Extreme Makeover: Me Edition--Overcoming Obstacles

I know that as women and especially moms, all too often in the scheme of life & routine, we put ourselves on the back burner. I imagine a lot of nods & "amen sista" to that one. We make sure that everyone else is taken care of, and at the end of the day, we don't have enough time or energy to give ourselves the proper care that we need & deserve.

I hope and pray that you find some sort of encouragement to say,

"You know what? I AM worth it. It's time to take care of ME."

And you know what? God thinks you are worth it. Your family thinks you are worth it. Look in to the eyes of your husband, child, or someone very special to you--and you will see that you.are.worth.it.

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Welcome everyone! For you newbies, here's the skinny {ha!} This is a group of mostly women, {but everyone is welcome} who are on a mission to get healthy. To make themselves a priority. To take care of themselves, as well as taking care of everyone else. Are you ready to join in? Well, let's go!

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Directions: Every week, you'll do a specific post on your blog in regards to Extreme Makeover--Me Edition.

----Pretty much, just update us on your progress. How did your week go? Did you struggle? How were you successful? Do you have any great tips? {I think it's also important to celebrate even little successes}

----Answer the specific question or topic that I pose each week.

After you've finished your post, view that specific post {either view your blog & click on the title of that post, or go 'edit posts' and 'view'}. Grab the url and post it into MckLinky. Simple as that!!

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This week's question: What is your biggest obstacle right now? How are you making plans to overcome/push forward?

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Hmmm, I have a couple of obstacles right now.

1) Working out/exercising. My energy level has been down, obviously, and it's just so hard to make myself work out.

2) Eating right. Today was a really good day, but most of the days lately I have felt pretty crummy about food choices. I'm not nearly as nauseaus as my other pregnancies, but it comes in waves. And the thought of cooking or certain foods just repulses me.

3) Taking my prenatal vitamin.

How I am overcoming/pushing through:

1) I've been just making myself be more active throughout the day. I've been purposefully trying to do small chores in opposite sides of the house. Anything to get more walking in. Today I did the Prenatal Yoga that my sister in law sent me. It was good, and relaxing. The hard part was that I am a terrible breather. I always have been. I've even had doctors talk about how shallow my breathing is. So yoga proved to be difficult for me when I was done. I felt very light headed and queasy. But I'm sure my body will get used to it, and adapt.

2) Today I had a really good eating day. Lately, I've had a lot of high calorie days. Too much pizza, lol. I've been trying to eat healthy meals, and cut out the Diet Soda as much as possible. I have a little whenever we go out, but refrain at home unless I have a bad headache. Since it was SO nice here today, and actually cold, I started drinking hot tea. I've been wanting to start drinking my homemade vanilla chai lattes, but it's just been too hot. Tonight I had 2 cups of decaffinated green tea, and it was so good. For a snack, I had a Yoplait light yogurt {yes the same one they showed on The Biggest Loser tonight} :) I'm really going to watch my calorie intake, and allow myself to have pizza and stuff, but in moderation.

3) I've been taking them at night before bed. Lately, I've just been finding it so hard to take them because I either feel nauseaus or have indigestion. I'm going to try taking them late morning, after I've had my breakfast. Then it will have a long time to absorb before I get the indigestion. Also, I will eat another meal a couple hours later, which will help to stave off that yucky feeling you get when you have vitamins on an empty stomach. {I get that, even when my stomach is not empty.}

So there you go. That's how I'm overcoming the obstacles I'm up against right now.

What about you??