Many reasons

Most of us have many reasons or excuses to why we can't lose weight. Now, think about those excuses and ask yourself are you really trying hard enough? I would be the first to say no, and because I wasn't giving 110% my body wasn't giving me the results that I wanted. I started Weight Watchers, and I have been very good with staying inside my points value, and the work is showing on the scale. What I have not been doing is enough exercise. Yes, I take the stairs are work, wear my tone-ups, and walk on the weekends, but that's still not enough. Right now I have many reasons to lose the weight with number one being my health. I also joined a competition at work, and I also plan to take a trip to Dominican Republic in the summer. Like I said I have MANY REASONS to lose weight, so I am committing myself to a schedule that I need to stick by. Looks like I will be waking up at 0400 again to workout.

Do you have many reasons to lose weight rather it 5 lbs or 100lbs?

‎"If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning." -Mahatma Gandhi

Today's Weight Watchers Meeting

This morning I woke up with alot of confidence because I knew that I had lost more weight this week. I was just excited to attend the meeting and have someone tell me how much. So, I arrived to the meeting stepped on the scale, and not only did I lose 2 lbs, but I also reached 5% goal. When you reach 5% everyone celebrates with you. The leader gives you a bell to ring, a red carpet to walk down, and you have to sign a board under 5% goal. 5% doesn't sound like alot, but when you keep adding them up eventually you will look and feel like a brand new person. I continued my celebration when I got home, by walking 2.4 miles roundtrip to the grocery store vs. driving. I must say pushing a huge stroller and walking in those Sketchers tone-ups did not make the journey a breeze. When I got back home my butt and legs were already feeling the effects of my walk. Well, my next goal to reach is 10% so wish me well.

Do you use visualization to help you achieve your goals? If so, how do you visualize your success? Mine is so beautiful!

Work Challenge.

Let the games begin……Last week my team decided to have a friendly weight-loss competition. Today I weighted in, and now in combination with doing Weight Watchers I will be seriously kicking up my activity. I am the only female in the competition and if I am not first place then I want to at least be first loser. The winner will be determined by the percent of weight loss, not pounds. Honestly, I am feeling pretty good since I already have the foundation. It’s time to get this team healthy!

The beginning of my Dolicious weight story...

I decided to do this blog because I am an individual that lives a healthy lifestyle, however my biggest struggle is my weight. I know that I am not the only person that feels this way. As long as I can remember I have struggled in my mind with how much different my body was from the other girls in my neighborhood and family. Now, you read that and my think that I was the fat kid, but I wasn’t fat as a child at all. I was thick and skinny if that makes any since at all. I realized that what made me different from some of the other girls was my hour glass shape that was filled out in certain areas. You know what I mean without me saying it! When I think about foods that were served to me as a child I remember home cooked meals, fruits, and vegetables that were grown in the backyard. That was the good life….Then the teenage years came, I had money and was able to walk to the store and buy my own food which thinking back I was eating a serious amount of trash. Lucky for me I was able to keep things a bay because I walked almost everywhere, but moving to Florida changed that. I was no longer walking just about any and everywhere as I did in Chicago. I continued to eat the trash, and like a garbage bag in no time I begin to fill. That’s when I really start feeling like a trash bag whose trash begin to start hanging out because there was no more space. I was out of space and needed to begin to learn how to empty the trash. The first start of things was to kill the pork, but the only real reason truly gave it up was because I had gotten really sick from it after not eating it for a month to do a thyroid test. Then I got curious about why pork was the only meat that made me physically ill. If you want to know the answer Google it because I am not hear to tell you not to eat certain meats anymore.

Fast forward to my first pregnancy…That is when my life with food really start to change. OMG!!! I went from the junk life to the healthy pregnant chick that went to the gym or walked everyday even when the contractions were hitting every 10 mins. LOL! I felt the need to eat healthy because I knew that I was responsible for nurturing the baby that was going inside me. After having my son I hoped back into working out, and the baby weight was coming off. Then it slowly start coming back after three months, then I discovered later I that experienced heart failure. Every since my life has changed and losing weight has been a up-hill battle. I swear I have dappled in many things, but on Jan 22nd I decided to attend a Weight Watchers meeting to see how the new Points Plus program works. I swear it is so much better than the old program, and so far I am seeing the fruits of my labor. I am able to live a normal life by making smarter decisions vs. restricting the things I enjoy. I weighed in yesterday, and the previous night I could feel that I was retaining fluids in my feet and legs. Even with retaining fluid I have lost a total of 8.8lbs, but I weighed myself naked this morning and it was a bit over 10lbs. I am in this for the long haul, and I can’t wait to reach my target goal of 120lbs. I have selected 120lbs as my goal weight primarily for the health of my heart. So I hope that many of you continue to follow me through my journey to 120...


Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
Thomas A. Edison

Mother, survivor, and weight-loss struggler
Dolicia M.

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"A man too busy to take care of his health is like
a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools."~Spanish Proverb