Day #14

Okay. So I'm posting again today. (That would make this the second day!)

And that. is. awesome. 

Small victories, people. At the moment, I am watching a documentary on human emotions as I post this. Today was a really easy workout. But before that, let's do some more background info. 

I officially started my fitness journey January of 2011. From that time to present day, I ran through the INSANITY program from Beachbody 2.5 times. I did one hybrid month of my own, made it through 1.5 months of P90X, before I moved into the city and my workout group fell apart, and ran through 1 full round of Insanity: The Asylum....

Which is where we are now. I started a new round of The ASYLUM!

I may or may not have skipped a day in between, but I always did the workouts the next day. I've never  knocked a day off the calendar without having done the work for that day. I'm on a roll right now, sotospeak. Today is actually Day #14 of my program. :) It was "Relief" today, which is essentially the easiest workout, as it is a 23 minute stretching video, versus the other 45-59 minute videos of hard core sports intervals. 

In any case. I've also decided to do the 14-day diet plan that came along with the program. Now, I bought this set of DVDs for myself for my birthday last year, so I have a "legit" copy of everything. Even so, I seem to have misplaced the paper pamphlet of the meal plan..... Luckily for me, I'm weird and like to compartmentalize things by making lists. At some point in the backseat of a co-workers car on the way to work (oh, how I miss the carpool days sometimes) I hand wrote everything from that pamphlet into a tiny personal notebook. 

So. I am going by this tiny book for my meals for the next 12 days. (Today is Day #2 of the diet) 

I may start taking photos of what I'm eating so I can post them here. 

While there are many options for each meal  (above is a photo of the tiny paperback book I lost), I have chosen to just do the same set of meals each day. Now, I know that this may be boring. however I am lazy and have no desire to cook a plethora of different tasting foods. I more or less, chose the simplest meals and those are what I will be eating in the next few weeks or so. 

There are really simple principles behind the meal plan. Drink Water and lots of it. No Alcohol, eat every few hours (which is kind of hard considering my work schedule), etc... and a few other things that escape me right now... 

Anywho. This blog is to help me stay accountable. So here it goes. I totally cheated on my diet today and yesterday. I had some chocolates (today they were at work near the front desk) and yesterday, I had some tiny m&ms that my sister left at my apartment from this weekend. 

So. I kind of suck. But, it's not like I'm going to throw myself under the bus for it. I'm just going to do better & NOT eat chocolate tomorrow. And I understand that if your body is craving something, it is for one of two reasons: 1-your body is craving nutrients that it needs or 2-your body is craving bad things it has become accustomed and possibly addicted to (like processed sugars, fatty foods etc)

When you start seeing the photos of what I'm eating as meals, perhaps it will make better sense. 

Anywho.  Since this is a safe place (I mean, I'm putting it all over the internet. If I was going to be offended by what people thought or said about me, I'd keep my thoughts to myself, lol)

When I started the morning of yesterday, Monday July 16- I weighed (much to my disgust) 180.8 lbs.

 :(

It's okay, because I'm taking steps to change myself. It is very discouraging to see that number, especially when about a month and a half of so ago, I woke up one Saturday afternoon (completely dehydrated after having had a sex and alcohol filled debaucherous Friday night) and weighed myself & the numbers 165 appeared. :/ Now, I know it was because I wasn't eating right, I was stressed for a few different reasons, and I was completely and utterly lacking in essential H2O... 

Anyway. 

Back to the present. This morning, the numbers on the scale were : 178.0 (hooray!) Perhaps it was the absolutely amazing strength workout I had the night before. Or the fact that I had consumed at least 3000mL of water while at work. Or maybe, it was because I tried really hard to follow the meal plan the day prior. I guess in the morning, I will find out; depending on what the scale says then...

Now, I know that it's not necessarily the number on the scale that matters. I know that I don't want to "lose weight," so much as I want to lose body fat. If I'm 150 pounds, but I'm 10-12% body fat, I'd say that's pretty awesome. I don't want to be thin, I want to be fit, damn it. :) I don't want to be skinny, I want to be strong. :)

Well.

I think I'm going to shower now & call it a night.

Cheers