Jlo 2.0

Think Happy Thoughts.  Diary of a Lazy Girl Becoming Motivated and Fit.

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I started using Tumblr back a few months ago and tried to use it to help regain focus for losing weight....Well just like most things; it started and ended very quickly. Thinking about how I always get gun-hoe to start something, but never fully watch it all pan out. As soon as something hard comes up in my life, I quickly retreat to old ways. 

I am sure most people have been down this same journey and have came across the same setbacks if not worse ones then mine. I think I have used every excuse in the book as to why I can’t stick to a plan. 

It then dawned on me that in order to really accomplish what I want to for my future; I must first let go of the past. The past...well I have demons just like most and most I will not be sharing in much detail unless I am drunk and let my guard down. However, everyone doesn’t need to know my demons, but rather my journey of tackling them no matter what they might be. 

I have been listening (audio book) to the Unteathered Soul (http://untetheredsoul.com/) and it opened my eyes to things I never thought about. The voice in my head (my conscious) has had a large grip on how I live my life and has ruled my life decisions for far too long. I do feel that the voice in my head not only talks up a good drama story, but also causes way more headaches than needed.  If you haven’t read that book (or listened) I highly recommend. 

With all that said, I decided that my journey isn’t just weight loss, but a journey for finding me. What truly defines me and who I am? How can my journey to losing weight help me regain focus and find the driven person who is buried deep within? 

I plan to answer the above questions and more by posting my journey to finding me and what that means. I am a huge reader, so you will probably see books I reference or recommend; please feel free to check them out and I would love to hear about other’s journeys as well :-)

The quote I picked was my way of finding peace with who I am and being at peace with myself. Life feels like a battle and I feel drained fighting it every day. I want to find my peace with my demons and actually live my life. I want to feel that high that others talk about... 

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PROTEIN!!! When searching for a good picture about protein I came across this wonderful diagram that I found helpful when choosing the foods to put into my body. I know many people struggle with getting the correct amount of protein into their body, which is why many of us struggle to be at the ideal weight. 

So my post is going to be about focusing on your protein intake and how many grams per day you should be in-taking. For me my focus is on weight loss and muscle gaining. From all my readings and personal experience I found the following to be true: 0.7 – 1 grams per pound of lean mass (1.5 – 2.2 grams per kg) is sufficient.

My goal is to intake between 100 grams to 120 grams of protein per day. This has always been harder for me, but using an app on my phone to track all my data is key. I use the myfitnesspal app, however, there are many apps out there to help you keep track of what you are putting into your body.

Challenge: I challenge you all to track your protein for a few days and see what your levels are at. Knowledge is power! 

[jlousmc]

Josh and I are starting a new journey of living a healthy lifestyle. We are not promoting any certain products, but rather sharing our knowledge with everyone. We are no doctors nor claim to be experts, but rather the “average Joe” going from an unhealthy lifestyle to a healthy one. 

We are focusing first on cleaning out our systems. We are going to eat 99% organic foods and try to focus on a tweaking our diets to reflect healthier lifestyles. We are eliminating fried and greasy foods while focusing on fresh no preservatives foods. 

This journey is going to be tracked over a one year span and will have monthly updates of progress. We decided to check our progress every month on the 17th to track our progress and share with others in our journey. 

We are hoping that being honest and sharing our experiences will help anyone who might want to start their own journey to a healthier lifestyle. There will be plenty of posts throughout the year such as workouts, food/recipes, products we recommend (however not promoting for any personal money gain), and any other miscellaneous knowledge we can share.  

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The Journey

This week I started to make changes to a healthier life.  I stepped up my plan and focusing on a healthier me.  

I want to track my journey and record some awesome recipes, tips, and other miscellaneous things along the way that might be able to help others plus a great reminder to myself :-)

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Writing with No Words

Late at night I find my mind wondering, thinking of everything that is happening in my life.  All the good and all the bad come rushing together. I decided that the next time this happens I must write on here as it will allow me to get it off my mind.  

I write now knowing that I want to tell someone how I feel, but when I go to type nothing comes out.  I can’t even get the words “hey” out to start up a conversation.  This person burned a bridge with me and I believe we are working on rebuilding, but neither of us want to make the step.  I don’t want to take the step mainly because I did once and wasted my time.  History repeats itself right?  If I try again then the same result could happen.  

I have all sorts of things I want to say, but typing them feels wrong.  I want to talk and be in person.  I want to feel the emotions and get everything on the table.  However, who will take the first steps?  Is this bridge unable to be rebuilt?

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To Blog or Not to Blog?

I played around with the idea of whether this was something for me or not.  I thought to myself, what do I have to say that anyone would even care about?  What would my blogging do to help others as I feel that is why I was put on this earth is to share my passions with others and inspire them to be better forms of themselves.  I am no grammar guru nor spelling champion, so if I do not put perfect sentences together, please don’t judge.  I respect everyone who wakes up and tries to be better versions of themselves.  

A few of my passions include saving animals as I am very connected to rescues and help place dogs and cats all the time.  I love taking on hard placement dogs (I am better with dogs then cats) and rehabbing them in order to be placed in a great forever home.  Some dogs take longer then others, but I love a good challenge.  

I also enjoy fitness.  I recently started doing Herbalife products and thoroughly enjoy it.  I have lost 30 pounds and still losing more.  I am not here to advertise for Herbalife, but love to share my healthy lifestyle journey.  

The last thing I will probably write about on here is volleyball.  I love it and coach!  I not only love the sport, but I love teaching others about the sport.  I coach JV volleyball at a high school and absolutely love it!  I enjoy growing with my girls and learning from them how to be a better coach.  

I used to write in journals all the time and I know half the stuff I wrote would never be appropriate for the internet world, but it felt good to get things off my mind.  

I hope to impact others with my words and I hope to be impacted by others on here too!  That is what I hope to get from this blog and even if I just reach one person in a positive way, then I succeeded :-) 

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Looking for something yummy, but healthy?  Enjoy these for a good change up :-)