A Few Goals To Share

It has taken me a while to put together my goals.

I have had them in my mind, visions and such but I just needed to go over them again and again. 

I might be adding more on as I go throughout this journey 

I want and will run again 

I want to be able to practice yoga with out straining for breath and being able to reach poses 

without my belly being in the way and my thighs to huge to hit certain poses

Also strong enough to hold poses

What I will have 

A nice tight round butt 

Having this feeling

and these abs

Legs that are tone and strong 

Strong tone arms 

 Yet still feminine 

By June my goal is to have my arms tone to the point I am comfortable with wearing a short sleeve shirt 

and feel confident in it. 

To look healthy, fit, lean and strong 

These are just a few that I have come up with so far. 

I can do this

I will do this 

Healthy Living, Bobbi Jo 

Dr. Time

Today I went to see the Dr. Talked with her about my blood pressure.

Right now it is good so they will continue with the same medicine I have been on. 

We have set a goal for me to get off of my blood pressure medicine by June

This will entail me losing weight .

The Dr. asked me how much weight I wanted to lose in all I told her according to the charts I have seen they all say 101 pounds. She said I was being a bit hard on myself. I thought to myself  "what's new?"'

Dr. said it was time to put some effort into me again and make this life style change permanent. 

We talked for a long while about this and she wants me to keep a food diary.

I am going to start pushing more fruits & veggies in myself , stick to a 1200 calories a day (per Dr's request),  exercise and put caring for me first.  

She said that I have PTSD. She got me a medication to help me out. 

She also wants me to get a "Therapy Update".

It was actually great to get all the things that have been feeling, doing and going through

off my chest. I cried and was just honest with her.
I actually feel hopeful again about my life.

She wants to see me in 2 1/2 to 3 weeks to follow up on how I am doing.

As of today I started on Sparkpeople to keep track of my calories along with a written food diary.

This blog will be my daily journal of this life change.

Words of encouragement would be appreciated. 

Hugs, Bobbi Jo

Goal From Now Till 2012

My goal starting now till 2012 is to do something of a workout no matter how long the work out is or if I have to do several small workouts to feel the effects.

I have had a mind set and need to change it. That mind set is that I need to work out at least 30 to 45 minutes starting, sweat like crazy for my workouts to be effective. That is not the case any thing and everything can help to get in the habit of working out everyday.

So this is my goal! Hugs, Bobbi Jo

Taking Up Less Space

Found this on Kelly Olexa's blog The Kelly O Show. She is an inspiration with her passion to work out and her vlogs are fun!

Anyways I had to have this hanging in my house. I didn't even bother framing it I needed to see this and start to make changes.

This is so true!!

This is my new goal or motto :" Take Up Less Space". Meaning getting leaner, stronger and smaller.

It is weird I don't feel like I look as big as what I weigh. Does anyone else feel this way?

Yet when I see myself in a picture or mirror I see it and think EWWWW! How did I get to this point again.

A while back I posted that I wasn't using my scale well that was working for a while. Unfortunately my clothes were getting tighter and I am feeling lousy.

So my scale is back to help me keep track as I lose the 86.2 pounds I need to lose.

I have got to get off this weight and get down to where I am me again. I started feeling it in 2009 when I was working on myself, exercising, eating OK but still drinking Diet Coke ( a LOT), hot chocolate and taking in a lot of sugar along with eating out way too often. Then when I started school full time I put my fitness on the back burner along with trying to eat healthy.

So my goal is to become healthy, strong and lean. I will never be a twig my body isn't made to be that way. I use to do power lifting when I was in Jr. high and high school so my legs are big no matter what and I am large boned. Yes I did have it tested and my wrist is bigger than 6 inches around. I have finally excepted that I will not be a skinny gal who can wear anything and look great due to my body shape. I think this is a great thing.

I started out last week as you might have read in my last post from yesterday. Starting out didn't go so great. But today is a new story actually it go better over the weekend. I was feeling very depressed and stressed with life but things are slowly falling into place for me. I am excited about the changes that I see in my upcoming future.

So what am I doing that is different?

Changes for this week:

1.Charting workouts

2.Counting calories

3.Making small changes in eating

4. Praying more for help in this process

5. Not doing this on my own...having Coco and friends who support & help

6. Setting goals

7. Doing this for ME!!

This is it for this week.

I would love to hear from all of you of what you are doing to help keep you motivated.

Hugs, Bobbi Jo

Blog Slacker

Blog slacker Yes that would be me! I had so many intentions of getting on the computer and updating but it didn't happen. Like so many other things in my life.
I have been working on a plan to get cardio back into my life. I have been walking with my friends at lunch time at school. So my plan is as follows:
Cardio 6 days a week at least 1/2 hour.
Upper body workout 3 days a week
Legs 2 days a week + walking
My vision is to lose the extra fat and flab that has accumulated. I want to get my arms ripped and become stronger not only to look better in short sleeves but also to have the strength for massages. I think I will be able to perform an even better massage with the flab gone.
My legs still need work mostly toning so that is my goal on them.
The cardio will most likely be done in the evenings when I get home from school.
So that is the plan. I was hoping to have things (life) more under control by now but it has been crazy. Between studying, finals and family life the time is literally taken away.
Hope everyone is doing great. I will try to get around and catch up on all you wonderful people. Hugs, Bobbi Jo