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Yeeeeaaaa, 

So last night my hubby and I were  goofing off play fighting and he was showing me some moves that he had learned in his Brizilian JuJitzu class.  When I went to get up and he grabbed my pant leg and my pants slipped off over my wayste without them being unbuttoned lol… thank the gods he and I were the only ones in the room.  These are the same pants that were tight on me at the beginning of summer.  Anyway this prodded me to go into the closet and try on some of the clothes that I used to wear while I was in the army. I was actually getting some of them over my fat ass.  most are still way to tight to wear but it made me happy to know that I’m starting to see the physical sighns of loosing weight. Just wanted to share the triumph with everyone.

 look for the positive in life,  and the positive will happen, Becky

It was a beautiful weekend here on the East  side of Michigan.

But since we still haven’t gotten the Jeep back I was thinking it was going to be the pits. I was wrong a friend of my husbands is letting him barrow a car for awhile untill we can get the mess with the car company ironed out.  So on Saturday we decided to go walk around the Michigan Renisance fair which is just a short drive down the road from us. It was beautifull and fun and we walked alot.  I love going to places and doing things like this. It’s just all around fun.

 Untill next time Becky

Not such a great week, but it could have been worse.  My husband was out of town this week on orders from his unit to attend a school. Which really wasn’t a big deal untill the car company that we have our loan through messed up on some paper work and got my husband confussed with another man with a similar name and came and reposesed our vehicle.  :mad:  I woke up Tue morning and went to take the dogs out for there morning releif  and our Jeep was gone. I freeked and then got right on the phone to the police because my first thought was it was stolen.  It wasn’t which was a releif but the fact that  it got reposessed didn’t make me happy either. What made matters even worse is that the vehicle is in my husbands  name  and with him being out of town and we hadn’t updated my power of atourney which went obsolete 2 weeks ago. So it makes it so we have to wait untill next monday to get anything done. ( He gets home Saturday)  Hopefully we can get things worked out I guess he just has to prove that he is who he says he is and all.  but His Uncle who is a lawyer did say that if we have any problems to tell them to call him and he would help us take care of it. Sometimes its good to know the right people. I just can’t beleive any of this has happened. So that is my  totally sureal week.  On the other hand and I know this is probably twisted of me to say, but because I had to walk everywhere this week with the exeption of work. (a co-worker was kind enough to give me lifts back and forth.)  I lost 4lb

So for all of you who were concerned about me and my back I’m feeling better today I went to the Chiropractors and he put my cracked me back into a functioning state.

 But what I was thinking about this morning are things that we pick up on our lifes journey that stick with us. Wheather it is something your third grade teacher said, or something your Mom and Dad taught you, or even something your learned in a stressfull situation. Sometimes these are the thoughts you need to think about when your trying to motivate yourself.  I know I have a few cliche sayings from my days at army basic training but they work for me so I don’t knock them.   You see I had One imparticular Drill Sargent who liked to give a daily lecture or rant depending on the proformance of the platoon that day. planted three things in my head  that I will never forget and motivates me on sometimes a daily bases.

1. Can’t shouldn’t be apart of your vocabulary
2. Failure is just one more reason to succeed.
3. Always tell yourself that you can do one more then whats expected of you. 
I don’t know why even after I got out of the Army these three values have always stuck with me. Not that I’ve always followed them since   but when things get tough I think back and remember those lectures/rants,  and they help look strait ahead with my head held high and keep me moveing forward. 

Anyway this is just one of the ways that I try and keep myself motivated. So next time you think you can’t do that last sit up or your at a plateau with your diet.  think about that person who pushed you to better yourself. Wheather it was a teacher, a parent, a spouse, or in my case a drill Sargent and keep going you will reach your goal.  and remember Can’t never did anything, Failure is a state of mind,  and always expect the best out of yourself.

So anyway I messed my back up and the doctor told me I needed to cool it for a bit to let it heal So there goes my exercise routine for at least the next week. alls I know is it hurts to be in any one position for too long. He did give me some lovely pills that totally make me not exist for 6 to 8 hours at a time.  I still am trying to eat right but seeing that I am not the one who is cooking right now because I can’t stand for that long I am eating what mys husband makes. He usually cooks good though so it shouldn’t be to bad. Last night wasn’t to good because we were at the hospital all day  :sad:  so we came home and he ordered a pizza. I know not the best but it was one meal and I was so drugged up I didn’t even manage to eat a full slice befor I was out for the night. Anyway I’ll probably be quiet for a few days untill I can stand to sit for longer then 5 min.

So I started doing this about a week ago right befor I found this site and it really has been helping to get me motivated So I thought I would pass it along. http://www.learningmeditation.com/room.htm

This is a free site that teaches you how to meditate.  The lady who runs the site does 16+  Meditations She has a couple of really good ones that have helped  motivate me the best one at least for me was under the self image/ and weight management catagory but I have also tried some of the others.  thought this was something that I could pass on that might help someone else. Check it out its a really great site and easy to use too. 

I want to thank all of the people who responded to my last blog I am writeing to say that I think I am going to get a Calorie counter or a book listing different foods with there calorie value in it with my next pay check. I am also writeing because I think this is something other people might want to think about doing. 

 Especially if your not into doing the pre-packaged diets which I’m not because I figure if I’m going to eat healthy to loose weight I want to do it for good and people who do the pre packaged diets seem to loose the weight all and good but after they do they just end up going back to there old ways and gain it all back again.  I don’t want to gain it all back so I need to teach myself a different life style.  but that is my own oppinion and very much off topic. 

So anyway the tip I learned today is that if you are just learning ask questions and if you are trying to change your behaviors on eating and want to log your food get a calorie counter or book that has food other then just the prepackaged foods.

talk to you all later,

         Becky 

I’m getting a little irated because I can’t find anything that I eat on the food Journal. I love to cook healthy and I know that alot of what I eat is healthy. but they don’t seem to have any foods  on this thing  that are healthy. I’m talking about grilled chicken, steamed veggies, ect. What does everyone fry there foods now days and I’m not a scientist  so how would I know how many calories they are. most of the stuff that I eat I grow myself or I buy fresh from the meat market down the street and the food journal just won’t let you add stuff without knowing the calories. if someone could help me I would appreciate it and I’m sorry if this is a rant.

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