Diet Pills good or bad?

My personal opinion is plain and simple they are bad.

I recently posted a link from the FDA on my personal facebook page about HCG being illegal. A couple of my friends chimed in, one that had success with HCG. I know several people that have tried HCG, some that have lost alot of weight with this pill. But none that have been able to keep it off. I firmly believe that DIET is one of the worst four letter words. I think diet pills are cheap versions of speed and I don't think HCG is safe.

The HCG diet restricts you to a very limited variety of foods that you can eat and allows about 500 calories a day. I don't know about you but I would lose alot of weight only consuming 500 calories a day no very expensive HCG shot needed.

Diet pills in general seems to give one alot of energy and curb your appetite but bottom line if you don't make a life style change you will not be sucessful.

It's not a diet its a choice.

The 3 C's of life...

CHOICE CHANCE CHANGE

You must make the CHOICE,

To take the CHANCE,

If you want anything to CHANGE in your life.

Monday Motivation

Sweat is fat screaming!

Make Yourself Proud!

Dont lose faith... YOU got this!

Get Sweaty with Technology!

I got a new app this weekend for my Droid! I can't wait to try it out!

Cardio Trainer!

The best part about the app is the fact that it was free! I love free!

The reviews where pretty good and it has a great share feature. You can link up with your friends who use the app too.

Time to suit up and hit the road with my new cardio trainer app. Get Sweaty!

Get Sweaty with the Reform Bar!

Pilates Refrom Bar

I bought this great little piece of equipment over a year ago. I had all these great plans for it. It was going to be a great addition to the few peices of exercise equipmet I had at home. When it arrived in the mail I took it out and thought hmmm what kind of exercises can I do with this. Then it went back in the bag and collected alot of dust.

In my defense, I was very pregnant with my son and exercise was rather difficult.

But the other day I took it back out and I looked at it and thought to myself how can I really make this work...

So I googled it and found this great work out.

If you want something you can do at home, go grab this bar and get sweaty!

Healthy Pancakes

I found this recipe on my Chobani greek yogurt container.

If the Hubby likes it, it has to be good.

1 1/2 C all-purpose flour

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

3/4 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 large egg, slightly beaten

1/2 C (12oz) Vanilla  Chobani Greek Yogurt

1/2 C milk

I used a whole extra cup of yogurt! I eat chobani yogurt almost every morning for breakfast. This was a great switch up.

For more recipes using Chobani check their website out! Chobani Kitchen!

A little history of my struggle

I was always lean, and athletic while growing up. Weighed in at about a buck and a quarter. A few weeks into January 1997 I was in a car accident that forever changed my life.
My weight dropped to 105 lbs at one point. Keep in mind I am 5’10”. That weight and my height equated to about a size 1. I was deathly thin! 
I stayed pretty scrawny for the next several years. But I was never healthy. Then I got pregnant with my daughter and gained 97 lbs. I was over 220 lbs by the time I gave birth. It took me two years and a divorce to lose the weight. When I moved home from Japan to the states, I was back in a size 5. I was thin but still not healthy.
I slowly got to a healthy state but unfortunately gradually gained weight back. I have horrible eating habits. A number 9 with a large coke from Mcdonalds breakfast menu sure didn't help. 
Then I got pregnant with my son. I was already over my max ideal weight. I was 189lbs when we conceived the lil man. I struggled to keep the weight down but not very successfully! I managed to gain just under 70lbs this time. I was 256lbs ***tears***.
I worked to get enough off to feel somewhat okay in a wedding dress. I was 205 by that time. But no matter what anyone said I still felt huge. After the wedding I fell off the wagon and I gained back almost 10lbs!
I was looking at the scale the other day and saw 213lbs string at me.  Being a Mommy and a business owner leaves me little me time, little time to exercise, little time to really think about what I am eating.

I love to cook, and I love to eat. But I also love to work out. My extra weight does not help the injuries that I sustained in my car accident. I know that if I don’t get this under control I will be physically and emotionally miserable for the rest of my life.

For those of you out there with similar struggles, I feel your pain. I will be blogging my progress top a healthier and happier me. I will share my struggles, my diet, my exercises, inspiration, words of encouragement and any info I find that I think you will find helpful.

My goal 160. Since I started making simple changes to my eating habits, I have already lots 5 lbs!

It's a life style change, a choice, not a diet.