Challenge Results and a Reward

Long time no see! Or read. Whichever you prefer.

Challenge Results

Wednesday, September 9th I submitted my challenge results. You'll have to wait to see the photos (since I'm waiting for offical Jack Kunkel snazzy ones), but I can tell you that I weighed in at 186.2, losing 11 pounds of fat in 30 days. I also like to think that I probably gained a pound or two of muscle, but you'll have to wait to see the photos and make your own opinions on that.

Rewarding Myself

What better reward than to have a week at Disney World directly follow the challenge. I will say, I did not overdo it! Although from my weigh in on Monday, you will see that I gained about 4 pounds *yikes*

I could have done this smarter, and probably should have. In the mornings, I was able to get a non-dairy strawberry banana smoothie from the hotel, then bring it back to my room and mix in my Mediclear. This was a great start to the day.

I also had no appetite for potatoes the entire trip, and tried to remember to ask for more vegetables instead, but quite often forgot, so just went without eating the startchy stuff.

Where I could have done better:

• Almost every meal came with a bread basket. Most restaurants I did indulge in a 1/2 piece. A couple I had more than that... I tried to convince Mom to ask them to NOT bring the bread basket at all, but she really wanted it... In the future I think I might take matters into my own hands and just tell them not to bring it at all!!

• Desserts. Man, they were so good! They came with our dining plan so I had no concern over dairy products on this trip. I also had cheese plates for appetizers at times, and milkshakes as my beverage!!

• I had intentions of working out every morning before the parks, but that did not happen. Well, it happened on the first day, but then after I had a full day in the parks, waking up early was no longer an option as my body needed the rest. I did a lot of walking, but could have done with some weights. Then again, if I had eaten better, I probably would have been just fine with solely walking around the parks.

In the end, the reward should have been the trip, and not so much the food. I kind of made it the food because we booked the trip with a Deluxe Dining Package, and that was well before I started my healthy living lifestyle. Luckily, by the following weekend we had switched hotels and our new hotel had a gym. We spent a good 2 hours in the gym on Saturday, working our entire bodies and getting our high interval cardio in. It was a great start back, but I still didn't do all that great throughout the rest of the weekend.


Monday morning I was back in the gym and ready to go. I was VERY sore from the Saturday workout, but persevered anyway. I've also been trying to be good with food this week, but have faltered a bit, with my focus on prepping for the NEXT 30 day challenge starting Monday 9/28! Cheers!


XOXOXO

Week 4 Challenge Recap

I know I'm days late on my post. Fact is, Monday I spent the day doing stuff around the house (yay for a day off!), and anticipated being able to post on Tuesday, but work was unexpectedly busy; so here we are.

I had a lot of weak moments that I gave into last week and over the weekend. I still don't know what my problem was. It started last Thursday, and carried on until Tuesday of this week.

I was not happy with myself. I was absentmindedly shoveling food into my mouth that I shouldn't have been eating! Not thinking about it at all, just doing it. Of course, after I would shovel the food, then I would feel like crap!

When I reflected on it and told myself "OK, time to get back on track", then I was STARVING all the time! I finally was able to get back on track yesterday, and will continue to hold strong on my good nutrition track.

As far as working out, I've been able to keep up with that perfectly. I've been trying to push harder, increase some weights, go a little faster, and this week I've been constantly telling myself in my head, "You can do so much more than you think you can."

Next week I will not have a post, as I will be away on vacation with my Mom. We're going to Disney, and I can't wait to come back to tell you how I do there! While I won't have a gym available to me, I do plan on doing some morning body-weight workouts, and of course we will be walking EVERYWHERE. I have a pretty good plan of what I will eat everyday for every meal, and still plan on sticking to my eating times throughout the day. I'll even be bringing my Mediclear to put in a hotel smoothie, and my coconut oil and stevia to put in my hotel coffee every morning.

Til next time...
XOXOXO