Fall is here!

Starting weight: 238 pounds (the heaviest I have ever been in my life! I wasn't even that heavy during my pregnancy)

Current weight: As of September 30th, 2014 - 228 pounds! YAHOOO!!!!

Goal weight: 170-175 pounds (I will leave it at that for now, not sure how I will look at that weight but hopefully I won't need to be any slimmer than that)

So I already hit that first milestone in my weight-loss journey... losing those pesky first 10 pounds and I am so excited.

That was the goal for the month of September and I am so glad that I accomplished it. September was a hard month for me, gym and health wise.

First it was my mom getting bronchitis and then I got it... then the princess got sick... then I got sick again... the hubby got sick (we got sick together).
But in the middle of all that, I was able to sneak in a few days at the gym... thank goodness!

The diet that the hubby has me on is certainly helping me along. I am so grateful that the hubby researched this diet to turn my hormones around and in the beginning has helped me lose these first 10 pounds.
I am hoping for more weight loss... and at the end of this journey, I am hoping for not only some MAJOR weight loss but the change in my hormones that both the hubby and I are praying and hoping for.

Things have been great for me since August... and I so excited what the next couple of months have in store for me and for my family.

I have so many dreams and want to chase them all... but there is always something there stopping me.
I have meditated on how to move past these road blocks.... but I guess I need to meditate on these roadblocks and figure out what exactly is holding me back.

I think that I will have to do some deep meditation on this... I want to be certain that I am not the one blocking my own destiny, what might of been.

I am so grateful to have been introduced to meditation especially at a time in my life that I have felt that I so out of sync with myself and my life.

I have realized as Latinas, and as especially Latina mom's, we don't allow ourselves to take time for ourselves. 
Do you take time out of your day to do something that you want to do, even though there are a ton of things that need to get done at home?
Do you want to go to the gym but feel guilty that being away from the family for that hour at the gym?
Do you want to hang out with some friends of yours (and it's been forever since you have!) but know that you haven't really spent "quality" time with your little one(s) and your husband/partner?

We need to allow ourselves SELF-LOVE... that's not being selfish. That's giving you the time to get away and unwind. To know that when you LOVE YOURSELF, you can love everyone else around you with all your might.

And meditation has allowed me to focus on that.
Yes I admit, that have been times that I haven't meditated on a problem/issue and that problem/issue has consumed me. That's when I have to sit back and realize that I don't need to meditate for 10 minutes, I need to meditate longer... because I need to look internally for the solution to my problem/issue.

There is nothing wrong with feeling like you need to take some time away. That's SELF LOVE.
There is nothing wrong with feeling like you need to talk to some friends and not have your family with you. That's SELF LOVE.
There is nothing wrong with wanting to go to the gym. That's SELF LOVE and knowing that you want to get healthier for your family.

Be MINDfull of the things that you want out of life... meditate on it.