Thought Provoking Thursday

This quote pretty much just sums up the way that I WANT to think and live.  Please read that correctly, I WANT to live that and think that way, but I, by no means, do at this time.  I understand that no one person is perfect, but that doesn't give us the excuse to consistently judge others.  I am extremely guilty of that and know that I will always have my judgmental thoughts at times, but I need to be more aware and conscious of my thinking.  I have gotten pretty good at controlling my words , sometimes too good, but my thoughts-- not so much.

We think we only do damage by the words we speak, but our thoughts are just as damaging.  They damage who we are as a person.  Each judgmental thought takes a piece of us away.  And who are we to judge others so often.  Sometimes the time that I have spent judging others has made my day bad, made my time seem to go by faster, and has put me in an awful mood.  We all make mistakes, we all have shortcomings, we all fail, and we all make "not so great" decisions at times.  I think sometimes I think because not everyone knows about all of my "mistakes" and "wrongdoings" then that makes me able to judge.

Or - as the above quote implies - we can't go around looking down on others because they live their lives in a different manner from us.

Whether we believe what they do is wrong or not, we need to make the choice to not be consumed by others actions and and to just make sure that we are living our lives the best that we can and teaching those we are responsible for(and only those) to do the same.

In all things there is beauty

         ~*~*~Michelle

MakeUp of Michelle's purpose

Well, we have survived yet another year.  It is the final hours of 2013 and tomorrow is the beginning of something new for me.  For my 31st birthday, I decided I was goingto start a 2nd blog.  My Constant Work in Progress blog will be more of a "mommy" type blog.  I will write about my family and the daily acticities of the kids and Damian and I.

But this blog, MakeUp Of Michelle, will be just me... ALL ME ALL THE TIME!!  HAHAH... I guess that means that the one person who was reading this, has now clicked off and is goign about their daily loves.  No seriously though.  I was starting to use my CWIP blog as more a journal for myself when my original plan for that was to be for far away family and friends to be able to keep up with the kids and see updates photos of the kids and things like that.  So it was time for me to branch out and challenge myself just a little more.

Over the past 12 months, my interests have driven more towards-- self improvement, beauty(makeup and hair), health, fitness, and a VERY NEW weight loss journey.  For all of these things, it was time for me to find an outlet for these things specifically.

Enough of an intro!!

With today being the last day of 2013, I thought what better day than today to start putting on paper my weight loss stats and how I hope to succeed with my weight loss. I signed up for Weight Watchers online on 11/22/2013...lost 4 pounds and then stopped trackign because during the holidays, while I feel you should be mindful of what you are putting in your body, I didn't want to be consumed with that when I should be focused on spending time with my kids, family, and friends.

Today, wearing absolutely nothing(YUCK--not quite a mental picture anyone should have), I officially weighed in on my new scale.  The digital scale stopped at a number that is just unacceptable for me.. 149.4lbs.  The gives me a BMI of 27.3.  27.3 as a BMI puts me at an overweight level. My goal weight is 125lbs... that would hopefully decrease my BMI to a healthy 22.9.

I know that being healthy is not only about the numbers on the scale.  I also know that 125 is a healthy weight for regardless of the B<I number.  I weighed about 125 when I got pregnant with Myles and that was a weight thst I was definitely comfortable with.  I felt better, smiled more, carried myself WAY better, and just overall treated myself te way I needed to be treated,  I also know that because 125 had been my highest weight for several years, I thought that I was immune to gaining more weight or being "unhealthy".  The biggest difference for me now is that even 5 years ago at 125lbs...I now recognize that Iw asn't healthy then either.  I ate garbage ALL the time, barely drank any water, NEVER exercised or anthing like that.  This time around I am working more towards a "lifestyly" change.  I want to mak this a regular part of my life.  I want to be in better shape and eat things that are more beneficial to my body and how it is designed to function.

With that being said, I will ask that if you know these are my goals I would appreciate ANY encouragement that I can get.  BUT-- please don't think that this means that I will never eat a cupcake or have candy or have a cup of soda.  I am not claiming to want to cut these thinsg out 100%.....  that would super extreme fo rme right now...but I am hoping to cut back on some tof the things I know are less healthy for me until I am at a place where I have more self control and feel comfortable and can indulge every once in a while!!

In a nutshell--this is going to be my go to place for all things: beauty-fitness-health-weight loss-fashion-crafty endeavors---and the like!!

Here's to a new project!!!!!!!!!!


In all things there is beauty~~

xoxoxo Michelle