Happy Friday!

I'm exhausted.  I need to get used to having a baby in the house again.  Not a human baby of course but our new 6 month old mutt of a rescue, Candy.  She's very hyper and like any baby, gets up several times a night.  Last night it was probably 3 times.  Once to go potty (she's pretty good about this which is nice) and 2 other times to give me a bath. LOL  I don't mind getting up but it's hard to get her to settle back down.  She'll get the gist.  Hopefully (insert bewildered looking emoticon here).  Here's a picture:



In other news, it is Friday so here is my challenge recap.  I started at 146.something at the beginning of this week and today I'm down to 142.2!  Woohoo!  Progress.  I'm basically sticking to the Whole 30 rules except I have put a splash of 1% milk in my one cup of coffee a day.  No added sugar though.   I'm also drinking 2 cups of green tea in the morning at work which isn't allowed on Whole 30 either.  But no breads, grains, or sugar.  And no alcohol!  It's undoubtedly difficult having 20lbs of candy in the house from Halloween but I have stayed strong. Yay me!  I've also reached 10k steps each day, so another goal reached (so far). 

If all continues as it should then I'll probably post a side by side pic next Friday.  Hopefully I'll be down another 5lbs or so. :)

Have a great weekend!

♥ Holly ♥

P.S. If you're interested to know, I've been eating an egg casserole thing in the mornings with turkey sausage, spinach, mushrooms, onions and a little bit of grated red potato.  It's delicious.  And am basically living off of rotisserie chicken and veggies for lunch and dinner with some fruit for snacks.  Tonight we're having Filet Mignon with asparagus for dinner.  Yum. ♥  I'm going to go shopping and get some shrimp and fish to mix things up too.

Hi there!

Halloween has come and gone and I only ate 2 Almond Joy's last night.  To tell you the truth, I've just about OD'd on candy and wine lately so I am really ready for this month.  I'm basically making this "challenge" up as I go but here are the main ideas: 

• No Alcohol

• Eat Clean (as much as possible but I'm not getting crazy here)

• Try for 10,000 steps a day

Easy, right?  Well I'm going to give it the old college try.  I really feel like just breaking my habits of gorging on pizza, various junk and getting my fill of wine will help immensely.  Like I said, it's a vicious cycle. 

I weighed in at 146.8lbs this morning.  Now for the moment you voyeurs  have all been waiting for, the "before" pictures.

I had to take them myself because Daniel left for work early and I'm pretty sure he's over my "challenges". LOL  I hope to prove him wrong and really make good progress this month and adopt healthy habits.  I have to try!

My plan is to check in on Friday's with pictures, weigh-ins and general thoughts.  Also, if you're on Snapchat I'll be posting some things on there as well.  Follow me at: athollywood24

Wish me luck!
♥ Holly ♥

Hi guys,
     I need to do something.  Let me just take you back to when I did my 90 day Visalus challenge:  In 3 months I lost about 11 lbs.  I started around 139lbs and got all the way down to 129lbs for a couple of days...  It's funny when you reach your goals or a goal how easy it is (at least it was for me) to just stop all the good things you were doing to get there and back slide, isn't it?  Well, let me tell you, I back-slid. Hard...

This morning I am weighing in at 145lbs.  145!!!  After our river trip last week I had gotten all the way up to 150lbs.  Gah!  Now, maybe that doesn't sound like a terrible number to some people but for 5 foot 4 inch me, it's, well it's the biggest I've ever been when not pregnant or having just had a baby.  According to the BMI scale (which I will say has some flaws) I'm borderline obese at this point.  When Daniel and I were dating (just after high school for me) I fluctuated around the mid to high 120's.  I wasn't working out, I wasn't eating healthy at the time but I wasn't drinking that much either.  That's just being young and not having had kids.  I get that.  I know my body won't ever be the same as that, life happens.  There are a lot of different factors.  Right now, I eat terribly and I'm not going to lie, I like to drink.  There, I said it.  #TRUTH  It's a vicious cycle.  Drink too much, then binge eat because my inhibitors are gone.

I don't like it. 

Don't get me wrong, I'm generally very happy.  I love my husband, my kids, my dogs, my house, etc.  I just need to start developing healthy habits to feel better about my body.  So I want to do another 30 day challenge for myself.  Like the Whole 30 but maybe not as strict.  It's pretty strict.  Part of my self-imposed challenge will be no drinking for the entire month of November (starting today with the not drinking though).  Thanksgiving shouldn't be a problem food-wise because it's going to be a very small group of us this year.  I'm toying with the idea of just getting a couple of rotisserie chickens and some veggies...  We'll see.

I was inspired by (besides feeling like crap) a blog I saw on Pinterest.  It's called 100 Healthy Days.  Her before/after picture spoke to me because I thought she looked about like what I look like now.  It helps when I see other people's realistic transformations.  My friend Britteny recently had a wonderful transformation as well which also really inspired me.  She lost a few sizes and became a personal trainer, so awesome! 

Anyway, this blog helped me when I did my other challenges to stay accountable so unfortunately for y'all that means I will be posting pictures of my fat-ass. LOL  Pictures to follow.  I hope you will all support me and send your positive vibes my way!

Love,
Holly