Saturday, May 26, 2012

Day 3: A Little Inspiration


Today at work I told my charge nurse if she sees me steering towards a soda to stop me, she said, I will just get you a huge glass of water and go "Here you go Liz, you really should have the water."  Awesomeness comes in a chocolate shake with strawberries this morning.  No soda.  It is a little hard for a Mt. Dew fanatic such as myself, but sometimes you need to make changes, this was a little simpler one to make.......

My thoughts for the day:
Hold on to your dreams, and never let them go!

Show the rest of the world what so many people already know: how wonderful you are!

Give circumstances a chance, and give others the benefit of the doubt.

Wish on a star that shine in your sky. Take on your problems one by one and work things out.

Rely on all the strength you have inside.

Let loose of the sparkle and spirit that you sometimes try to hide.

Stay in touch with those who touch your life with love.

Look on the bright side and don't let adversity keep you from winning.

Be yourself, because you are filled with special qualities that have brought you this far, and that will always see you through.

Keep your spirits up.

Make your heart happy, and let it reflect on everything you do!

When you're chasing away the clouds, the sky is the limit.

Friday, May 25, 2012

Lisa the Hutt


Ok, so I know women are supposed to be curvy, but you superimpose my head on Jabba the Hutt and that is me with my measurements.  You are supposed to take your measurements for Shakeology.  I did it and was thinking, ok this isn't too bad, my bust was larger than I thought....But when I hit my hips, I thought to my self, good Lord, I can pass an elephant between those hips.  I'm mean really.  Looking at the numbers, made me cringe a little...If anything made me look at my self more.  Can I get away from the 3 liter Coke bottle with legs look???  I think it can be done, if I ever need the motivation, all I have to do is look at this picture. 

Day 2 Shakeology!!!! Let's see how this goes!!!

This is something so many of us hear all too often, would you rather be dead than exercise an hour a day?  Since I have been dead, the only way is up right?  So today for my shake, I decided to mix it up a notch.  We had bananas, strawberries, and the shake.  Kyle keeps trying to lick his fingers and sneaking some of it out of the container because "Mom, it smells like hot chocolate and it isn't fair you get to drink this all the time!" 
Before I decided to start all this, I looked at things like this seeing as things kept getting worse, and not much better.....


I’ve listed down the common arguments that these people use and my own counter arguments. You can see that these “exercise” arguments are all obviously wrong:


Argument: Exercise is good for you!
Counter Argument: Ice cream is good for me. I know because it tastes good. If it tastes good, it has to be good. Hence proved.


Argument: It helps you stay fit. You’ll live longer.
Counter Argument: Soon there will be pills and medicines that will let you live longer. Plus, they’ll come in chocolate and strawberry flavors dipped in cream. But because you are dieting, you won’t be able to take them. Then I’ll be laughing at you. Actually, let me start now. Hahahahah!


Argument: It’s fun!
Counter Argument: No it’s not. You only pretend it is fun to try to make me jealous. But I am above such petty things.


Argument: “No Pain No Gain“. If you don’t take the pain, you won’t get any gain.
Counter Argument: My mantra is: “No Pain, No Pain“. If you don’t cause yourself any pain, you don’t have to take the pain. And obviously, anyone with a really bad pulled hamstring 9 miles into a half marathon would truly understand this. 


Argument: Health is Wealth!
Counter Argument: REALLY? Can you buy Chocolate Ice Cream with your Health? Can you ? Can you? Didn’t think so. Besides, I have mathematical proof:
Health = Wealth ....[assume]
Wealth = Money ....[Common sense]
Time = Money ....[Because Bill Gates said so]

Therefore, Health = Time ....Call this equation [1]
It follows that you can increase health by increasing the amount of free time. And you can increase the amount of free time by not exercising.
Therefore, not exercising improves your health.
What better proof do you need?


This was where I was in my so I fight harder phase, weighing out all the possibilities of maybe I might not be able to continue to do what it is I love so much.  I love to exercise, love the feeling that body feels when it is reenergized, when my heart is beating nice and strong.  I actually....wait for this....had to take my own advice.  I'm always telling open heart patients you can do anything!  It is true, we can.  We are living proof that life continues.  So why wasn't I taking my own advice and simply setting my fitness aside because of things.  Ok, I have CHF, what can I do to help get rid of that....TA DA!!!! Exercise within your limits.  Walking will not kill me.  Hell worst thing it is going to do is cause me to swell, and well my feet already look like little melons.  I'm great for advice for others, but when it comes to me sometimes, that advice I forget.  We have all been there.  We give great advice to friends who are going through hard times, help them, support them, etc, and when it gets down to it, will we practice what we preach?

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Day 1: Personal Changes



Over the last couple months, thanks to the meds that I take, and how my body handled it, I have gained so much weight that for the first time in my life, I am very unhappy with the way I look.  Due to medical issues, I need to get this weight off.  Today I weighed myself.  223lbs.  WOW.  After looking at some pictures of me and my family, and with my health, I decided to make a change.  Today is day one of Shakeology for me.  I started out my morning with an awesome chocolate shake with a banana, had some apples in between and for lunch a can of tuna.  I needed to do this for me and my health.  I needed to do this to keep from staying in CHF.  My son has graduated preschool and is no on into kindergarten, and I want to be here for him and Kevin.  I've decided to start keeping track of my changes.  I will post a really bad horrible fat picture of me later so you guys can see what I have to loose.  But I know that this is something that I can do.  My life means that much to me.  I will also be posting funny things, healthy things etc, mainly just to keep myself sane.  LOL.  Day one and we are going!!!!!!