It's called Motivation Marbles and here is a picture of them:
Now, this is just an example from a web blog (credit to HotMessPrincess for her pic) and this is what she wrote on her blog:
There is a marble for every pound I have to lose from my top weight of 381 pounds. That’s 219 marbles, folks. Here’s the Hot Mess twist:
In addition to the regular marbles, there are 11 little pink jewels…one for every set of 10 pounds I lose, since I’m doing this “by the tens”.
And the final stroke of Hot Mess genius: look at the bottom center of the “Pounds to Go” jar. Do you see the large pink jewel? Goal weight. I get happy feet just looking at it.
Of course, I love pink…so hubby’s going to have to deal with these babies in our bathroom. He thought this was pretty cool, though, so I don’t see him objecting. I’m keeping them on the bathroom counter so I can see them every time I step on the scale. And every time I lose a pound…or two…I’ll be able to reach out and play with my marbles. :-)
Again, as I stated I think this idea is awesome and doesn't have to cost much at all. I have seen these marble/rocks in bags at the local Dollar Tree along with glass vases like this. Then all you have to do is by some decals for the words at the local craft store and this is an easy project under $10! I have shared this with a lot of people and I hope it inspires some and they get to do it!
As for other news, I gained a small amount back (@2pds) this week since I have been back on my feet. I think I am probably right now at the weight I should be at this moment in time and that is perfectly fine. I am still at my lowest weight in 6+ years and this is a life changing thing and I am not worried what so ever. I will still eat right, run, do my exercises, etc and my body will adapt and start losing again. It's only been 1 week since I have worked out fully and I have a whole lot of time to lose the weight :) I do want to share a great motivational picture my photographer friend put together for me.
The picture on the left is me prior to starting this journey and and the picture on the right was taken of me last week.
This is something I keep looking at to realize how far I have come and how great I am doing.
Changing the subject, I am proud to say I am training in running and looking forward to doing a 5k with my friend Courtney on May 26th 2012. It will be awesome and something that will be different and a challenge. I am VERY excited!! I have been at the gym working/training on my running this week again since I am back on my feet after being sick for 3 weeks and the highest distance I have so far is 1.83 miles. The marathon will be 3 miles, I am confident I will do well when the time is here.
Ending Motivational picture for today:
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