Spa Night

Hi ya'll!

My 2 week break from work has begun. I don't go back to work until January 6th which is so nice and definitely much needed. With all the stress I've been having due to my final exam week, life in general, and relationship issues I've needed time to relax. This break also gives me the opportunity to reflect on myself and how to improve in the future on different issues. Tonight I decided to have a spa night at home for myself. I went out to get a clay mask, but unfortunately picked up something completely different so my spa night is mainly going to consist of a shower fizz aromatherapy that I received as a gift from a parent at work, a stress relief body wash, a new face wash and moisturizing lotion, and shaving. I think reducing stress in the way of taking care of ourselves can really help open our perspectives into any other stressors going on. If our bodies or ourselves are taken care of then we can eliminate that as a stress. I also made sure to turn off all lights but one small dim light in the living area and turned on the small Christmas tree lights. I got my fuzzy warm blanket and turned on one of my favorite spotify playlists to just RELAX. I've just laid here so far listening to the music and deleting unwanted pictures from my phone. That is pretty much it and I've never been so relaxed in my life so much that I could fall asleep right here. I was pretty busy at work all last week and I did not have time to post a blog post, but here in a day or so I will be posting at least two so be on the look out for that. 

I'm off to enjoy the rest of my spa night!

What do you do for spa night?

Weight Loss Update

Hey everyone! I wanted to give you guys an update on what I've been up to on my weight loss and where I am at.

Starting Weight: 240lbs

Previous Weight: 202.8lbs(10/29/19)

Current Weight: 197lbs 

I am super proud of myself for getting to where I am currently at. I rarely drink soda or junk food anymore. I'll admit though these past few days I've had cheesecake from jack in the box, but I think that ties into my normal monthly cravings so I don't have to worry too much about wanting it consistently. It can be hard sometimes because you want certain things you used to have but you have to hold yourself accountable for it. I told my husband the other day do not let me have cheesecake from jack in the box again its 300 calories and It has a lot of sugar and carbs. I told him to hold me accountable for it and the next day I was there saying I want a cheesecake! 😄 I realized that he can't hold me accountable because that is up to me. The only way I got to where I am today is because I set boundaries with myself and I had to dig deep into myself to find out why I need these things to feel better. Sometimes we might even need a health scare to really make us think about those things. Anyways, I wanted to share with you guys what I usually make for my breakfast because it fills me up and its so yummy!

Self Discipline

I wanted to make a post about my weight loss and how it had occurred to me to work more on myself. I've mentioned my journey to working on the weight loss since my ankle injury in September 2018 which in some ways helped me start the process in lowering my Dr. Pepper intake. However, back in August this year I had dislocated my jaw at a previous job and that meant I was limited in FOOD in so many ways. I'm already an extremely picky eater and that is how I've always been. I learn more about this "pickyness" in my college courses and especially in my previous child development courses. Children will acquire tastes for foods when they are introduced to them at the appropriate age of 6-12 months. Parents usually start babies on rice cereal or oatmeal around 6-7 1/2 months then slowly work in the fruits and veggies baby food. I remember liking certain baby foods but I wasn't ever re introduced to these baby foods when I was younger which could explain my odd and picky food palette.

Happy Tuesday!

In September last year I fell at the movies and sprained my ankle and ligaments. This week last year I believe was my first week back at work after being out for 6 weeks. I remember this because it was our Halloween Fall Festival and I was still not 100%. I could walk but I couldn't stand for long periods of time. I was also still in physical therapy weeks after returning to work. Walking on my foot again was the hardest thing to do. I didn't really start walking until my first physical therapy appointment, and I was told that I was going to hurt, I was going to have cramps in my legs, I'm drinking too much caffeine (Dr. Pepper) and not enough water.