Wednesday, February 19, 2014

42 Days to Fit Week 4

Technically we started the week four, 42 Days to Fit challenge on Monday. However, after week three I have only lost four pounds (total since I started), and I was feeling a bit tired of trying so hard (I least feel like I'm trying hard). I should be happy that I'm trending downward, but it seems like I'm saying 'no' a lot and the results are minimal. But if I were to stay this course for the entire year, I would be more than 52 pounds lighter.

That being said, I went totally off track on Monday night at dinner. We had Mexican food. Chips, burrito, and DESSERT! And the brownie sundae was awesome (read sentence in a sing, song voice to get the full effect).  I had been pretty good about the 'no dessert' rule up to that moment. Which brings me to my next point, since we haven't been eating much sugar, when I do eat sugar it's way more potent.

So here's the wrap up of last week: I met all of my exercise goals, but cheated on my eating. I've lost 4 pounds and a few inches. But most of all, I really do think I'm developing better habits and am making intentional decisions about what, when, and how much I eat.  I also seem to have more energy.

Week four's food challenge: eat a healthy lunch & dinner, watch portion sizes. Jeremy said that was code for start counting calories. So he has started using the Lose It app. I'm going to just be mindful of my food choices, striving to stick with more fruits and veggies. I want to finish this program out before I hit it hard with calorie counting. But (sigh) I see that stage on the horizon (in say, two weeks).

Perhaps the hardest thing (for me) about trying to make positive lifestyle choices is dealing with stress in a healthy way.  And life is just full of stressful moments which make me want to eat an entire... 10 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies. I'm very thankful for the gift of life, for each new day full of it's joys and stress. I'm learning to let things go (I create my own needless stress sometimes). Perfection is not mandatory. In fact, seeking progress over perfection should be deemed success.


"Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we will capture excellence."
~ Vince Lombardi

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