Well we finally got our winter here in Ohio! Still pretty light compared to other places but we will end up with about six inches of snow. I love the snow and I love just how beautiful it makes everything. From sitting atop all the trees, rooftops, to the bushes its beauty is just breathtaking.
Today was a rest day. I hadn't really planned it but I was feeling a little sore and just have been feeling thick or swollen like. I had worked out five days in a row with no rest, so I decided maybe my body was trying to tell me something. So, with no school for the girls and a rest day for me, well, it's been pretty wonderful. Here is a pic from my Saturday workout! This was a pic of before because after my workout of elliptical intervals along with chest and abs, I assure you my ponytail didn't look like this afterwards.
So, as I had posted in an earlier post about how I was doing the Advocare 24 Day challenge with my daughter and daughter-in-law, I was doing this since some extra holiday weight gain had happened. I was doing my workouts but I really was just eating whatever and whenever I felt like. At the end of this challenge I had lost 6.5lbs. Not bad I guess and felt good that it was a start. So even after the challenge I was still doing my workouts and logging my food on MyFitnessPal. Most days have been great to others being not so great. But here lately I have just been stressing over what I should and shouldn't be eating. So much so that I give in and eat whatever and then feel so guilty about it! I don't feel like its a ton of one thing but just a lot of different things. Sometimes when I do I will then do a second workout to burn off some of the calorie damage.
So starting from this point I've just got to let it go and just work on balance. I have been reading a lot about this lately and how that seems to be the key. I love reading lots of information and learning different things from nutrition to workouts. But, I love reading about real people and their struggles and triumphs. I have learned quiet a bit about how to have balance and how it works. Katie has lost over 125lbs and has had many triumphs and setbacks. She is a real person, wife, mom, blogger, and runner. Her blog isn't just about all the triumphs. She's about balance and you can read more about her here.
Tomorrow is always a new beginning and another chance to get it right. So, I'm not going to waste my time on feeling bad for eating something that I think is bad and then therefore I am bad. I'm just gonna try my best each day to keep my workouts strong and keep my nutrition balanced and real.
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