Leading ladies group (closed group)! Third week weigh in!

Hello my leading ladies!!

I hope that you all had a productive week. After having reviewed your responses to your goals for the previous weigh in week I see that reasonable, effective goals were set. However, we all need time to get used to these goals. This means that we need time to adjust, execute and become comfortable in implementing this in our everyday life. As we proceed with the weeks we want to slowly build on more and more goals, however, never loosing sight or track of the goals we set for ourselves before. Remember, our weight loss goal will not be successful unless we take a holistic approach. This means taking care of ourselves in every regard (physical, emotional, spiritual, etc). If you loose sight of a goal/ task you felt was important then you are only hurting yourself. For this upcoming week I want you to keep focusing on your exercise and nutrition goals that you have all set for yourselves and really embrace what that commitment means in your weight loss journey. As we go on together on our journey I want you to look back and see the strong, established goals you have set and see how it is shaping (literally) your life, your body and how you see this process.

Assignment 1: weigh in

I weighed in this week at 205. 2 for a total of 20 lbs! I am very happy thus far and know that what I am doing now is gonna keep helping me in my journey. I still have a ways to go. My total loss is for 70 and so I take it a day at a time in order to not feel overwhelmed by it all. My biggest success factor is changing everything a little every week and a half or so. This is in regards to diet and exercise. Think of your body as a being that desires change. If you keep everything the same your body will grow "bored" and not work with you. Think of change as the excitement factor that your body craves to really get things rolling!

Assignment 2: Reflection quote:

"Mistakes are part of the dues that one pays for a full life." - Sophia Loren

Aint this the truth! I feel that we only grow when we make mistakes and learn from them. Life is not about it being perfect. It is about learning to accept what comes at you, letting go of the negative and holding on like hell to the positive. I feel that my weight gain was a mistake because I was fully capable of having prevented it. However, it is a mistake I am learning soooo much from. If it wasnt for me gaining weight I wouldnt understand how eating healthier makes your body feel better, or how I can use comfort exercise instead of comfort eating to help me feel better in tough times. I would not have appreciated how good I look in a size lower pants than before nor would have I understood what impact wearing a smaller size shirt has on your self esteem. Although my bones, muscles, body and mind did not whole heartily appreciate the weight gain my soul did in the fact that every little success I have I relish in it. I may be daring in that I am selfish in wanting these successes. I don't want to hold back from EARNING what is rightfully mine. I ask you leading ladies: are you being selfish in your success? Are you not giving a damn about what others say or think about what you are doing and are you living for you today?


Assignment 3: Re-post nutrition and exercise goal and explain your progress thus far:

Nutrition goal: eat out no more than 3 times during the week
I can't say I have been too successful in this area :-(. I have usually eaten out about 4 times per week. I do want to curve this down because I don't need to eat out as much, however, in my defense I am a subway addict and even then I don't need to eat the bread and sauces, etc. *sigh* even talking about it makes my mouth water (thats how bad i am) lol. I will work harder in limiting myself to no more than 3 times in the week.

Exercise goal: work out with weights during cardio
I have incorporated weights when I walk but not consistently. I am considering getting ankle weights but not incorporating them until I loose a few more lbs and am ready for a serious change in my workouts because that would really create resistance and provide some noticeable change on the scale.

Activity 4: What is the first thought that comes into my mind when I say "when I reach my weight loss goal I want to...."

I can't help it, mine is: rock very sexy lingerie and participate in a sexy photo shoot! I have always admired beautiful bras and panties but never had the courage to wear them. As I am loosing lbs I am dying to try a beautiful combo and take a couple of pics in them. This is soo unlike the old me. I hated pictures and I hated wearing anything for a picture. I felt like a fraud in my big body because that wasn't who I was. Now as I am slowly seeing the girl I am I want to feel beautiful and look sexy in sexy lingerie. I passed by victoria's secrerts today and I saw a bra and panty set I soooo want to rock when I hit my 70 lbs. So my leading ladies, when I think of when I reach my weight loss goal, I know that I want to rock very sexy lingerie and take a photo shoot.


Last comment: As you revise your goals that your setting for yourself (nutrition and exercise for the week) make sure you take into consideration the time we have before new years! Although we have about a little under 4 months left it can fly by quickly! I will post towards the beginning of October a mandatory weigh in in regards to your goal specifically for new years, not your total goal in general. I want all of us to reflect if our goals are reasonable, are we working enough (or not enough) and what can we do to get us there!

Time for work leading ladies! I am soo proud of each and everyone of you. Please feel free to post comments, questions or concerns!!

Much love, peace and respect to each and every one of you my amazing, sexy and powerful beyond measure leading ladies


Jasmin