Destiny Dawn Marie

I’m a thin chick stuck in a fat chicks body.

I have been struggling with my weight since I was a teenager. 5 children and a desk job later .. oh my my. I am so embarrassed about my current weight that I refuse to post the number until I get it back under control. Let me tell you I am not talking about a few pounds either.

The show “Biggest Loser” really caught my attention. I have been absorbing myself in learning material about food, health and lifestyle changes that I can start applying in my life right away. I want to live life, not watch it from the sidelines.

I’m grateful to have muscle mass left from my active days of youth. I trained horses for many years and was an active athlete with water sports and riding the horses. Farm work will give you endurance beyond what a gym can offer. But it has been years. Days of working the horses has long been replaced with days of computer programming, marketing plan design and web research.

I believe changing my lifestyle will be a one habit at a time approach. Let’s take note of where I am now.

• I have given up 99.9% of soda pop and replaced with water based sports drinks, and flavored waters.
• I have cut my meal portions by a third.
• I am replacing snack foods with less harmful snacks.
• I am forcing myself to become more aware of everything I put in my body.

My goal this week is to work on my breathing and do breathing exorcises several times a day and add a glass of water 5 to 10 minutes before every meal.

My reasoning behind this step:Tony Robins said so… ok it’s more then that, but I did hear it from him first. Better breathing leads to better energy. Here is a  portion of an article that goes into greater depth on the subject.

Breathing serves as the pump for the lymphatic system, just as the heart serves the circulatory system. Your cells must have oxygen to survive moment to moment. To thrive, they rely on a complex exchange between the circulatory system and the lymphatic system. Blood flow carries nutrients and ample amounts of oxygen into the capillaries, while a healthy lymphatic system carries away destructive toxins. Proper breathing is the moderator of this exchange.