GOOOOOOOOOOAL!!!

Hi ladies! I also apologize for not posting in a long while. Weekends seem to fly by without me realizing it, and I can forget about having time to blog during the week! I do have some news to report: I MET MY GOAL! Today, I stepped on the scale, and my weight was 114.8. YES!! My healthy eating has really really paid off. This means I have lost a total of 13 pounds since January (and a total of 6 pounds since working out with Aaron & taking my healthy food diet very seriously-which both started in July). I have to give you kudos, Sarai, for trying to go for that food journal. Calorie counting really makes a huge difference, for me it made most of the difference. I was in disbelief when Aaron first calculated the total number of calories a person of my height and fitness level needed to consume. Actually, I was shocked at the limit. But I gave it a chance and results came almost immediately! AND because I'm sure to make those calories full of nutrients, fiber, & protein, I don't feel hungry AT ALL throughout the day. I still have quite a sweet tooth though, but I allow myself the occasional bowl of ice cream once a week or a few cookies if someone brings them to work, because I know I can afford a few extra calories here and there.

My plan is to stick with my current eating habits & continue the workouts with Aaron. We have done the crossfit series less and less. As Aaron gets more educated from his program, he's realizing that the majority of those workouts are not "one-size-fits-all" & are injury inducing if you don't really have a background in weight training/athletics, and so I've only been incorporating some of the core routines, that don't involve heavy weights.

Shannon, I'm glad BBL provided great results! I hope the hybrid of BBL & CE works out & your results are even more plentiful! I think you look amazing! I can't wait to hear about your vacation=)

Sarai, again I can't tell you enough about how I think its so super you and your friend are keeping food journals. Calorie counting & being accountable for the true food you eat in a day really makes you see excelerated results. I don't write in a journal, but I do enter my food I eat per day throught this website: www.myfitnesspal.com It calcuates how many calories you should be eating per day based on your height, current weight, & goal (i.e., maintain current weight, gain weight, lose weight). You can look up the foods you eat that day from a database they have. It calculates not only the amount of calories per food, but all the nutrients, fat content, sugars, etc. SO you can see for yourself where any imbalances exist. ITS changed my whole perspective on what's going in my mouth.

Ok girls I gotta go. Hopefully my next post won't be a month away! Later!