time for a health update...

I can't believe I have waited so long to post about this! I did this back in March and it is already May! Back in January Trevor and I both made the goal to be healthier. Over the last few years of Law School and working we let the stress get the best of us and we both put on weight and developed really bad eating habits.

 

At the start I did great, dropping six pounds right off the bat! Then over the next month I lost momentum and had a hard time maintaining the strict regime and eating plan I set for myself. Before I knew it, I had gained back some of that weight I had originally lost and got that defeated feeling again.

 

I think I can finally say that I have finally, FINALLY, been able to figure out a way for me to stay consistent with eating healthy and working out. To be honest the working out has never really been the problem, it is the diet that would get me.

 

I realized that if I didn't look forward to eating the food I wasn't going to stay consistent with it. I had to start getting creative and looking for foods I LOVED to eat that were also healthy for me. I think I will do a whole post another time about what I have been eating! 

 

So with eating healthy about 95% of the time, and stepping up my working out, in the span of four weeks I lost 8 pounds. You should really only be losing two pounds a week if you are doing it healthy, so I was happy to see I was right on target.

For the first time I recorded my body measurements so I could see how much I really lost, and not be so focused on just the pounds. Let me tell you, I think everyone should do this. It makes such a difference and really gives you a better idea of how your body is changing. It isn't all about how much you weigh!!

 

For working out I would go to the gym and do some cardio or a class, and I also followed the four week plan for the pear shaped body on the Brazilian Butt Lift DVDs. I really loved the variety that you got with the DVDS! I would highly recommended them! Dues to Trevor's finals and him leaving this week, I have taken a little break from them to spend more time with him. But I do plan to start them again and continue on for another four weeks :)

 

March 18-April 8

 

Weight: 8 pound loss

Chest: 3 inch loss

Arms: No loss (Half way through I measured myself and I had lost 1 inch off my arms, by the end it was back up, so I am assuming that it was muscle!!)

Waist: 3.5 inch loss

Hips: 2 inch loss

Thighs: 5 inch loss on EACH leg (you read that right, 5 inches, woot woot!)

Love handles and Gut: 2 inch loss

 

Seeing the hard numbers and not just the weight is what really gets exciting! If you have a fitness goal I encourage you to look more at your body overall vs. how much weight you have lost.

 

I would attribute all of this to be about 80% diet and 20% fitness. I am finally fitting better in my clothes again! I feel so much healthier and less tired and sluggish. I still want to get in even better shape so I am not done yet :) But I am happy to be feeling "me" again. Thanks for all your motivation the last few months, it really helps knowing we are all trying to live healthier lifestyles! 

 

 

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