming promotion, my boss called me into his office and fired me. I asked him why, and he didn’t have a logical answer. I felt horribly insulted and upset, but when I drove away that day, I realized that I was feeling lighter than I had in months. I called my husband and told him, and then my mother.
That night, my husband and I decided that it was time for me to try staying home for awhile. Three years later, here I am, home, taking care of my family. This is something I never thought I’d do, much less love, but I am and I do. I am so grateful for the opportunity.
Speaking of gratitude, that is the first step to all of this. Remembering to be grateful for the things you have (and expressing gratitude for those things you WANT) seems to be a great starting point.
Recently, a friend gave me a copy of “The Secret.” This is yet another example of this concept bringing itself to the forefront in my life. I have to believe that there’s a reason for it. So here I go, learning to live again, learning to change my mind. And by changing my mind, I am making positive changes in my life. It’s amazing really, but it’s something that I truly believe works. I could list example after example of how this concept has affected my life, and have used it both consciously and unconsciously many times.
As I begin this new phase in my life, I am focusing now on the power of thought. I am making a concerted effort to be aware of my thoughts, and to avoid saying, doing, or thinking negative thoughts about myself or my world.
I’m no saint, of course, and occasionally I still let the mundane things get to me. However, instead of dwelling on things and letting them ruin my day (like the cranky husband in the morning for example!!), I focus on the positive things and move forward. (I’m grateful that my husband goes to work every day to take care of our family financially so that I can take care of them in other ways…etc.)
It works, folks, and this is just the beginning. Join me, if you will, on this journey of self discovery and self empowerment. Remember this: YOU ARE WHAT YOU THINK.
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