A Smidjin at a time

To say today was rough, would be an understatement. Super busy day at work. Got home and immediately changed into my pj's. Wanted so badly to just order some cheesy garlic bread from one of the local pizza places and just veg out on the couch with netflix. But I avoided the bread, and made the fix approved meal I had planned. I still however was bound and determined to just veg all evening and skip the Upper Body Fix workout. But after some encouraging words from a friend I dug deep and pressed play and completed both rounds. Was it my best workout, not by a long shot. But it was a follow the schedule, habit forming, burn the calories workout. Now, it's time to wind down, do some personal development and devotion time. And then hit the sack for some recovery sleep.

So as you may have seen me mention on Facebook or Instagram, today I started 21 day fix. And I mean started. Yes I have had the stuff for a while, and even tried it before, but never honestly getting onboard with the nutrition aspect of it. For those who aren't familiar with 21 day fix, it is a 3 week program with daily assigned workouts, and color coded containers used to measure food. You get a certain number of each color based on how many calories your body needs. The first time I tried, I think I failed on breakfast it was so confusing to me at the time. But this time I have a one on one accountability partner with my friend Karli who also started today. So I sat down last week and made a menu plan up, checking off each container to make sure I was not only not going over on things like carbs, but also to make sure I got enough in of the good for me things like vegetables. I shopped, and I prepped and I measured and portioned out. Well, day 1 wasn't perfect but it wasn&#

Well it happened, a while ago actually. When I first started losing weight 5 years ago, I swore I was never gonna be back at my "before" weight, my heaviest weight. Well, I'm back, actually I have been back for a while. Not gonna lie, pretty mad at myself for that. It's not like anyone else did this to me, this was all me and my doing. Which is why I am nervous/excitedly looking forward to starting the 21 Day fix on Monday. 21 days of daily workouts, clean eating, and daily super dense nutrition shakes. I know there will be hard days, which is why I already have the menu planed out, and why I will be cleaning out the fridge this weekend, and prepping all my food ahead of time. And checking in with you guys often. I give you guys permission to call me on it. Permission to  remind me that the apple strudel at the coffee shop is not on plan. Permission to remind me that the workouts are only 30 minutes, and there are modifications. Permission to remind me that TV only