21 Day Fix - Week 1 Wrap Up

Selfie for the week!  ---->

Day 6...Thursday
Up early and off to teach my class. I love getting outside early in the morning, makes me happy all day.  The pic is walking home from my Turbo class.  I love those folks, they are so dedicated!  I had breakfast when I got home, and I've discovered the deliciousness of choc shakeO with smashed banana is like pure heavenly chocolate syrup!   Oats for breakfast makes me happier now too  :)  The rest of the day went by pretty uneventful, I messed up one little time on my foods, when I thought cheese was a blue and it's really an orange!  Other than that, I was spot on!

Beginning of Day 7 - I weighed in under 140! Woot!  139.7 to be exact. That is a 3.7 pound loss in 6 days which is ridiculous for someone my size, but I'll take it!  Only 4 more to go in 2 weeks. I can SO DO THIS!  I know it will slow down now though, I must stay strong!

Speaking of staying strong, we went to a local place downtown tonight and I had fish and veggies.  It fit my food list and my cups sizes!  The only 'bad' thing I might have had today was the oil they put on/in the veggies. Week 2 I'm going to start posting pics of my food to stay motivated.  (:  Since tonight was date night and I have worked extra long this week, I took today off from exercise. Plan to hit it hard tomorrow!

Here are my stats for week 1 ---- I am soooooooo stoked!! It's working!!!!!!!!

Measurement	3/29/2014	4/5/2014	Difference
bicep	11.5	11	0.5
shoulders	39	38.75	0.25
chest	33.5	34	-0.5
belly button	30.75	29.5	1.25
hips	41.25	40	1.25
thighs	24	22.75	1.25
calves	16.5	16	0.5
weight	143.4	139.7	3.70

21 Day Fix - Day 5

It is finally getting a little easier!  I was 100% spot on today with all of my numbers, only 1 cup short on veggies, but I got my shakeO in so I think I'm good with vitamins and nutrients with the veggies :)    I have no clue how many calories are going in.  It's probably best if I keep it like that.

I did not weigh today for the first time. I know the weight loss is going to slow down as I don't have a pound a day to lose!  :P    I decided to do every other day for the rest of this week and next week I'll try to stretch it out further, if I can! I'm like those immediate rewards...maybe I can hold out.  Weighing too often can be discouraging if everything doesn't go perfect every time.

I was checking out my abs while we were lifting weights tonight ...teehee, I can already see abs!  Lookout everybody on the cruise-ship this summer ;)

21 Day Fix - Day 4

Woke up this morning showing another .8lbs down!  While that sounds like a lot, I am still sitting in the 5lb range that I easily slide up and down on. I still have 17 full days left to go! I taught Turbo this morning and forgot to turn my HRM on, so no idea how many calories I burned.

Foodwise,  I had a minor setback, and added the 'black' column to track the evil foods that should not be on there.  So you say - CC, it's only Day 4 for Heaven's Sakes!  I didn't prepare for this week. :(  I got in late this morning and did not have my gallon of water prepared for the day like usual, therefore I didn't drink it... In a perfect world, I would have 4 red cups of protein waiting for me to consume, but today in my limited time and my hunger, I am running around looking for a protein and I found.............. a clif builder bar.  Yippie Protein!  I sing praises... Oh how I love thee with your chocolatey outside and crunchy inside. I saw you and I knew you had to be mine.....

Did it cross my mind it doesn't  FIT INTO MY CUP? meh, if i melted it down it would.  Did I care that it wasn't on the list of THINGS TO GO IN MY CUP?  well, we do have some treats made from shakeology and stuff, clif bar is not that much worse.  Ok, so I talked myself into eating it and felt guilty afterwards.  Just goes to show no matter how easy and cut and dry a program is, you can still veer off course!  I volunteered for a second workout tonight, Insanity Round 6. I was so glad I did too! I burned it up! LOVE THAT CLASS!!  I need to start posting some selfies on here since it is all about me anyways.  I'll try to get right on that.

21 Day Fix - Day 3

Today held another .3 loss for me! That's 2lbs in 2 days.  I know this won't last but the big results right off the top is great motivation! 

I had bananas and chocolate protein powder in my oats...ahhh much better!   It was over too soon actually.... I found myself longing for the kitchen that I normally graze in throughout the day.  Not today though, not even with leftover  pizza in there, I didn't even nibble.  I stuck to my lentils, quinoa, shakeology, hummus, etc  and I made it though the day.  I miscalculated time in the evening though so instead of having a dinner and snack,  I just had a large late dinner.    I went over a little on fruit, came in a little under in fats. Definitely going to have to work on a menu because I refuse to take a shot of walnut oil a the end of the day just cuz my orange container didn't get used earlier. :)  

I did a round of turbo, but I'm beat tonight.  I burned about 275 calories in 45 minutes.  But its better than none!  Tomorrow we are burning it up first thing so time to get some sleepy!   

  

21 Day Fix - Day 2

Day 1 went really well. I got on the scales first thing on Day 2 and was down 1.5 lbs, the first day always holds the WOW factor. :)    Today is Sunday.  Our most unstructured day of the week.  I tried getting creative this morning with my oats (not one of my favorite foods). I mixed sweet potato and cinnamon in with some vanilla protein powder.  Do not try this at home.   I will move on to other creative ideas tomorrow.

We went to my brother in law's birthday party today, complete with pizza and ice cream. Horray...(sarcasm). There was some fruit that I measured in my little purple cup, I also brought my cups of stuff for dinner (a lot of dinner, I saved it up so I wouldn't feel hungry or deprived).  I really was full....honestly, I am craving some type of indulgence tonight be it ice cream, peanut butter, or even creamer in my milk, but I am holding strong!   The detox is the worst part.... I was up against all kinds of tastey treats today, and I won, I got that and it feels good!

Nothing tastes like fit feels..... I have a cruise coming up; I'll eat on the boat!

21 Day Fix - Day 1

I started the 21-day fix today.   I think this program will be great for me beacuse - while I consistently nail my workouts - I don't let myself go hungry!   In theory, I should lose weight on 'my program' because I sit around 1600 calories, but I've been on a 5 year plateau!  :)   I know that I eat too many carbs; my body knows exactly what to expect anytime during the day/night because I have the same thing almost all the time.  So with this program,  I have cute little cups to use and my 'usual staples' are not allowed - Don't get me wrong, my staples are diet friendly OF COURSE!  Organic power bars, peanut butter and banana on ezekiel bread, etc.  But these little cups are going to break me out of my mold. 

Green cup - veggie list (3 per day)

Purple cup - fruits (2 per day)

Red cup - proteins (4 per day)

Yellow cup - carbs (2 per day)

Blue cup -  nuts/fats, dairy (1 per day) 

Orange cup - seeds, olives (1 per day)

what I call "Pink" - nut butters, oils, etc (2 per day) 

 Cut and dry. I like that. If it doesn't fit in my cups, it doesn't go in my mouth. Portion control - my nemesis.  I'm SO EXCITED to have an EATING program, an EASY one.  A FOCUSED one. All of my others is a workout program with a food plan. This is a food program, with a workout plan. I know deep down this is going to change my life (or at least my rear!) over the next 3 weeks.  

In exactly 21 days, is my daughters sweet 16 party. I hope to be 7#s down by then! I realize that is more than 2 lbs per week, but  I ate whatever I wanted last night, and my weigh in this morning is a bit inflated. 

 Day 1 =  143.4