 Hi friends, welcome back to my channel and welcome if you're new here. My name is Jen. I'm a certified weight loss and nutrition coach and I'm on the WW or the Weight Watchers Blue Plan. Happy Friday, my friends. It is way in day. As you're watching this video, we are on our way to pick up our new puppy Palmer. We are actually meeting the breeder on Saturday morning, but because it's a seven hour drive one way, we're spending the night in a hotel. My mom is staying here with our dogs and then we're picking up Palmer in the morning. So when you see this video, we are actually on the road. As always on these Friday weigh-in videos, I'm going to be sharing with you how my week went, my weigh-in, my goals for the next week and of course this week's WW workshop topic. This week I have some information, some plans, some things, some changes to share with you. 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I have some things to share with you when it comes to what I'm doing moving forward and of course the workshop topic, weigh in, all the good stuff. So let's jump in. There are some things that I want to share with you, some changes that are going to be happening in my life for the rest of the month of March. Like I mentioned at the beginning, we're picking up our new puppy this next weekend just a few days before the end of the month and this week leading up to that was so extremely busy. Just trying to get in my jazzer size, making sure my house is in order. We have everything we need for the dog, doing my grocery shopping, filming my videos. It's been crazy. So after I weighed in last Friday, I did a little bit of heart to heart, a little bit of soul searching with myself and decided that because of what life is throwing my way right now just gearing up for this new puppy. And then of course, once he's here just establishing a routine, I have diesel and Lola to think about. I still have YouTube to do real estate. It's crazy right now. I'm feeling a little bit overwhelmed with everything that I have going on that honestly losing weight and tracking my food is the last thing that is on my mind. So after I weighed in last Friday, I decided that for the remainder of the month of March I'm not going to be doing any tracking. It's one thing that I can take out of my day-to-day life and I really need to focus on Palmer once he gets here. But with that being said, that doesn't mean that it's a free-for-all for the rest of the remainder of March. What that means is that I'm going to do what I've always done. Mindfully eat, make good food choices, watch my portions. I'm just not going to physically track my food. I don't know how this is going to play out on the scale. It could be really bad. It could be really eye-opening. Enlightening, who knows? But I will tell you that after last week's weigh-in, that's when I stopped tracking and just focused on getting my life in order, so to speak. So I didn't really know what to expect when I stepped on the scale. I'll get into my weigh-in a little bit later, but I wanted to share with you guys that that is my intentions for the remainder of the month of March is to not do any intentional tracking. I'm still working out. I'm still, again, watching my portions, being mindful, drinking my water. I'm just taking one step out of my life and that is tracking. I do have some big goals moving into April, which I'll share with you guys after we dive into this week's topic. Make your strengths your secret weapon. Sometimes we don't really know what our strengths are. We can maybe come up with one, maybe two things that we would consider to be our strengths. So there are some questions that we can ask ourselves to really figure out what are we strongest at. Question number one is when do I feel like my best self? Question number two, what makes me unique? And question number three, what comes most naturally to me? Once you've asked yourself those three questions, let's dive just a little bit deeper. Create what's called a word cloud. Write down several things that come to mind when you think of strength, whether that be in yourself, someone you know, or maybe some strengths that you wish that you had. Some examples could be things like forgiveness, zest for life, honesty, bravery, open-minded, sense of humor. Those are things that can be added to this cloud. Once you've created this list, look it over and think of any of these things may apply to you. Pick one of these attributes that speaks most to you. Now picture yourself in a time where you were using that strength. So let's say that the strength you chose was honesty. So think about a time when you were being your most authentic honest self. Remember what it felt like in that moment and to use that strength. Now create a statement that will remind you that is a strength that you possess. For example, my honesty is my strongest asset. Write this down somewhere where you can see it. On a sticky note, make it the background of your phone, write it on your planner, write down your positive affirmation to yourself, the strength or the strengths that you most encompass. That way every time you see that, it will remind you that you are strong. You do possess several strengths. This will be a guiding tool for you along your journey. You can use it to remind yourself, build momentum or get yourself back on track when you're just feeling like you aren't successful or strong in anything. This is really important. It's important to have some self affirmations, whether they're written down, typed somewhere, something that gives you a visual reminder that you are successful and you are strong and you can do the thing. You can do what you need to do to be successful. I'm going to really think about what word I would like to use for myself. What do I feel is one of my biggest strengths and I'm going to write this down in a visible place where I can see it on a daily basis. So I think this is a great tool to put yourself in the right headspace to be successful. So I shared with you that I am choosing not to track and not to really worry so much about losing weight or weight loss over the next week or week and a half of the month of March. But starting April 1st, I am setting myself some pretty lofty goals. I'm going to work out at least three days a week. I want to continue doing a walk outside. I'm enjoying it. I don't want to commit to one time per week because I have a new puppy, but I do want to do my best to get in some additional intentional movement by walking outside. The weather just really starts to get nice here in April, so it's the perfect time to start implementing that. I'm also back to tracking. I am tracking every single day. I'm going to use my calendar to track my activity, my self-care, my water, and a little knife and fork here showing that I have tracked my food. I'm going to track honestly, good, bad, ugly. I'm going to stay in my calories, as well as stay in my points or get as close to my points as possible to make sure that I'm reaching my calorie goal every day. So I'm going to basically get back on track April 1st. So last week without tracking, without worrying about what may happen on this weigh-in, I was pleasantly surprised when I stepped on this scale. I'm actually exactly the same weight as I was last week. So I was able to maintain my weight. I did get in my exercise. As always, I drink a gallon of water every single day. I just didn't track my food and I didn't worry about how many calories or points I was eating. And to be honest with you, it felt really good to take one thing off of my plate. And I'm looking forward to keeping that off my plate through the rest of March. But come April 1st, back on track. So that's kind of my plan. That's the news that I wanted to share with you. And now I want to hear from you guys. Let me know how your week was. Did you gain? Did you lose? How are you doing with tracking and movement and all the things? Let me know down in the comments. I also want to know what your thoughts are on this week's workshop topic. And better yet, let me know what strength or strengths words you have for yourself down in the comment section as well. Don't forget to give this video a thumbs up if you enjoyed it. And of course, if you're new or you're not subscribed, hit the little subscribe button and don't forget to ring the bell next to it so you never miss a single video. I will be vlogging our entire trip to pick up Palmer. So that will be coming out within the next couple of weeks. 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