Weeks 5 & 6!

I cannot believe that this fitness journey is HALF WAY OVER already!

My new size 7 pants! I am SO sucking it in for this picture, but I always like having something to work toward!

I had no idea that it would go by so quickly. But I am so grateful to myself for starting when I did. Before this 90 day challenge I walked my butt off every day that I had the time to, and all of it is adding up! This kinda stuff takes time! I really started kicking my butt into gear back in December (not including the junky foods I ate during Christmas and New Years). And all of the SMALL changes I have made are what have gotten me to this point in my fitness journey! The small things really do matter! Cutting out little things that you know you shouldn't be eating and adding the extra mini fitness challenges to your daily regimen WILL HELP. Results take time, but if you're willing to out in that time and effort you will see them happen before your eyes!!

Week #5 was an intense one for me. My hubby was away in California on another business trip, so I was Super Mommy again for that week! It was much harder than the last time he was gone, and I'm not sure why. I had a hard time keeping up with my workouts (although I DID keep up with them) and I had somehow lost my motivation!! I was getting more and more worried about myself as the week went on. I struggled a lot! I kept missing my snacks or a lunch here and there, and that may not seem like much, but IT IS SO NOT LIKE ME to get off track. A couple days during that week I never found the time during the day when my daughter would let me have my workout. So I actually stayed up a few nights, way past my bed time, and FORCED myself to do the workouts I had scheduled for that day. NO matter how hard things get or how hectic my life becomes, I know that I want this THE MOST and it is not worth anything to give up on my health and fitness goals.

I never have time to make my workout schedule and meal plans pretty, but I do make it a point to write them down!

Week #6 REACHING THE HALF WAY MARK! Getting to the half-way mark actually scared me. It made my mind reel with thoughts of 'have I come far enough?' or 'will I reach the goals I set out for myself?'. I am so eager to reach my goals and I just want to be SURE that I am putting in all the effort that I possibly can. I have now a little less than 6 more weeks in this challenge, and I am needing to revisit my Original Goals to make sure that I am on the right track to reaching them!
This week, my hubby was back, and after a long talk with myself I had managed to regain my energy and motivation and I got right back on track with my workouts and my healthy eating habits! I do have to admit that I have become a little less strict on my eating 'schedule' because now, if I miss a snack when I really wasn't hungry for it, I am not so hard on myself. If I am not hungry, I don't see the point in stressing myself out and rushing around the house trying to keep the baby entertained while I munch down the designated calories. Stress is one thing I am still learning to let go of. I am just the worry-wart type of girl, always have been and probably always will be. But I have seen how stress kept me from losing some of the weight I had. So with baby steps and learning to just go with the flow sometimes, I am becoming less stressed and therefore able to shed the weight that I am working so hard to lose!
Now I never really need the "cheat" meals. When I am eating healthy, which is always, I no longer crave the sugars or carbs that so many other people seem to pine after. But in honor of Valentine's Day (which my hubby was away for) we made up for it this last weekend by going out to Macaroni Grill. :)
Since I never do cheat meals, I figured that I would go "all out" for this occasion!

My extravagant Cheat Meal for Valentine's Day!

Needless to say, it didn't take long after dinner for me to feel like I was in a sugar coma. I will stick to getting my sugar intake from apple slices thank you very much! The next day was my rest day for my workouts (thank goodness) and I took advantage of being able to relax (and clean house) and "detoxed" myself with a ridiculous amount of water and my wonderful Shakeology.

My "Reese's Peanut Butter Cup" Shakeology!

I always weigh myself on Sundays (unless an actual weigh-in day is coming up in my challenge group), but because I had indulged the night before, I felt it was reasonable to wait until I had flushed all the carbs and sugar out of my system. And it was worth the wait to see what the scale would show me!

Half way point in my fitness challenge journey!

This journey is changing my life completely. Fitness is now the one thing that I get o do for myself each day that is JUST FOR ME. The rest of my time may be dedicated to being a mommy, maid and chef, but THIS is for ME. I am so excited to see the results that I am seeing. It doesn't matter one bit that I haven't reached certain goals yet. I now KNOW that I can reach any goal I set for myself!