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• WOW!  That’s all I can say.  Those transformations were amazing!  And here I am complaining that it’s been so hard to lose 60 lbs this past year.  I have no excuse.  I know my stuff, I have all the resources and the knowledge. All I need is the mindset.  That has been my major flaw and weakness.  As Corinee & the phit & phat crew say it… the Fat Girl Thinking.  Thinking that I am not worthy… that I am not good enough.  These contestants had 7 months to transform their bodies and put up HUGE numbers!!!  So… I know that it can be done.  The question is, do I really want it bad enough? 

I was also reading a special report yesterday that  Scott Tousignant from Unstoppable Fatloss wrote which hit really close to home.  The report is a good 18 page read and it basically sums up into this:

• STOP over complicating the fat loss process
• STOP looking for some secret way to lose fat and begin to apply the fundamental principles of fat loss and master them. 
• STOP falling for Quick and Easy sales pitches from industry scammers
• STOP looking for temporaty solutions and lay out a blue print for your new healthy and active lifestyle.
• STOP applying a band-aid over the symptom of your problem. Get to the root of the problem, fix it, and build the foundation that is necessary for long term success.

Today is the time for change.  Not January 1, 2008.  TODAY I will start. Slowy, easy, and steady. My #1 reason - to be fit & ready to start a family and have the dicipline & basic fundamental principles engrained in me so much that it will so easy to bounce back post-pregnancy.

Here are my 1st six goals according to the Goal Snowball Method (in no particular order yet):

• Get at the very least 6-7 hours of sleep
• Wake up at the same time every day
• Workout at least 3 times a week
• No eating 3 hrs before going to sleep
• Do a 30 minute morning walk every day
• Eat portion size meals

That’s it for now.  I will add new goals as soon as I finish mastering the ones mentioned.

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“Understand that when keeping your commitment (to yourself) becomes hard, you have two choices: You can change your behavior to match your commitment, or you can lower you values to match your behavior. One choice will strengthen your (self) integrity; the other will deminish it and erode your confidence in your ability to make and keep commitments in the future.”

—Stephen Covey The Speed of Trust

This quote was discussed over at the PNP Forums & blog and it hit really close to home. I have become complacent with my life and where I am, and I find myself lowering my values & standards to adapt to my current behaviors.  This in turn has spilled over into many areas of my life  including my spiritual, educational & fitness areas as well as others. 

I’m tired of being complacent & lowering my values.  I am much better than what I have become.

Today, I am making a commitment to change.  Cold turkey — probably not, it’s not me, but I will be taking baby steps.

I am making a commitment to get healthier & fitter. 

I am making a commitment to grow stronger in my relationship with God. 

I am making a commitment to stick it out & finish school. 

No matter what it takes!  I will do this.

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So here I am on a sunny Saturday afternoon… and I haven’t really accomplished much. I’m feeling fairly lazy but overwhelmed at all the things I need & would like to do for today, tomorrow, next week, next month, the next 12 weeks, the next year & the rest of my life!!!!   

AHHHHHH!!!! I tend to overcomplicated things and then I get frustrated & give up all together. It’s happended in various projects, my education, my spiritual life, & in my weightloss journey — among other things.

I need to come up with a list.

A list of the top 100 things I would like to accomplish (besides daily things). I will post them in a specific post when it’s completed & scratch them off once they are done.

Here are couple off the top of my head to get me started (no particular order yet):

• Be at my ideal goal weight of (140-150 lbs)
• Play guitar at church
• Finish A degree (Kinesiology, CIS/Management, Health/Management)
• Start studying for personal training certification (order study materials)
• Put away $1000 in the Emergency Fund
• Save $3000 for trip to Ecuador
• Organize all my photos (paper & digital) in albums & online albums
• Pay off all immediate debt (credit cards, car loans, personal loans, collections)
• Pay off all school loans
• Qualify for our 1st home loan
• Have a successful home business
• Have baby #1
• Have baby #2
• Travel to every state in the US
• Attend the US Open (tennis)
• Attend the French Open (tennis)
• Travel to Europe

Ok… that’s it for now.  More later…
~ Vilma

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I never in my life thought someone would want to know my weight loss story or even feature it on another website… but they do & i’m glad that I was given the opportunity to share what has worked for me so far.

My story has been featured on the WLTips.com homepage and you can check out my interview by clicking on the banner below:

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To your health!

~ Vilma

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