Somewhere between last night and today I learned that we have been saying it all wrong - it shouldn't be "You take the good with the bad" it should be "You take the good with the even better."
I love my alone time on my drives home from the beach. As sad as I am to leave the ocean I always find comfort in just thinking, praying and like Kenny says...'the road and the radio'.
I think it is safe to say that the last year of my life has felt like the worlds fastest, scariest, highest, lowest and craziest roller coaster ever. During some of these times it seems like everything is taking a turn for the worst possible outcome but I always realize; whether it takes a minute, day, week, hour or year - everything that happens has taught me many lessons and makes me even better and more secure in handling the roller coaster rides ahead!
On my drive home last night I was listening to Kacey Musgraves (check her out-her songs are awesome!) and in an interview she said something along the lines of,
"An arrow can only be shot by pulling it backwards. When you feel like life is dragging you back with difficulties just know that you are being launched into something great."
She hit the bulls eye on that one huh? These words rang so much truth to me that I listened to the podcast again on my lunch hour today...and again it was just the reassurance I needed!
Tonight as I write this, I am thankful for my weak moments because they are making me stronger, I am thankful for the road and the radio and I am definitely thankful that I am understanding how to take the good with the even better!
xoxo,
Faith
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9.09.2013
5.19.2013
My take-away from my take-out!
I ordered Chinese take-out for lunch today and I was so disappointed when I got home to find that they forgot to give me a fortune cookie. I mean there are things going on in my life that I was planning on figuring out after reading that fortune cookie and over analyzing it for a few minutes! haha
Tonight I grabbed a Milkshake from the Cookout (it's a rainy Sunday -no judging allowed!) :) and on the side of my cup I noticed the words Proverb 3:5-6. Who needs a fortune cookie?
I told my grandmother and mother just this past week, that for my name to be Faith, I sure do lack in the department of chilling out and trusting!
Tonight I grabbed a Milkshake from the Cookout (it's a rainy Sunday -no judging allowed!) :) and on the side of my cup I noticed the words Proverb 3:5-6. Who needs a fortune cookie?
I told my grandmother and mother just this past week, that for my name to be Faith, I sure do lack in the department of chilling out and trusting!
I go to cookout probably once a week (again, no judging!) and I cannot ever remember noticing these verses. It never ceases to amaze me how during the times that I feel so overwhelmed and wondering how in the world I am going to possibly figure out what to do next, God uses simple things -even a milkshake :) to remind me:
"Faith, Trust in ME,the Lord, with all your heart; and lean not unto your own understanding but in all your ways acknowledge ME, and I shall direct your paths, Faith!"
xoxo,
Faith
4.11.2013
Big Shot
We all seem to reach a point every now and then when we feel like we are at a spot in life that doesn't seem to be going forward or backward but instead it just seems to stop. If you have ever been there and you are like me then when you reach this spot you feel like you have stopped growing as a person and that is not a spot where I am comfortable staying for more than about ten seconds!
Upon reaching what I would call a stagnant place in my life professionally, I was reminded by someone today that I need to remember that even when I feel like I am not moving...I really am! I will be able to look back one day and see all of the action that was taking place the whole time!
All of this "deep thinking" haha! today made me remember a quote that I once heard -
"A big shot is the little shot that kept shooting” so I googled it and found this interesting little article...Enjoy!
Somebody once said the difference between a big shot and little shot is that the big shot was the little shot who kept on shooting. There’s much truth in that witticism. The reality is, no matter what our target might be, we seldom hit it on the first try unless the target is low, which means the accomplishment and the rewards will be insignificant.
In bow shooting, experienced archers test the wind by using the first shot to judge its strength and direction, enabling them to zero in on the target with their following shots. In short, archers learn from their mistakes. That’s good advice for all of us. Success in business, athletics, science, politics, etc., seldom comes on the first effort. Walt Disney went bankrupt a number of times and had at least one nervous breakdown before he made it big. Athletic skills are acquired over a long period of time and after countless hours of practice. Authors by the hundreds can tell you stories by the thousands of those rejection slips before they found a publisher who was willing to ‘gamble’ on an unknown.
It’s more than just a cliché that persistent, enthusiastic effort produces powerful, positive results, that failure is an event—not a person—and that the only time you must not fail is the last time you try. Whatever your target might be, chances are good that you’re not going to hit the bull’s eye on the first effort you make at being ‘successful’. The key is persistence and the willingness to try again in the face of those early misses.
You can learn from those early mistakes and if you do keep on shooting, it’s just a question of time before you, too, are hitting the bull’s eye.
http://www.internetmasterycenter.com/blog/2013/01/17/hitting-the-bulls-eye-by-zig-ziglar/
xoxo,
Faith
Upon reaching what I would call a stagnant place in my life professionally, I was reminded by someone today that I need to remember that even when I feel like I am not moving...I really am! I will be able to look back one day and see all of the action that was taking place the whole time!
All of this "deep thinking" haha! today made me remember a quote that I once heard -
"A big shot is the little shot that kept shooting” so I googled it and found this interesting little article...Enjoy!
Somebody once said the difference between a big shot and little shot is that the big shot was the little shot who kept on shooting. There’s much truth in that witticism. The reality is, no matter what our target might be, we seldom hit it on the first try unless the target is low, which means the accomplishment and the rewards will be insignificant.
In bow shooting, experienced archers test the wind by using the first shot to judge its strength and direction, enabling them to zero in on the target with their following shots. In short, archers learn from their mistakes. That’s good advice for all of us. Success in business, athletics, science, politics, etc., seldom comes on the first effort. Walt Disney went bankrupt a number of times and had at least one nervous breakdown before he made it big. Athletic skills are acquired over a long period of time and after countless hours of practice. Authors by the hundreds can tell you stories by the thousands of those rejection slips before they found a publisher who was willing to ‘gamble’ on an unknown.
It’s more than just a cliché that persistent, enthusiastic effort produces powerful, positive results, that failure is an event—not a person—and that the only time you must not fail is the last time you try. Whatever your target might be, chances are good that you’re not going to hit the bull’s eye on the first effort you make at being ‘successful’. The key is persistence and the willingness to try again in the face of those early misses.
You can learn from those early mistakes and if you do keep on shooting, it’s just a question of time before you, too, are hitting the bull’s eye.
http://www.internetmasterycenter.com/blog/2013/01/17/hitting-the-bulls-eye-by-zig-ziglar/
xoxo,
Faith
4.08.2013
2.13.2013
Faith vs the Fork Week Two
OK here we are again....the night before I weigh in after another grueling three days of the Military Diet! Just Kidding - This second week has actually been much better than I expected! It was not as difficult this week, maybe that is because I know better what to expect this time - either way this week has been much easier but still not much fun except for the ice cream at dinner each night! :)
My results for last week ended up being a total of 6 pounds lost during my three days on the diet. For the next four days I did not go crazy but I did eat what I wanted. I had pizza twice, chicken wings, Mexican and a margarita or three. ;) When I weighed on Monday I had surprisingly not gained anything back!
For this week I decided I am not going to weigh myself until after my final day which means I will weigh tomorrow morning! I do not expect to lose another six pounds this week which is one reason I decided to hold off on weighing until my three days were completed, I know myself well enough to know that if I saw two pounds a day last week and none or one this week I would probably be more likely to cheat and eat an extra scoop of ice cream with dinner haha!
I feel like the first week may have been a lot of water weight and this week could be more of a true weight loss so I am guessing maybe half of last week is what I will see for my results this week.
I guess I will find out in the morning!
Tomorrow is Valentines Day so I am sure I will be snacking on a few sweet treats at least I can do so knowing I ate good for at least three days this week haha!
Happy Valentines Eve!
xoxo,
Faith
My results for last week ended up being a total of 6 pounds lost during my three days on the diet. For the next four days I did not go crazy but I did eat what I wanted. I had pizza twice, chicken wings, Mexican and a margarita or three. ;) When I weighed on Monday I had surprisingly not gained anything back!
For this week I decided I am not going to weigh myself until after my final day which means I will weigh tomorrow morning! I do not expect to lose another six pounds this week which is one reason I decided to hold off on weighing until my three days were completed, I know myself well enough to know that if I saw two pounds a day last week and none or one this week I would probably be more likely to cheat and eat an extra scoop of ice cream with dinner haha!
I feel like the first week may have been a lot of water weight and this week could be more of a true weight loss so I am guessing maybe half of last week is what I will see for my results this week.
I guess I will find out in the morning!
Tomorrow is Valentines Day so I am sure I will be snacking on a few sweet treats at least I can do so knowing I ate good for at least three days this week haha!
Happy Valentines Eve!
xoxo,
Faith
2.06.2013
Faith vs the Fork
In the last three days I have definitely learned that it is amazing what food can tell you about yourself...Physically and Emotionally!
I ran across this article last week about a diet: How to Lose Up To 10 Pounds in 3 Days on the 3 Day Diet (Three Day Military Diet) of course after reading the article I did a google search and then went straight to instagram (#militarydiet) to see if people were really seeing results. Much to my surprise, they were! From everything I have read it seems at though most people seem to lose around 6-7lbs in the three days but I am sure that if you were to stick to the diet 100% and exercise it would be possible to drop ten in three days. (most seemed to gain 1 or 2 pounds back in the next four days.
Another great site is http://themilitarydiet.com/
This is a very strict diet that tells you exactly what to eat three times a day for three days and then you can continue your normal diet for the next four days until it is time to start the three day diet again. I read through the menu and other than cottage cheese everything seemed to look like foods that I could deal with for three days, so once I found out that (it is not recommended) it is possible to "substitute" foods then I decided it was going to be game on! "Faith vs the Fork"
My new adventure started Monday morning and I just finished my last of the three days tonight...it was extremely hard but I made it!
Opposite of what I thought would happen, Monday was the easiest to me -maybe because I was excited for the new challenge or maybe because I was able to have two sugar free red bulls before dinner haha but either way this day proved to be by far my easiest. Each night with dinner you get ice cream and I remember after dinner on day one thinking that I was so full I could not eat my ice cream and that this diet was going to be a piece of cake if everyday left my belly this satisfied....like I said, this was day one - day two and day three were definitely not a piece of cake!
Day two definitely consisted of less food (around 900 calories) and the lunch (cheese, egg, and crackers) is what I would consider a snack which is exactly what I felt that I had eaten....just a snack that had to hold me over until time for dinner!
Day three has definitely been the kicker.... today consisted of less than 700 calories and my body could feel it...I felt more lethargic than the other days and not satisfied at all with any of the meals other than the ice cream with dinner! :) However, the satisfaction that came with my last bite of dinner tonight knowing that "I beat the fork" was definitely more satisfaction than any cheeseburger in the world could have given me at that moment!
So whats next? I plan to pick my calories back up over the next four days, I am not going to overindulge and eat everything in sight but if I want a cookie or a salad (I have been craving cesar salad since day one!) I am going to have it , knowing that on Monday I will be back on the military diet wagon! I plan to do this until I am five pounds less than my goal weight....for example, If I want to lose 20lbs and I lose six pounds per week and gain back one during my four days off of the diet that means I really am losing five pounds that week when it's all said and done so I will continue this diet for five weeks (week one down yay!!!) until I lose 25lbs (the extra week/5lb loss is so that I can have a little extra wiggle room after such a strict diet for this many weeks) at which point I will stop with the Monday - Wednesday plan and focus on maintaining my weight and becoming healthier by drinking less soft drinks, WAY more water, eating less fast food...etc...All of the stuff I should be doing anyway to avoid having to "diet"!! :)
As I said in the beginning it is amazing what food can tell you about yourself...this diet has helped me to better understand how important food and proper nutrition are to my health and how much it really does effect me physically and emotionally.
I learned that I actually don't have to drink a soft drink or sweet tea to survive....water really will work in keeping me alive - who would have ever guessed it?! haha
I also learned with every meal except for dinner on day one and day two (those days were fine) after eating I felt full but not satisfied -meaning I knew I did not need anything else, my "hunger needs" had been met but mentally I could not believe that such a small portions could have done that. Contrary to how I may have felt at some moments while eating tuna, eggs, or bananas....I did not starve to death and even better -I have lost 4.2lbs as of this morning - tomorrow morning will be the final verdict of what I lost throughout my first three days! I will try to keep posting the results - and if you try this diet let me know...accountability is always a great thing! :)
"If it doesn't challenge you, it doesn't change you."
My Military Diet "photo journal" on Instagram:
xoxo,
Faith
I ran across this article last week about a diet: How to Lose Up To 10 Pounds in 3 Days on the 3 Day Diet (Three Day Military Diet) of course after reading the article I did a google search and then went straight to instagram (#militarydiet) to see if people were really seeing results. Much to my surprise, they were! From everything I have read it seems at though most people seem to lose around 6-7lbs in the three days but I am sure that if you were to stick to the diet 100% and exercise it would be possible to drop ten in three days. (most seemed to gain 1 or 2 pounds back in the next four days.
Another great site is http://themilitarydiet.com/
This is a very strict diet that tells you exactly what to eat three times a day for three days and then you can continue your normal diet for the next four days until it is time to start the three day diet again. I read through the menu and other than cottage cheese everything seemed to look like foods that I could deal with for three days, so once I found out that (it is not recommended) it is possible to "substitute" foods then I decided it was going to be game on! "Faith vs the Fork"
My new adventure started Monday morning and I just finished my last of the three days tonight...it was extremely hard but I made it!
Opposite of what I thought would happen, Monday was the easiest to me -maybe because I was excited for the new challenge or maybe because I was able to have two sugar free red bulls before dinner haha but either way this day proved to be by far my easiest. Each night with dinner you get ice cream and I remember after dinner on day one thinking that I was so full I could not eat my ice cream and that this diet was going to be a piece of cake if everyday left my belly this satisfied....like I said, this was day one - day two and day three were definitely not a piece of cake!
Day two definitely consisted of less food (around 900 calories) and the lunch (cheese, egg, and crackers) is what I would consider a snack which is exactly what I felt that I had eaten....just a snack that had to hold me over until time for dinner!
Day three has definitely been the kicker.... today consisted of less than 700 calories and my body could feel it...I felt more lethargic than the other days and not satisfied at all with any of the meals other than the ice cream with dinner! :) However, the satisfaction that came with my last bite of dinner tonight knowing that "I beat the fork" was definitely more satisfaction than any cheeseburger in the world could have given me at that moment!
So whats next? I plan to pick my calories back up over the next four days, I am not going to overindulge and eat everything in sight but if I want a cookie or a salad (I have been craving cesar salad since day one!) I am going to have it , knowing that on Monday I will be back on the military diet wagon! I plan to do this until I am five pounds less than my goal weight....for example, If I want to lose 20lbs and I lose six pounds per week and gain back one during my four days off of the diet that means I really am losing five pounds that week when it's all said and done so I will continue this diet for five weeks (week one down yay!!!) until I lose 25lbs (the extra week/5lb loss is so that I can have a little extra wiggle room after such a strict diet for this many weeks) at which point I will stop with the Monday - Wednesday plan and focus on maintaining my weight and becoming healthier by drinking less soft drinks, WAY more water, eating less fast food...etc...All of the stuff I should be doing anyway to avoid having to "diet"!! :)
As I said in the beginning it is amazing what food can tell you about yourself...this diet has helped me to better understand how important food and proper nutrition are to my health and how much it really does effect me physically and emotionally.
I learned that I actually don't have to drink a soft drink or sweet tea to survive....water really will work in keeping me alive - who would have ever guessed it?! haha
I also learned with every meal except for dinner on day one and day two (those days were fine) after eating I felt full but not satisfied -meaning I knew I did not need anything else, my "hunger needs" had been met but mentally I could not believe that such a small portions could have done that. Contrary to how I may have felt at some moments while eating tuna, eggs, or bananas....I did not starve to death and even better -I have lost 4.2lbs as of this morning - tomorrow morning will be the final verdict of what I lost throughout my first three days! I will try to keep posting the results - and if you try this diet let me know...accountability is always a great thing! :)
"If it doesn't challenge you, it doesn't change you."
My Military Diet "photo journal" on Instagram:
xoxo,
Faith
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