#100!!!

Blog post number 100!!! Thank you all who have been reading! But I have a huge announcement! The name of the blog is changing again and the purpose/content is switching up a bit. Here is the deal, last March I signed up as a distributor with Young Living Essential Oils as a way to control my pain. Well, I have been reading, researching, and listening and there are so many benefits to them. So I have been in prayer and thought about this and finally have an answer....I am going to be focusing more on the oils and the weight loss come together. My weekly posts will showcase non-scale victories or NSV's, stats for the week, highs and lows. I also will be sharing a link to my Website for the oils in each blog. That way you can check them out. On the main page of the website I will be showcasing the oils I use and the starter kit for easy location.



2015 was about fixing my head and making this all possible. You can not go into a tried and true weight loss program or regime if what caused you to gain the weight is still hanging around. So I have a solid plan for this year!  How does this differ from 2012,2013,2014, and 2015 you may ask??? Simple...the past 4 years my head was not right and not in it!! This year my head is not only right, I am in the game and 100% dedicated. See, I quit smoking in 2015....if I can do that, I can do anything!!!! Except give up my coffee...Not only did I quiet smoking I have not had a Reese Cup, a bag of Doritos, or an out and out binge in 266 Days...yes I have had other things I shouldn't have, but I am human....I am focusing on what I did make happen and have decided if I have that much will power to avoid Reese cups...I got this!! Do you realize how many times I have looked at them and said No with as many different registers I have been at!!! I shop a lot well...I shop maybe 4 days out of the month, but I hit like 7 stores every time on a slow payday shopping day!!
                                                                                            

I am starting small for the first 21 days of the year, I have 4 daily goals:

1. Take 5,000 Steps
2. Play Just Dance for 20 mins 
3. Drink 100 ounces of water with at least 50 ounces containing oils
4. Take all meds and use the oils combo to get rid of the Edema in my feet totally. 

Now, I will only be posting pics when I start the phase and then when I end a phase. Selfies do not count! I have to take when I got that perfect look down...but as far as progress pictures, it is pointless to do them weekly...I am guilty of staring at them...blowing them up, side by side...see I lost two millimeters there! So now the new schedule is photos at beginning and end of a phase. I will be taping on these days as well. I will only weigh weekly! I am no longer a slave to the scale and worry about the numbers. If I am doing everything right....the scale may not move but the inches will make a difference. The plan for 2016 is to lose at minimum 10% of my current weight. Which is roughly 33 pounds give or take a bit. I am focusing on safely taking off 2 pounds a week so that the skin has time to shrink back as well. Another reason why water is at 100 ounces a day minimum. So that is around a 6 pound loss for each phase. Easy...I got that!! 2016 has about 17 phases in it...so with 33 pounds to lose and losing 6 pounds every phase (3 weeks) I should hit that goal around....it doesn't matter lol. I have 365 days to lose 33 pounds at minimum. That is a SMART goal and one that I plan on smashing and resetting in the summer!!


So this year is set up to be amazing, but wait there is more!!! I am hoping that by being part of my journey and seeing what amazing things the oils can and will do for me...that you get excited to the point where you say, I have to have them!!!! I am looking to set up just 2 people this year with their very own started kit and discounted price!!! (No, I am not buying for you, but I will share my secret on how to earn free oils)  Also a disclaimer here:

***I am not a medical professional therefore I can not diagnose, treat, or say yes you should be using this oil for that. I also can not say exactly how you should be using said oil. I can tell you there are three ways to use and they all are beneficial...I also can only show you and tell you what is working for me and may not always work for you. As always before trying anything new oils and workouts included, discuss with YOUR doctor to make sure that everything you are doing is 100% safe for YOU!! Remember my blog...one of the few places in my life this is truly all about ME and what WORKS for me.***

I also want to give a huge shout out to all of those that hung in there with me for the last few years as I figured out what exactly I wanted to say. I have always known that I have a voice, but was unsure if I was using it for good or evil. I have finally decided I am using it for good! I am not mad anymore and I am not in a state of chaos...I have grown into what I am today which is blessed, but I am spoiled and oily and I am Momma...not a perfect one, but giving it my all. I also want to show people that yes having a chronic condition blows, but a life is possible....just have to live  at your own pace!!! Besides it is not a race and no one gets out alive so LIVE IT UP!!!

Just for today, I am reminding myself:

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