Kindness and Encouragement

As someone whose weight has fluctuated up and down over the years I find it surprising that normally nice people think it's funny to subtley make fun of overweight people. 
(I've seen some fat joke photo posts lately on facebook that would have been discouraging and hurtful to those struggling with this issue posted by "nice" friends of mine!) 
We've got to love and accept people where they are at and if they want to overcome a bad habit whether it be smoking, alcoholism or overeating encouragement goes a long way!
I know people don't intend to be mean; I guess we all need to watch our mouths at times! If His Kindness leads us to repentance then our kindness will go a long way to helping others get the victory!

Update

Three weeks and 7 pounds down.  Trying different forms of exercise from walking, zumba, pilates, efx machine and weights.  I still screw up and fall for icecream but I keep going!  I don't give up and neither should you!

Stop Eating At Night!

Five more pounds down folks!  All I did was stop eating after 6pm and it came off!

102 Year old Pumping Weights/Inspiring

                               No More excuses, if he can do that so can we!  Isn't that inspiring!
Dear Body:
First of all I want to thank you body thank you for sticking it out with me. I know I have done some pretty abusive things to you: break an arm at 8, and a leg at 13, baking you in the sun long hours in my 20s, not feeding you very well in my 20s as well as fad diets and crazy drugs to lose weight.

I also know I have not taken care of you as well as I should of in the past and it seems that I am making up for that now. I want to let you know I am committed to keeping you strong and healthy. I think now that I am older I will respect you more and care for you more. I know that there is a lot more at stake now that you’re aging and I know that we cannot reverse the past be we can make the future bright.

I have decided in order to keep you healthy I need to get rid of the rest of the pounds that I am asking you to carry. I asked you to carry more weight than anybody should be allowed and we have shed some of that weight, but there is more to go. WHY? Because I feel once it is gone, then we can have a bit more fun. I know we will be able to walk longer heck even jog a bit longer, and I know we will be able to ride the bike more and just be able to do more things. Yes I am going to sound selfish, but I want to wear some clothes that right now we cannot, so I feel that if we got the rest of the weight off we will be in a better place.

I will keep feeding you healthy and I will keep fitness at the top of my list. I might ask you to push a bit harder but I think you can handle it. So I am ready to let go of this 60. Are you with me? I sure hope so, body. I know that we will be happy and proud and strong.

Hope you’re ready! 

One Week One Pound

One week and one pound down, now to encorporate some exercise and speed up the process a bit!  I'm staying away from sweets but have to admit I did give in to some salty cravings.

Here's a recipe for a substitute icecream dish

Freeze a banana

Take it out about 10 minutes before you want to use it and throw it in the blender.  It comes out like icecream and you can top it with fruit, nuts, cinnamon, honey or just eat it plain or with a bit of stevia.

Here's a healthy recipe for a choco cado shake:

Choco-cado Milkshake
serves 2

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups water or almond milk
1 ripe avocado
2 tablespoon cocoa powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
liquid stevia, to taste
2 handfuls of ice

*optional: 2 handfuls fresh spinach, for a green milkshake

Directions

Throw all the ingredients into a blender, and blend until completely smooth and creamy. (you shouldn’t see any flecks of avocado, or it kinda ruins the effect…) You could easily stop here and serve this mixture over ice.

But if you have a high-powered blender, throw two handfuls of ice into the blender and blend until ice-cold and creamy! It’s just like a milkshake!!

The cinnamon is like the “secret ingredient” to this drink– it really takes the flavor over-the-top, while hiding any avocado flavor.