Not Much Really

Well hello,
   I've been on a plateau lately! I feel like it's partly my fault. I've slipped a tad in eating habits. Not like, horrible fast food, eating crap kind of eating. But not as healthy. I worked out almost none stop for two weeks and had no change. So diet really does affect EVERYTHING. I also found out that I have a gluten intolerance. So along with being lactose intolerant I'm having some issues... I really like bread, and well anything that has gluten. It's killing my insides to have it though... So something has to give, and it's me. I refuse to look down on myself for this current plateau though. I am so proud of myself and how far I have gotten. I love this lifestyle and will continue to work at it. I just have to put forth my best and then I will never be a failure because I will NEVER quick. With God giving me the supernatural strength I need to carry on, I have no reassure to stop...
  Honestly, how could I ever actually stop? I could never go back to the Elizabeth I was a year ago. I will never allow myself to gain back the 60 pounds that I have worked so hard to loose. Matter of fact, I haven't loist them. I have kicked them out. I have NO intention of ever finding them again. I love fitness and I love health. I love working out and how empowered it makes me feel. I love salad and fruit and just everything about being healthy. I could never just... stop. Well, that's my update. Last time I weighed myself I was 168.5 however, honestly, I'm probably back at 170 with my slacking this week. I don't know. I'm trying to back off from weighing myself so often. It only brings me down. I'm really trying to focus on just being healthy. It isn't about the numbers. It's about healthy.

Love,
Elizabeth!!

Size 8!!!

Holy crap I'm a size 8!!!

Good news!

Well for me anyways haha
    So I weighed in this morning just curious. I'm 167.4 no more am I 169! Thank goodness! I'm sure it was just water weight since it dropped in a matter of days. But man... I was mad at myself and I am back on track with working out and I couldn't be more pumped!
    On a bad note. On Monday (04-07-14) I was doing over head squats and lost balance and fell. I ended up dropping the bar on my ankle. It's not Thursday and it's still swollen. I learned a valuable lesson to always have a spotter. Think I found a cute one :p anyways, it's hindered my running. It's still bruised. However the swelling is finally going down so I'm happy. It seems I keep injuring myself. I'm like liking this. But now I know to be more careful.

Love,
Miss Elizabeth ♡

Hey!

Well,
   Still not motivated but I went to the gym tonight and pushed myself anyways. I ran, not as much as I wanted to because of my shin splint... This thing is really annoying. And painful. Like... ugh! And the fact that it's just lingering on and not healing is making it worse. I'm at a stand still with my weight and can't run... Running always made me loose weight.
   It's not the only reason I run! Just to clarify. I've always wanted to be a runner. It brings so much freedom when I run. Like I can just get away from life for a minute. So I know that's another reason why I'm not motivated. Because that little piece of happiness was taken away... I'm trying not to doubt myself and to look positive and remeber the strength God has given me so far through out this crazy journey. It's just hard. But I know I can do it! I have faith in me and my amazing God! He is my sovereign healer. Feel free to keep my leg in your prayers if you will! Thank you so much!

Love,
Miss Elizabeth ♡

Super Discouraged

So guys,
   I'm like super mad at myself and I'm just frustrated. On Wednesday I weighed 166.8 and I weighed myself this morning and I'm 169.0 I don't even understand and I'm honestly so mad at myself. I don't want to see the 170's every again. I worked so hard to get down to where I was and I don't understand how I went back up. I know people say the scale doesn't mean anything. But with this much of a difference it's hard not to get discouraged. Looks like reaching 165 by the 17th just isn't gunna happen. I really feel like quitting right now. I know it would never happen because my lifestyle is healthy and such. But I have the mindset of "why even try anymore?" & I don't know how to break that. I'm just so done right now.

Yeah,
Miss Elizabeth <3

So Blessed!

Hey everyone,
   So, not much has changed since the last time I wrote. My shin splint is healing though! Slowly but surely! I was able to run half a mile last night without it bugging me. I stopped when it started hurting though because I want it to heal and not make it worse. I've mainly been working on abs and arms lol. My recent weigh in was 166.8 so I'm hoping to be at 165 by April 16th! I leave for North Carolina the 17th. I'm visiting friends and family back home, mainly family. But 165 is my goal! I just have to keep pushing myself!
    Also, I don't know if I've mentioned this before but on the 18th I will officially be a vegetarian. I'm trying this out and super excited to see the benefits of eating cleaner and a little more strict. I may have chicken once a week but nothing huge. Not sure yet. But I'm so excited and just blessed to have some amazing supportive friends and family around me.
   I'm also so blessed for Janelle Flint I hope she's reading this! She is such an amazing inspiration to me and just.. She's so amazing I'm actually at a lose for words! She just finished her round of 21 day fix and I've been interested to try it for a few months but I'm just not financially stable enough to make it happen. It's not super expensive, but it isn't necessarily cheap either. She said that she would see what she could do to help me reach my goal of doing this. I'm so blessed to have such amazing people as a role model placed in my life. God knew what He was doing (and still does haha) when He put this lovely lady in my life! She's such an inspiration, not just with her health journey but with God as well. She lives day by day worshiping God (with that AMAZING voice of hers) and showing people the love of Jesus. I'm praying that one day I'll be half the woman God has created her to be! 

Love, 
Miss Elizabeth <3  

Shin Splint -.-

Hey there,

     So, I have finally got a shin splint. I was told about a month ago that I had one but I was in denial and just wanted to believe that I was sore... Well I continued to push myself this past week with running and officially made it to the point where I can't run.. It hurts so bad. It's been about.. 3 days since I worked out. I'm slacking but not by choice... I kind of think I'm too hard on myself but I don't know. Anyways, I've made the decision to become a vegetarian. By April 18th, I will be a vegetarian. I'm waiting till the end of the semester because my dad cooks dinner since I have night classes and I don't want to make anything difficult for him.
    On another note, Saturday I weighed myself... 167.0
Now let's just hope I'm still there even though I haven't worked out since my shin splint. I'll be back at the gym tomorrow, just not running of course. Work tomorrow should be interesting. I would like to be 165 by April 17th. If not it's okay, but that's my mini goal.
Night guys!!

Love,
Miss Elizabeth <3

Difficulty.

Hey you guys!
     So this has been a hard month. I've stayed on track with my food but not really with my exercise. I am currently 167.8. So I've lost about 2 pounds since the last post. I know that progress is progress and I will be proud of myself. I just need to get more motivated and realize how close I am to my goal. I am so close you guys! SOOOOO CLOSE! I can't give up now, and I won't!
     I personally think  I've just been letting life get in my way. I know that that is no excuse. But I really think that's what has been happening. I have a family member who is about to pass away, I was just let go from my resent job (I have got another one,) school has been crazy, and I've had a lot of issues with the fact that my car is with a NC tag and I can't get it up there for the inspection so now I have to get a FL tag. Things are just super crazy. I'm sticking through it though and I will get back on track! I worked out today :) Yay!

Love,
Miss Elizabeth <3

Not quick progress

Not quick progress, but hey! Progress is progress! I am now 169.4! Super excited! Still a size 10, but almost a size 8 now. About 4 more pounds down and I should be there!  Hopefully I'll be at 165 by April!! Ah! Can't believe I'm so close to 150 now!!!

Going smoothly!

Hey there!
Well my current weight is 175.0 :)
I'm a size 10! I work out 6 days a week now and man, my diet has completely changed!! No coffee, more protien, and just less junk! I'm trying a lot of new things! God is just blessing me with the strength I need to make is through this! I could never do it without Him.

Not Giving Up :)

Okay :)
So I've started classes and such.
However, I have worked out a good time to fit in my workout and everything is going fantastic! I did my first 5K January 11th 2014 and the time was 50:35... Not what I hope for but it was first so I just figure gives me time to improve.
Since then I've basically been running a 5K every day trying to beat my time. Today, the 19th I ran it in 36:50!!!
Oh, and my current weight is 179.8 :)
Almost a size 10!! Whenever I feel like giving up I just say a little prayer and ask God to give me some strength and I make it through every time :)
Happy is me!!