End of Week 6!

End of week six:

Total weight loss to date: 29.1

Pictures

 Sticking gut out

 Sucking gut in

 Flexing

 

 Measurements

Waist 57.5

Neck 19

Arm relaxed 16.5

Arm Flexed 18

Leg 29

Where pants sit 59

We were waiting...

So first we were waiting for Thom to hit the coveted 'fat burning zone' where he would no longer be hungry between meals. That happened around day 7 for him. Yay for not having the constant hunger pains! That increased our excitement for the plan! But before we shared this plan with the all we know and love we were waiting for the plan to get easy. A week ago we went to a Take Shape For Life meeting where some leaders in the business share their story and success and then teach those in attendance how they can get the same success! I had been to one before and I was excited to have Thom come with me to this one. In the meeting we both felt the LOVE and the fire began to grow within us. Can I just say that I LOVE how much they talk about LOVE in these meetings?! It's not about money or numbers. It's about LOVE. This program is built around LOVE and without love you cannot and will not succeed as a health coach but also as a client. You must love yourself enough to push through the day to day as you begin to change your life.

Ok let me stop there. I want to talk about CHANGE.

Thom and I were waiting for easiness to come into this change he is going through. But that same day that we went to the inspiring TSFL meeting we both had a major, life changing, break through. ITS NOT GOING TO BE EASY. The easy part to TSFL is not needing to stress/figure out what you will eat or not eat for 5 of your 6 meals a day. The perfectly balanced meal replacements are the EASY or SIMPLE part to this plan. But real change. Now that is not easy nor is it supposed to be easy.

We were driving home from the meeting and I noticed Thom was a lil grumpy. It was a Saturday. All he wanted to do was to sit on the couch, eat pizza, and watch MMA fights on the TV. But he couldn't do all of that. And just watching MMA fights would not give him the 'satisfaction' that he was in search of if there wasn't pizza involved. He was upset that he could not accomplish his greatest desire for that day. I kept asking if there was anything I could do to cheer him up for the day. He said no each time I offered. AND THEN....the big BREAKTHROUGH occurred! I realized that him being grumpy was actually a good thing. I know weird, but hang in there with me. Him being grumpy meant that he was making the RIGHT choice and NOT giving in to his greatest desire for that day. He was going to stick to the plan, eat his meal replacements and lean and green instead of eating an entire pizza. And what could I do for him?!!!!  This was huge for us here people...I could ALLOW him to be grumpy and stop trying to fix/help him. In fact I could even praise him for it because he was making the right choice even though his mood would not be ideal for the day. He has a legitimate addiction to food.  It had been 3 weeks since he had his 'addiction' and he was going through all types of withdrawals. He posted on facebook these pictures:

These are the temptations he has overcome in the first 3 weeks of doing the plan. Pizza, pastries, cookies...these are some of his most favorite foods. At work they have been having party after party with nothing but junk to eat at them. He has fought the fight and come off conqueror thus far but it has not been EASY!

I know he is going to continue to stick to the plan. We have had great success thus far and we both feel guided to this plan. We KNOW it is going to be the key to us living our lives together OPTIMALLY healthy instead of just in survivial. But we now both know the journey will not be easy. But it will be worth it! I am so incredibly proud of my amazing husband! He fights an extremely hard fight every single day. As his wife and health coach I am thrilled to be his number 1 cheerleader in this fight and to be there for him every single step of the way.!