Good Start!!!!

Hello everyone! I wanted to get on here to let you guys know how the diet is going. Yes it has been hard but I am making it. I have not what you call really cheated, but I have come close to going over my calorie intake. I have lost (according to my scale) 4 pounds. I am frustrated, but part of my problem is going to the bathroom. Dairy does not like me. I am having to change a few things to hopefully change that. I am hanging in there so far.  It is helpful when your family is supportive and encouraging. I want to strangle them sometimes because of them telling I can not have something. Especially my daughter Selena. She rides me pretty hard about things. I try to exercise as much as possible and when I can not I try to make it up in the cleaning. So I am moving more.

*side note...my dogs just came in from outside and they smell like the outside....ugh stinky! Now back to your regular program.
I have been accomplishing more on organizing than I ever did last year. I even have been doing more videos and being better at the quality. Still need some work, I am learning.
My husband started his new job this week. He loves how he gets home so much earlier. He is not working all day and part of the night. I love it as well!
Be sure to check out my channel on You Tube to see my latest videos. I am getting ready to upload a first one ever Grocery Haul.
On another side note... I want to thank everyone that has been supporting me and keeping me encouraged. As soon as I lose enough weight and have something to brag about I will possibly disclose what my starting weight was, but as of right now there is a lot of shame and disgust in what I have. That does not mean I am in denial, it means I am embarrassed of what I allowed myself to come to. How much I must of hated myself to not care how I looked and how I was hurting myself. You know you have cutters and you have under eaters and you have me... over eater. When tragedy has struck and you do not know how to deal these are only a couple of the things people do to deal with the pain. I am learning to love me and release the pain to God. See myself through the eyes of God and not man. If that is one thing that I wish I learned is that. I as well as a lot of us has looked at ourselves and how people see us and not how God sees us. God does not make mistakes, He does not make trash, He does not make messes.... but He does allow certain things to happen. Why? The best knowledge that reached me to understanding that is, "Draw me closer to Him. If I never went through bad things I would never grow, I would never learn, and I would never need God. My character would be shaped into what I wanted and not what God wanted." So do I need God...you bet! Does God need me? Question is, does God want me? You bet!
Thanks for coming by and hanging out with me and listening to me ramble. Stay encouraged!
                                         Rhonda aka Spanky Cola

New Life

Hello everyone! I hope this finds everyone well. I thought I would come on here and share what I have been up to. I started a new life change this past week. I started Herbal Life and I started exercising. I will not disclose my weight until after I have lost a good amount to brag about. Am I ashamed? Yeah but I allowed it and now I am getting me back.
Please keep me and my family in prayer as we all have to make sacrifices and changes for what I am going through.
I have been busy organizing and rearranging things in the house. My husband and I rearranged our living room and I am loving it. We have soooo much more room. I organized under my bathroom sink and it came out ok. I want to redo the linen and under sink to consolidate some things and find different homes for some of the things, so I am waiting for a brain storm before I do a video. I did video a decluttering of our junk drawer in the kitchen. Now in the video you will see a huge pile of trash bags and clutter. Now mind you I will explain that in another video later. But here is the other video I just done.

If you guys like this video and have been inspired to organize something please let me know. I will post pictures of some of things I have been doing around the house soon. So be watching for it. I am pleased with some of it.

My plans for videos this season are as followed:

1. More organizing

2. DIY

3. Refurbishing furniture

4. Decorating

5. Hauls

6. Weight loss

7. Meals

8. Grocery hauls

9. Misc Hauls

10. Thrift hauls

11. Planner

 

 

Like I said I plan... I know I will get some of these but I would love to do them all. If you have any request please let me know. Thank you so much for your support and please keep coming back for what other randomness I may have to share.

Rhonda AKA Spanky Cola

New Season

Hello everyone! I have been a busy beaver here at the house. I have accomplished a lot of organizing and purging. I did two videos back to back of the things I have accomplished.

I did a video of underneath the kitchen sink and man you would be surprised at what gets lost in the back of everything. I am just glad it is done.
Then I organized our pantry. Now mind you that was before I wen to the store and brought home a bunch of stuff. Word of advice for myself and whoever else may heed. Shop first, then organize. You organize on a half bare pantry and you like how it looks, then you bring food home to put away and you do not want to put it in your newly cleaned and organized pantry. At least that is me.

I also tackled my daughter Macaylas' room. It was a hot mess. I pulled out everything and purged almost all her clothes because they were too small or she did not wear it anymore. I also rearranged her room to be better organized. I spent most of the day on it. At the end of the day I had two trash bags full of clothes, shoes and misc. Two trash bags of just trash. No I am NOT  a nasty person, but when you have a young child that is still in the process of learning and looks for mom to take care of everything. I am learning as well. She loves that it is clean but she likes her bed up against the wall, so that is the only dislike she has. Thank God!!!
Well today is January 13,2015....
I started a life change today, yes I said life change. God said it is not a diet, but a life change. Because a lot of the things that were habit and bad for the life I did have are toxics and addicting. Those habits and things were a drug to me and as we all know it is not something I can dabble around with. Not even in portions, I did the portions and found myself making excuses for me to be able to have a little more. Yes this is true. Some people can get away with discipling themselves to only a little when need be, but just like we have all said at one time or another in our life, " I am one of a kind." So why would not our body chemistry be some what the same. Now I know there are people out there that have the same battles as me and can not afford to pick up something without going over board, just like me. But there are people that have more will power and self control. I am in training and learning my limitations and some of those foods that I have been so addicted to for years I can not even have a bite of it. I hope that makes sense. I know what I am thinking, just not sure if explaining is my forte. Please keep me in your thoughts and prayers as I transform my habits and being. Thank you
Well on a lighter side my husband got a new job and I am relieved! Working in a car dealership is not a great career for everyone. My husband leaves in the dark and comes home in the dark. By the time he gets home everything is getting ready to close, so we are screwed trying to get things done. Not to mention he would travel almost a half hour one way back and forth to work. I thank God he has a job do not get me wrong, I just would rather see him work smart not hard, plus closer to home. Yes the pay is more, which is even better. :)
Anyway, I am just thankful that God is working in our family and giving Him all the honor ,glory and praise that He is due.
I also everyday have been reading one Proverb chapter a day. There are 31 Proverb chapters, so one for every day of the month. It has been an eye opener most definitely.
Well I hope you guys are healthy and well during this season. I will be back with more real soon.
Stay encouraged!
                                       Rhonda a.k.a. Spanky Cola

 

Good bye 2014....Hello 2015...let the madness begin

Hello everyone~
I pray everyone stayed safe during the holidays. It has came and gone so quickly. Christmas and New Year did not even feel like it should of been here already and now it is gone.
As a lot of people we all made a New Years resolution and we are determined to make it through the year and be success with it. Well personally my New Years resolution is a struggle for me but easy for others. I did a video of it watch it and let me know if you have any new years resolution that you would like to share and I would love to encourage you in it.

1.Lose weight and be healthy

2. Do better videos and blogs

3. Be content in what I have and not dwell on what I want so much.

 

So there are few things that I am planning to work on. As for my diet I will not start until January 13th and I do plan to be down right honest about everything. I may even do videos on weight lose, gain and even what I am eating. If anyone is interested in seeing it please comment in either in the video or in the comment section below.

My daughter Selena and I done a yearly favorite video. We did home and style on my channel, as well as what I got for Christmas. Then we did beauty favorites on her channel. Please check both out. You can go to my video first then check the description box for her link then check hers out. She is so cute!

As I was saying about New Year resolution, I started taking care of what I already have before bringing more madness in the house. I have to finish what I started and either purge or be content in what I have. I did a video on my daughters jack and jill bathroom that we painted. I have a few more things I want to do to it like tile the floor. Who ever came up with putting carpet in the bathroom.... Not my favorite thing about the house I will say that.

I am not happy with the way it first looked but the after is so much nicer. Now it will be a task to keep it that way. I plan to do a video on my new cleaning ideas and how I plan it in my planner. I have daily challenges and weekly goals, two totally different things. And under the kitchen sink was my challenge. So happy to see it done. I did not go out and buy anything. Everything I used was things I already had. Like I said earlier "be content in what I have".

I hope this encourages you to get started on your New Year and to make changes that will benefit you and others around you. 2015 is going to be my year, how about you?

Until next time....STAY ENCOURAGED!

Rhonda a.k.a Spanky Cola