For most of my life, I have had a bad habit of working too much. I am a mother, wife, daughter and a health care provider. I spend most of my life caring for others. I am not really good at caring for myself. I have realized lately that I am lacking balance between work and life. I spend most of my life working and then the rest fitting in family and squeezing in time for myself. I recently realized that this is not really sustainable and I have been working with my coach @Kevin Teachanarong to find some balance. I am working on some new goals. I am starting with goals of improving my sleep with a dedicated bedtime no later than 10:00 – 10:30 pm. I am also trying to set boundaries and limits of work time. Setting a time to stop and then that is all I will do for the day. This is my starting point. So far, I have been able to set stopping times for work and have been successful the past 2 days. (This is a new goal set this week). Yesterday, I was able to accomplish this and finish all of my work charting for the day. I got most of it done at work which is hard to do. After getting home, I stopped working when I said I would and enjoyed dinner and a little television (which I never watch) with my husband. I was then so tired I went to bed early. I even slept in this morning. Today, I set work goals and kept them. So far, so good. I plan to hit my bedtime tonight. I also want to say that the BBB program and working with my personal coach gives me more skills than just a weight loss program. If you are considering joining the inner circle, I encourage you to do so. It has been one of the best things I have done for me. Sharing to keep myself accountable. Do you have anything that you find gets in the way of balance and reaching your goals?

Breakfast: Protein Eggo waffles Protein cinnamon Cheerios Fairlife chocolate shakes Plain nonfat Greek yogurt with Kind vanilla blueberry granola with flax seeds Scrambled eggs Lunch: Chicken salad made with canned chicken breast Egg salad Steamed shrimp Turkey lunchmeat Sometimes I have the Greek yogurt and granola for lunch Dinner: Chicken breast, steak, shrimp, ground turkey 💪🏼💪🏼

I was the girl who wore a t-shirt in the swimming pool. The girl whose mom made her put on an entire bottle of sunscreen before I could so much as look out of the window. The girl who had glasses and asthma and lingering baby fat and freckles. I was the girl whose skinny blonde friends would make fun of her behind her back. I carried the weight of that far beyond the playground. I grew into an adult who didn't see her own worth. Then I became a mom of three little girls. I looked at them and saw how perfect they were, and I thought about the fact that it would break my heart for any of them to think for one second that they weren't beautiful. I realized that I have to value myself. I have to lead by example. I have to show them how to take care of and love themselves the way they deserve, by doing that for myself. Because they see me. I challenge you to look in the mirror and try to see yourself the way someone who loves you sees you. Tell yourself that you are strong and capable. You are beautiful. You are worthy. You deserve to be the healthiest version of yourself for your own sake and for the sake of the people you love and who love you.

I’m curious if anyone else deals with this… You eat pretty well all day. You’re “on track.” Then suddenly 7–9pm hits and it feels like your stomach opened a second shift 😑 You’re not even starving… but you want to snack on literally everything. Every time you walk by the kitchen — handful of grapes here, few almonds there, a square of dark chocolate. 437 calories later, you’re like “f*ck!” 🥵 I recorded a short Loom 🎥 about one of the biggest mistakes I see with clients that causes this. It has nothing to do with: - Eating less - Cutting foods - Or trying to be more disciplined And most people think they’re already doing this right… but they’re not. Once people fix this, two things usually happen: Hunger becomes way more predictable Night snacking gets drastically easier to control Your calories don’t even have to change for this to work. I’m hoping this is one of those “how did I never notice this?” types of things. ‼️👉 If you want the video, comment ANCHOR and I’ll DM it to you. If evenings are where things fall apart for you, this will probably hit.

I talked with @Kevin Teachanarong about my eating habits this past week or so and realized I’ve been reducing my calorie intake more than usual. I always stayed between 1400 and 1500 since I started the program more or less. I don’t really remember why but I started trying to stay under 1400 and adding as many steps as possible. Did I loose weight? Yes Did it feel great? Like I told everyone I felt very low energy and moody. I was no fun to be around. I have decided to eat like I did before and stay in between 1400 to 1500 since it’s proven to work for me. Having said that I was at 1440 calories until my husband came home with Swiss rolls and I just had to have one. Now at 1550 and no guilt about it. Only one ☝️