This week is the official first week of the #IheartOmron #Mamavation challenge. Which means that all the 25 ambassadors (I am one of them) will start their healthy eating plan and exercise routine. I got the products from @OmronFitness and I can tell you so far I am really impressed with both the scale and the pedometer. Let me tell you a little bit about them: ![]() Omron HBF-510W Full Body Composition Monitor with Scale Since I opened the box I knew I was going to love the product. It comes with the batteries, so I do not have to start looking for them all over the house. The scales is very accurate and allows you to monitor the Body Fat Percentage and the Body Mass Index. It also keeps track of 4 profiles which is perfect for my family. ![]() HJ-323U USB Pedometer I am in love with the pedometer. It is so light that the first day I was checking that I had not lost it, which I think is perfect because it does not bother me on the waist. I also love that is a USB that connects with a dashboard to be able to keep track of the activity, calories burned and see the weight loss progress. And it comes with a screwdriver too. The before Pictures The before Measurements Waist: 41 1/2 inches Hips: 48 1/2 inches Thighs: 27 1/2 inches Last week I lost 5 pounds for a total of 10 pounds since I applied to be an #iheartOmron ambassador. If you want to join my journey please follow me on twitter as @monicazyoung and instragram too, because I will be tweeting and posting pictures about my food and workouts. I am also sharing the workouts designed by the awesome @mrbookieboo so you can complete them at home too. The workouts are on a PDF form for you to download and follow along. I am planning on continue walking my 5 miles a day as well As for nutrition, I will be following the Low Glycemic Index plan. You can find more information about it on the link. Here is also my shopping list for you to follow along. I want to invite you to watch this video about our challenge, a word of inspiration to keep us moving: This post is sponsored Omron Fitness as a collaboration with Bookieboo Blogging Network and Mamavation – a community dedicated to weight loss for women and obesity prevention for families. I was provided with product and compensation for my time and honest opinions.
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Well, I made it! I am now a #iheartOmron Fitness Ambassador. What a huge responsibility, but I am so happy about it. I really needed something like this on my life. I have been trying to lose weight like for forever, so this is my chance of doing it and getting tools to do it the right way. I have been yo-yo dieting for long time. I grew up overweight and I have lost the pounds and gained them back and more over and over, and over... The main reason for my weight gain is that I am an emotional eater. I eat when I am sad, I eat when I am stressed out. The other reason is that I really never liked to exercise. However just recently I have decided that I needed a change. I was really close to a weight that was the weight limit for me. You know that number you say I will never let myself to weight that much. Well I almost got there. So I decided that day that I was going to start walking and changing my diet. Here it is another chance to accomplish what I have tried for years. With this challenge I have the support of a great group: Mamavation and I have the tools that OmronFitness will be providing me and the other 24 bloggers chosen for this challenge. We are going to be provided with HJ-323U connected pedometer and the new 510W scale for help us keep track our activity and weight. Also and the end of the challenge they are going to give us the new Strapless Heart Rate Monitor (HR-500U) I want to invite your to follow my weight loss journey with this amazing tools and support system. I will be sharing my workouts and food plan, so maybe you want to join me and we can lose weight together. So far since my application date I have lost 5 pounds with walking 5 miles a day (and that was during the holidays). I cannot wait to see the results at the end of this challenge with all the accountability I am going to have. Congratulations to all the other ambassadors! Follow the #IheartOmron and #mamavation on twitter so you can see how we are doing! Also please follow our sponsor at @OmronFitness and @Mamavation This post is sponsored Omron Fitness as a collaboration with Bookieboo Blogging Network and Mamavation – a community dedicated to weight loss for women and obesity prevention for families. I was provided with product and compensation for my time and honest opinions.
En español después de la versión en Ingles I do not know if you have heard about this app. I found it while looking for an iphone app that served as a pedometer. I am in love with it. Not only you can track your miles, but as you walk, run or bike you will be donating to the charity of your choice. Charity Miles is a free app that empowers you to earn money and raise awareness for charities by walking, running or biking. Charity Miles is an iPhone/Android app that empowers you to earn corporate sponsorships for charity by walking, running or biking. You can find it on the iphone app store Charity miles appNo sé si ya has escuchado acerca de esta app. Yo la encontré cuando andaba buscando apps para el teléfono que me sirvieran como podómetro para contar las millas que camino diario. Y estoy encantada con la app. No solo te sirve como podómetro sino que al caminar, correr o montar en la bici, puedes donar las millas a una organización benéfica de tu gusto. La puedes encontrar en la tienda de app para el iphone Disclosure: I was not compensated to write this post, I just wanted to share a cool app that I found.
I want to congratulate the Mamavation Moms for their journey and their success with the weight loss. It does take a lot to make the changes and all of them really inspire the rest of us.
My week was very stressful at work. And stress makes it harder for me to keep in track. So I did started my planner and was doing good and by the end of the week when things got bad at work, I dropped the planner. I could not seriously concentrate. I practiced a lot of Taekwondo with my son to help me prepare for his Blue belt. That was awesome and I am going to workout with him to help him with flexibility. We also need to dance for his coordination so that should be fun. We started a bad cold yesterday. As I am writing this, my son is snuggling on the bed with me with a very stuffy nose and I had a bad sinus headache. The medicine and fluids are out and I see a day of light cleaning and resting today. The weather is changing to colder and that makes it harder for me to get out and walk. I am using the elliptical for cardio. Maybe that and the dancing will help me keep active. Until next week ladies... “This post is sponsored by Lilly’s Sweets and hosted by Mamavation – a community dedicated to obesity prevention & weight loss for women and I’m writing this to be entered into a giveaway” at the bottom of your post.” Emotional eating, that is one of my problems.
As much as I try sometimes to eat healthy, it is on those days, when I am really stressed out that I eat what I should not be eating and in amounts that are not even good for me. It is hard to admit it, sometimes I just do not even know how I was able to finish that bag of chips in such a short period of time, but I do. And I am not proud, I am really ashamed and I feel so bad about myself, than then again I feel depressed and I eat something else. And that is how the circle goes. I have tried yoga, meditation, you name it. And guess what? I am still an emotional eater. Lately life has been complicated. There have been too many things going on at once. Lots of work, pressure at work, money issues, and I can keep going, and going and I am sure I can justify my bad eating habits. I have to try to control myself. Writing this is not easy. I am being vulnerable, and I do not like it, but you know what, I need it. I need your comments, not only support ladies (or gentleman), I need the stop it, you know it is bad, do not do it again. I am so frustrated with myself right now. And the circle or emotional eating is not helping. I need to make big changes; I just do not know how to start. Any advice? I really some.... This post is sponsored by Beanitos and hosted by Mamavation – a community dedicated to obesity prevention &weight loss for women and I’m writing this to be entered into a giveaway |
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