Off To A Great Start (3 Day Cleanse)

Today is the first day of my spring semester, and I am in awe that I am at last half of my junior year of college. I still remember my first day of freshman year like it happened a week ago. Time really does move faster than I could have ever imagined. 

I want to start off this semester as on track as possible in all aspects of my life. I am working on unpacking and putting all of my things where they belong. Organization is extremely important to me. I also want to start off this semester in the right place with God. Whenever I have Him as my first priority, the rest of my life seems to fall into order in the perfect way. Next is obviously fitness and diet! After this post I will be doing the workout that my trainer wrote for me. I am still figuring out when the best time to do these will be. I am going to try to do them the same time every day, in order to stick with a routine, and not let myself slack off at all. 

Obviously, diet plays a huge roll into anyone's weight loss and fitness journey, and I wanted to really focus this week in particular. In oder to start creating healthy habits, and get my mind on the idea of "eating clean," I decided to start this week with a 3 day cleanse. Sticking to something always helps me feel accomplished, and gets me on the right path. I am not doing this cleanse to drop a ton of weight in three days. I don't believe in anything like that. Instead, I am doing it to start off my semester in a very healthy way. I want to model my every day diet after some of the foods and meals that are on this particular cleanse! I will post a link to the site that I found it on, in case anyone wants to do it as well sometime in the future. At the end of the three days, I will update on how it went, and made me feel! 

Spring semester of 2012 is when my life was incredibly hectic, and I was not at a healthy spot, so I am determined for 2013 to be completely opposite. God has blessed me so much through all of this, and I want to continue to honor him in the way I live my life as healthy and happy as I can be! 

3 Day Cleanse Website! 

http://skinnyms.com/three-day-cleanse-detox/

Bubbles to Blessings

This isn't a post about fitness, but it's something I wrote tonight. I sent it to a couple of my best friends, and they told me that it was too good not to share! They are always such great encouragers in my life when it comes to things like this. So, here it is. Hope you all enjoy. 

"I'm guilty of writing this on my phone mid bubble bath, but when inspiration comes, I can't pass up an opportunity. 
I have 4 days of Christmas break left, and I am by myself in a bubble bath, wearing one of those gorgeous, green face masks, writing this. Some might see this as a little pathetic, but I can honestly say I'm completely content. 
God has me in this exact moment, this season of my life, for a special reason. I couldn't think of a better way to spend tonight than this. I'm able to reflect on my life, and pray about my future. I'm 21, single, a junior in college, and the only concrete plan I have is that after this, I'm painting my nails. It's actually very humbling to not have everything figured out. I'm learning to go to God for things I wouldn't have previously. I'm learning to do things for myself, and love myself like I know God wants me to. I'm learning that it's the small things that mean so much. God speaks to us in the quiet, when we allow our hectic worlds to be put aside. That's what I want to continue to work towards. Nights like this, where it's more of me focusing on the spectacular plan he has for me. Bubbles that turn into blessings."

Catching Up for 2013

 Shout out to a sweet girl for reminding me about this blog!  When she mentioned that she had seen my blog, I realized I had been meaning to update it! So, thank you. 

It has been about two months since I have updated this! The end of my semester was incredibly hectic with finals, so I definitely put this on the back burner. I'll be completely honest and the first to admit that I did not stick to that meal plan. I did for a while, but then with finals I gave up on being to strict on what I could eat, and I just ate healthy at the end. The workout lasted though, and I did not stop doing that until two weeks before the semester came to a close. 

Where I am now! 

I did save my money and got a trainer for this Christmas break. She has been such an amazing addition to my journey! She is encouraging and pushes me harder than I thought I could work. I have been working out with her 4-5 days a week. I am really sad to be leaving to go back to college, but she is going to keep writing me workouts and checking in. I am excited to prove to her and myself that I can keep the dedication to workout. The changes I can feel and see in my body have been a huge motivation. 

I am currently only 8 lbs away from my goal weight I set back at the beginning of this all! It is such an amazing feeling to have come this far, and I do not plan on stopping anytime soon. Weight is not my total focus, I just want to be fit and feel healthy! 

At the beginning of the break I made a decision to cut out things that I know are not beneficial. I cut out fast food, sweets, and coke! I have made only about 4 exceptions to the sweets right around Christmas. Since then, I have not had any of those things. It's actually not hard at all, and I get more satisfaction from not eating them, than I would indulging in one of them. 

Another change I am making (it will be easier once I am back at my house and not my parents) is to eat very clean! I want to stay away from processed/canned/frozen foods. I don't see myself becoming extremely obsessed with the organic movement, but I do want to try to make my diet cleaner. 

I am extremely excited about 2013 and all the changes I know will come my way! God has blessed me beyond measure, and I am ecstatic about continuing to clean up my lifestyle in a fitness and faith way. God has been revealing a lot of things to me, and I am really working on following a plan I know he will approve of. Living for him continues to be my ultimate goal. 

I hope that everyone's year has started off amazing, and that it only gets better! It's a new year and you can choose to make huge changes this year! 

Goals for the next semester: 

• Have a Bible study with my best friend
• Start memorizing more Bible verses
• Run a 5k, 10k, and maybe a half
• Reach my initial goal weight
• Workout at least 4x's a week
• Run at least 4x's a week
• Volunteer for Habitat in Abilene more
• Get a really cute bikini
• Eat clean
• Drink more water
• Keep encouraging people any way I can
• Pray about what God wants me to do in the future