Motivation needed!

Have you seen my motivation? I'm 9 days the end of my first challenge, as in I should be on day 9 of my second 90 day challenge, but I am having a little trouble getting motivated.

I stopped finding time for jogging about 2 months ago, and then about a month ago you may remember I had an appendectomy. I went out yesterday and I wasn't totally disappointed in my stats but my incision did hurt when I ran. I'm glad I didn't completely lose all that I worked for, but I did lose a month before my surgery that I could have been up to a longer interval time and even a farther run.

I am now 116 lb so I surpassed my goal, which is great! But I don't want to lose much more weight because I want to be curvy and fit. I am definitely curvy but I want a flat stomach and less of these jiggly Oprah arms. My second 90 challenge was to take care of just that but I am so weak in the first place that I feel like a sit up doesn't do anything because I can't do it properly lol. I haven't put in any real effort so I can't complain really.

I'm 200% happy with my weight loss, I just want to be 200% happy with my body but something tells me I need to work on some other issues first. I have never been one to have much self confidence. I can fake it, and even now I almost have it since I am at a record low weight that I haven't seen since before I was a teenager. But I'm not quite convinced of it.

I am not officially starting my 2nd challenge until I find this motivation because I'm not even working out. I'm still taking the shakes because they do provide me with energy I never had before but apparently energy doesn't = motivation anymore. If you know where to find my motivation, please leave a comment lol.

PS. I have fallen in love all over again with the shakes since I started using the recipes and making smoothies with them! I am excited everyday to make a decision about what kind of shake to make!

I can't find my tape measure so I'll give you my latest known stats.
For my starting stats I used measurements I had taken in May when I was going to start a diet but never did... But I started the Body By Vi Challenge on July 14 and weighed the same, was doing no exercise, so I assume the measurements to be the same.  My profile picture is from August 30th.

Height: 5'0ish (?)
                Starting     /   July 17,2011:   /    Aug 30, 2011   /   Sept 13,2011   /   Current
weight:       137 lb            130 lb                     124 lb                  122 lb              116 lb
Waist:       35.75"              35"                         34"                      33"
Bum           #                    37.5"                       36"                     35.75"
Thighs       22"                  21.5                        21"                     20.5"
Arms         12"                  12"                         #                        11.5"

Feel free to leave comments, ask for tips, offer tips, offer encouragement...
Until next time...
Bri

www.brihill.bodybyvi.com
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Long time no post :)

Well here we are, I'm about 6 days away from the end of my first Body by Vi 90 day challenge. I hit my goal weight weeks ago. I wanted to be 120-125lb by the end of my challenge but I hit 118 officially, and this morning when I weighed myself I was 114! I am not sure it will stay that low, as I have not been that low since before I developed boobs lol. However I am excited to see my scale so low. Before you gasp and think there is no possible way someone should weigh 118lb and still be losing weight, I am 5'1 at best, I don't even think I'm that tall. My license says I am but I was never measured for it! Anyhow, I am happy with 118lb but would like to flatten my tummy, work off these Oprah arms and I've added thighs to the list too. I just want less jiggle overall. I'm not being picky and wanting to be disgustingly skinny or anything either. I just don't want to jiggle when I walk, run or dance. So it's time to hit the weights. My next 90 day challenge is to tighten and tone. I am hoping that when I weigh in next Friday I am about 115lb. After that I'm going to be less concerned with what my scale says and focus more on visual progress. I haven't taken a lot of pictures, at least not great ones, during this challenge. I may post a couple when I'm done but I am a little mad that I didn't take a good before picture so I could really see my progress. I do have one of me from last year, I weighed the same as the beginning of my challenge, and it really shows in my face how much weight I lost but it would have been neat for me to really see how much I slimmed down over all. Those who see me on a regular basis can see a noticeable amount of weight loss which is nice. I wish I could see it when I look in the mirror because I still have this doubt even though I'm seeing the numbers on the scale! I did take measurements here and there. My arms and thighs didn't get that much smaller according to the measuring tape but my jeans and sweaters definitely tell me otherwise.. so I'm not sure what the story is with that one! I seriously need to buy new pants because it's not even flattering anymore how my jeans sag in the bum lol. But I'm going to wait and see what changes this next challenge brings to the table before I spend any money on clothing. Hopefully I will be happier when I tone up because at least then I will have a body I know I've never had before, and that is something I can be proud of, right?

I also want to point out for those of you who do not know me well, or at all, that I had my appendix out about 3 weeks ago and still managed to succeed on the challenge! How cool is that? Anything is possible! I have not worked out in a good 4-5 weeks because even before I got sick I was being lazy! I really want to get back to running though because I didn't make it to my 4 mile goal and I want to reach 5k someday. I'm still pretty lazy and have horrible endurance. But it feels really good when you finish a good jog, it's like someone pumped you up with happy pills. I don't know if anybody really enjoys running, I know I didn't reach a point where I actually liked the activity but I like the natural high you feel afterwards so I want to someday feel that great feeling of accomplishment after finishing a 5k run!

The challenge isn't just about the shakes for me, it's more than that. Like there is a community out there that I'm not just competing against but working with. There's the encouragement, the tips and motivation. The shakes aren't a miracle either. They aren't going to magically make you skinny, but I'll tell you they made it EASY to lose weight. Drinking 2/day probably cut out a good 500 calories for me compared to what I was eating before. Not only that but drinking one for breakfast probably boosted my metabolism by 1000% and not to mention all the sugar and carbs it cut out of my diet. Those things alone are enough to lose weight at some speed whether my running sped it up a lot or not, I will never know. Either way the shakes are healthy and so is exercise so I will continue to do both. Drinking the shakes is a lot easier than running though lol. 

Anyhow, I've blabbered on for long enough. I just wanted to post my progress. I'm hoping to find more to blog about so I can post at least once/week. Until next time!