Like Jocelyn mentioned in her previous post, we are starting to incorporate newer and healthier eating habits and taking our time with those and blogging. I think a number of things contributed to the "downfall" of Lifestyle Change For Two Please in 2013. Biting off a bit more than we can chew is the biggest. We attempted to post on the blog every day, restructure our eating habits, incorporate new housing chores schedules, and throw in working out all at once. The slightest wrench in the works of our new routines ended up throwing us off completely. I think partially we were too dependent on each other and our schedule, that we fell apart when we were thrown a curve ball that affected our dinner schedule. The conviction wasn't 100% there and then we just enabled each other.
Noticing the faults, or as I would call learning experiences, we had over 2013 we are taking them only as a major lesson in what works and what does not work for us together. Taking these lessons, we realize we really should be as happy with small amounts of progress as we would be making it to the end goal to keep us personally invested in our future lifestyle. If we drop 30 pounds and have kept it off by the end of the year, that is a major success! That is 30lbs lighter than we were and 30lbs closer to our end goal. Over 40lbs of stress on our joints gone! The key thing being we were able to keep it off, which is the main difference between a true lifestyle change and a fad diet.
All of that being said, this is it and it's the time to make it happen! We are refreshed and renewed with brand new ideas and feeling invigorated! Plus, I can admit that this rebound back to where I started Jan 1, 2013, has been slowly deteriorating my health, and I feel worse than I did back then. So there is no other way but to do it :) And do it we shall! :)
Michael OUT!
We are Mike and Jocelyn and we are 29 and 27 years old. We are a couple who are sick and tired of being over weight. Honestly, we have probably been on hundreds of fad diets and of course none of them worked. Our goal for 2014 is to not go on a diet but a lifestyle change in order to get healthy for our future. We are accepting no excuses from each other and we will push each other to the end. Please join us as we begin our journey of a healthier lifestyle and meeting our goals of weight loss.
Hey Mike! I'm right with you guys! This year i'm planning on working on portion control and becoming more active. Nothing Earth-shattering, but hoping to just pick up enough good habits to get me back on track to a healthy lifestyle. I'll be checking in for updates!! -Your Cuz Dave
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