Hello
Friends! I know, long time no talk! First, I must apologize for the long
stretch of time it has been since my last post. There are just not enough hours
in a day!!! Second, I decided to change the name of my blog from “Fat to Fit
and Everything in the Middle” to “Healthy Diva Diaries” In no way do I believe
I’m a Diva but I thought it sounded cute. I also wanted to rid my blog name of
the word “Fat” and replace it with “Healthy”. I really did miss blogging and
lately have felt this overwhelming urge for some therapy in my life. Since I
can only do so much retail therapy on a Stay-at-home Mama’s budget and so much
Wine Therapy on the Weight Watchers way of life, I decided I needed to start
blogging again. Here is just a short re-cap on what I’ve been up to since my
last post:
April:
Committed to No-Processed foods for 30 days. I went 25 out of the 30 days
without any processed foods. The five days I cheated were due to two
bachelorette parties followed by two days of being hung over and well, not
quite sure why I cheated on that 5th day but nonetheless I was
pretty proud of myself. It was hard but very rewarding. I honestly noticed a
difference in the way I felt and looked. My skin was brighter and my belly a
little tighter!
May: With my brother’s wedding scheduled for the
end of the month I amped up my workouts! Jillian Michaels and I had a party in
my living room twice a week. I, of course, continued to go to Zumba twice a
week as well. The other two days I worked out were on my elliptical. Yes, the
crazy woman in me worked out 6 days a week that month. Let me tell you, I felt
AMAZING by the time the wedding came. The most rewarding thing was seeing a
picture of the back of me from the wedding and thinking, “Where did those back
muscles come from?!?!?” Special thanks
to Jillian and my awesome Zumba instructor Nancy!
June:
My beautiful cousin Chrissy, from Australia, came to stay with me for three
weeks. We did a lot in those three weeks, which left little time for exercising.
Unless you count shopping, because I’m pretty sure we shopped every other day
while she was here!!! By month’s end I
knew I had to get back into the program. My biggest fear is ending up back
where I started 72 lbs ago. So, my healthy obsessions came back in full swing.
July
& August: Though I started working
out again, due to how busy of a summer we had, I only averaged 3 to 4 days a
week. Between summer vacations and social events, I managed to maintain my
weight. Which is great, but my ultimate goal was still five lbs away.
September
& October: A funny little thing called Stress can really do some crazy
things to your body. I suppose the bottle of wine you consume very frequently
can as well but I’m just going to go ahead and blame it on the stress. There is research that indicates that our
bellies store fat cells in times of stress.
I do believe the current state of my belly is proof of that!
So
here we are in November! Working on de-stressing and de-bloating before the craziness
of the holidays begin. On another note,
I did land myself a part time job last month!! I’m working at an awesome Tanning
Salon called Healthy Glo. Kind of funny that the salon is called Glo Tanning
and my nickname is Glo. A couple of my T-shirts for work say “Love Glo”, they
have them in Men’s sizes too. I think that is going to be the perfect Christmas
gift for my husband ;-) Here’s to making the rest of 2012 healthy and happy!
Leaving
you with a recipe for a de-bloating, de-toxifying and not so tasty but able to
chug it down, water. I drank a pitcher daily for 1 week and it really did work!
Planning on making another batch this weekend!
Sassy
Water
Featured
on Prevention Magazine’s Website: www.prevention.com
In
a pitcher, combine 8 ½ cups water, 1 tsp freshly grated ginger, 1 medium
cucumber (peeled and thinly sliced), 1 medium lemon (thinly sliced) and 12
small Spearmint leaves. Let flavors develop overnight and drink the entire
pitcher by the end of each day. Enjoy ;-)
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