Battle

 "For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places." Ephesians 6:12

I chose this word today because I was really having a drawn out battle with my son today when it was time to go to the gym. Although this sadly ended in me not going to the gym, I have learned that even though I didn't make it to where I wanted to go, I still did something to get me closer to my goal. I picked up my grandmothers 6lb medicine ball and did some exercises while my son was throwing a temper tantrum and he ended up falling asleep at 7:30pm.

Sometimes life happens and you battle it out whether you should go or not. This was a decision that I had no problem making because imagine taking him to 24 and he threw a fit and they had to come get me, that would not be pretty. I had to do what was best for him and he obviously was acting out because he was exhausted more than usual today.

By the way, we didn't sit at the house all day. We went to Sky Zone today where Noah and his cousin jumped for almost an hour. Then after his nap we had to grocery shopping and when we got home from that, he had a snack and played outside for 30-40 minutes until dinner and then had his crazy melt down. Sometimes, your kids come first, but that doesn't mean you give up on what you want either. Just adjust to the occasion.

Restart

“Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert." Isaiah 43:18-19

So here are my beginning stats! I am not going to show the before picture this time because last time I forgot to do an after picture and I would have really liked to see them next to each other. I think every month I will take a before and after and post it at the end of the 4 weeks so all of you can physically see my progress. Until then, every week I will get on the scale and show my numbers.

So,yesterday was day 1 of my new journey and I am feeling pretty good about today. So to start off, I am going to the gym and trying to go 5 times a week. I started yesterday off with leg day. below are the excercises I did as well as doing the elliptical for 10 mins before I started.

Here is what my workout schedule will look like starting next week:

Monday- arms, back, abs (machines)

Tuesday- legs and butt (machines)

Wednesday- arms, back, abs (free weights)

Thursday- legs and butt (free weights)

Friday- cardio only

Saturday- arms, back, abs (at home)

Sunday- legs and butt (at home)

This week is my first week so I am going to start off by doing every exercise 10 reps x 3 sets.

I am confident that I will be able to get on a good schedule and achieve this goal. I need to get into that bikini body for summer!

New

"...to be made new in the attitude of your minds;" Ephesians 4:23

So, I fell off the wagon. My blog says I have not been on here since October 2015. YIKES! So I ended up getting sick on and off since then and a whole lot of things changed at the New Year. I know excuses right? Literally, I am at this point in my life where I am figuring out what I want to do when I grow up ALL OVER AGAIN!

In January I lost my job and also had to move out of my apartment all within a month. When I was working it was very hard to find a babysitter on Saturdays. If you didn't know, I am a hairdresser and I worked for Blow Dry Bars for the last few years because I keep moving back and forth from San Diego to Orange County. After all these factors came about, my boyfriend and I decided that it was best that the baby and I go live with my Grandma in Los Angeles County. Since then, my world has been turned upside down. It has been almost 4 months since I have not worked (granted I do some hair in Orange County on the side but mostly for family).

I am also changing careers in the process because I have developed Car-pole Tunnel and Arthritis in my hands since having my son. Its difficult to hire a hairstylist for the last 3 years as an Administrative Assistant.

So here I am trying to figure out my life once again at age 26 with a 1-year-old and no husband. Needless to say, I gained all my weight back that I worked so hard to get off last year. Stress seems to not be my friend. I am trying to turn to a new outlook on life now!

As you can see, I put a bible verse at the top, this is simply for reassurance. Whether you believe or not the Bible has good wisdom for us all! I am struggling with my faith so that is why I am choosing to pull quotes right out of the bible. Choose to ignore it if you choose but please don't let that get in the way of enjoying my blog. Believer or not, I'm sure you have all been in my shoes one way or another.

I will be starting my journey all over again and doing things a little differently. I hope you stay tuned to see my struggles and lift me up when I need it because I really could use all the help I can get (Don't we all?)!