Love Your Body

Having a positive body image can be hard sometimes.  Especially when we don't feel very good about ourselves. The only way to really love your body is to take care of it and nourish it so it is the healthiest body it can be. Physical fitness plays a major role in the transformation of an unhealthy body to a healthy body.
It all started a year ago for me.  I was trying on some pants and yes they fit me but I had a muffin top bigger than a Costco muffin. I felt disgusted.  If there is one thing I cannot stand that is having fat hanging over the top of my pants. It just feels very gross to me and I just plain don't like it.  You need to love your body and take care of it to be happy.
Last August I started working out. I started a physical fitness program that I put together myself.  I  jump on a trampoline.  I wear ankle weights. I lift weights.  I wear stomach sweat bands around my stomach while doing sit ups and stretches.  I started taking the stairs every chance I got and I also got some Sketchers walking shoes do to how comfortable they are. Physical exercise is the only way to transform your body for the better. I use to hate physical exercise but now my body and mind crave it.
I have lost a total of 15 pounds this last year on the physical fitness program I put together for myself  and went from a size 13 juniors to a size 7-9 juniors.  I am only 5'4" and I like my pants around my hips not all the way up to my throat which is how they make most women's pants and I think they just feel disgusting to wear.  Most women's pants are not flattering to the woman's body at all.
One really important thing that I feel has helped me besides physical exercise is cleansing my body of toxins once or twice a month.  I like my body clean inside and out.  I do not feel your body can function to the best of it's abilities if it is full of toxins and garbage keeping it from being healthy.  I am also a vegetarian and eat absolutely no meat at all. When I ate meat it just sat in my stomach and I was miserable for days. Plus, the taste and texture is just plain gross to me.
My body has gone through great transformations as far as building muscle and slimming down.  My stomach is now flat, I do not have any more muffin tops and I can pretty much grab clothes out of my closet without trying on 15 things to see if they will fit before I wear them.
Another reason I decided to start working out and slimming down is because of the fact I am getting older.  I had my daughter 3 months before I turned 40 and my body is more healthy and in shape now  then it was before I got pregnant. I am now going to be 48 in 3 days and my body is my temple.  I love my body and the way it looks and feels.  Yes, of course I would change a few things if I could but over all I have worked hard to get and keep my body in shape this past year.
My only wish is I would have started a physical fitness program and taken care of my body years ago when I was younger but I am taking care of it now and that is what is important. I am 47 in this picture and it was taken May 2014.
For anyone wanting to get in shape and be healthier it is never to late to start taking care of your body. You must love your body.  You must nourish your body inside and out for it to be the healthiest body it can be for you.

I Was Not A Fool Blogging For Money

If I go back and read my original blog notes I took on what I wanted to call my websites and what I wanted to write about or blog about on each one it all sounds completely crazy.  I never said a word to anyone and kept my blogging a secret.  In fact I stayed anonymous for over a year and then I decided to tell people about what I wrote about and blogged about I was told I was wasting my time and only a few make it blogging for money.
Those people were so wrong. The first year blogging I was probably making a penny a post.  But, the amazing thing is I never wanted to give up.  I kept writing blog content and writing blog content.  Some of my blogging content was and is pathetic and I cannot go back and read what I blogged about but I don't take it down.  I leave it up so others can read it.  I especially leave up the stories where I thought I was in love or the guy was just using me.  Seems people like reading about other people's pain and misery.
The only thing not fun about blogging is when you are dating 3 guys at once and write about it then two of them find out.  That was not a fun blogging experience but hey, dating is dating in my eyes. Once people started sending me emails asking me questions I knew I had some interested in what I wanted to say.
I was told so many times by my friends and family I would never make a cent spending all my time on my computer writing and that no one would care what blogging content  I wrote about.  This was not true. I did start making money and once I reached over the 100 dollar threshold I took pictures of the check and statement and showed everyone. Of course my friends would say it's only a hundred dollars, big deal.  Well, when my check started getting over two hundred and over three hundred I finally had people start realizing I was serious and was not going to give up blogging ever.
In less than 5 months it will be 3 years since my very first blog.  I now have 15 domain names and I write anonymously on a few of them now due to all the stalkers I was getting on one of my websites I blogged on but the rest are public and as long as people like to read my blogging content I will keep writing.
I won't say how much money I am making blogging but I will say I have made enough these past 6 months to go to Disney World and Hawaii so if nothing else I'm getting some great vacations that I would not have otherwise taken. I don't use my blogging money to live.  I actually have a full-time job but I do use my blogging money to do some fun things I otherwise would not be able to do. I shop a lot also online and love buy make up.

So my motto is never give up on anything you think you can do. If you want to blog and try to make money go for it.  Don't let anyone tell you it is silly and you will fail. Failure is not an option and I'm heading to Hawaii in two months with money I made from blogging alone so I am living proof that it can be done. So start blogging.