Second Round 21 Day Fix

Round Two is OVER!

This round of 21 day fix I focused a lot more on eating than I did working out. Unfortunately it is Report Card Season, and it really does not leave time for working out (I know it is an excuse, but I feel okay with it this time...). Report card season means a lot of stress. Stress (normally) means over eating and not taking care of myself. These past couple weeks have consisted of trials and errors and a small journey of how to cope with stress without stress eating. I admit, week #2 was tough and stress eating won a couple of times (2), but I reflected and rebuilt myself from those failures.

I did my measurements this morning and lost another 11.5 inches this round. This makes my grand total 23 inches since January 7th! It is unbelievable. 

I also had another non-scale victory this week. I fit back into some size 12 pants that never fit me! I bought them in 2014 (ish) and they never really fit because I ordered the wrong size. I should have gotten a 14. I always kept them (I have two pair in two different colours) because I wanted to fit in them one day. Well, this week (Tuesday I think) I needed black pants for an outfit and I could not find my regular black pants. I saw these old, never worn pants in the closet and decided I would put them on for the heck of it... not expecting that they would fit at all. AND THEY DID. They fit! I could button them up with no muffin top! They are still a little tight but I still wore them to work and it was a GREAT day. I was so happy. Below are a picture of me in the beige pair. I took a picture in the beige ones so you could see they are same pants!

This week will be a quick week, I don't really know what to write about to be honest. Here is my weigh in update!

Weigh In:

Original Weight: 202.6 lbs

Last Weight: 179.4lbs

              Current Weight: 178.2 lbs

Weight Lost From Last Time: -1.2 lbs

Total Lost: 24.4 lbs

Have a GREAT week!

Stay Focused,

-Becky, xo.

Courage

I was looking at quotes about success and failure (which I will share down below) and I decided to call this blog post courage from the following: 

https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/failure

This quote really stood out for me. Since I failed this week at sticking to my goals and eating nutritionally, I needed motivation. So here I am to give you motivation (if you need it) and share with you my weekly reflection.

If you have already read my update this week (click here if you haven't) then you know this week has been a rough week. I have not be strict with  my nutrition and I have not been exercising. It was rough. I was putting myself down (a lot) but not getting up do do anything about it. It wasn't until Thursday (Pizza day at school) that I realised something needed to change. There is not point in talking myself down and not doing anything to fix what was going on. 

http://dailyquotes.co/failure-inspires-winners-success-quotes/

So, I made a weekend plan.  Starting on Friday, all the way to Sunday. I had a goal in mind, I set out my intentions for the next few days (short term goals) and set out to do them. No cheat meals, no guessing what I was going to eat. I could make no over eating decision because I had a plan. I sat down with my fiance and we planned meals (all of them) and that was that. It is 1 pm on Sunday, and I must say this weekend has been one of the most successful I have ever had!

http://consult4sales.com/fail-plan-plan-fail-2/

That may seem harsh, but a huge part of being successful in this journey is planning. Setting out weekly intentions, planning meals, prepping meals... it all has a huge part in my success. This gets my mind in the perfect framework to be successful. 

What I am going to do this week:

Only Plan Mon-Wed in detail so that I am not losing sight of the rest of the week.

On Wednesday I will play Thursday/Friday

On Friday I will plan Saturday/Sunday

http://fitnessfunatics.ca/2015-new-years-resolution/

I want to see if this will work differently for me this week. Instead of planning the entire week, I will do a few days at a time to focus and remember what I am doing AND to reflect and improve. I should be reflecting throughout the week, not just on Sundays.

Anyways, now to get to the knitty-gritty... what you all came here for:

Weigh In:

Original Weight: 202.6 lbs

Last Weight: 179.8 lbs

              Current Weight: 179.4 lbs

Weight Lost From Last Time: -0.4 lbs

Total Lost: 23.2 lbs

It wasn't a crazy amount this week (we all know why) but it is still a loss. I noticed what was happening and turned it around for the rest of the week to wholeheartedly deserve that 0.4lbs. My smallest weight loss in 2018, but so far my proudest.

https://www.askideas.com/87-most-famous-failure-quotes-sayings/

Have a great week.

Stay Focus,

Becky. xo

I did it... again.

Hola!

Not a fun happy post here, but an important one none-the-less. 

For the first time since January I emotionally ate. I was upset and went to food to make me feel better... twice. The first time was at home. I had an emotional night and was very upset about something. I waited and waited and at 8pm I decided to make myself my favourite meal: poutine (fries, cheese and gravy). I had a good sized portion and I am not going to lie... it felt good. I needed that poutine in that moment and I had it. I wasn't until I felt how uncomfortable I was with a distended stomach and feeling so full I was sleepy that I realised I did not need to be doing that. 

Same thing happened today. I had a stressful day at work, and instead of drinking water, taking breaths, making a list of ways to better my situation I turned to good old pizza day. I bought 2 slices of pepperoni pizza and enjoyed them along side my class. Again, it wasn't until about 15 minutes after the pizza that I realise that 1. I did not feel better about the stress of my day, and 2. I just felt guilty. Two nights out of 5 I have failed myself. It does not feel good. It feels awful.

BUT that is not going to stop me. The past 2 weeks have been rough, I am not going to lie. But I am not giving up. I am going to sit down and make a plan (maybe I will post it on here). I am going to get my butt into gear and get going. 

Emotional eating does not define me. I am not an "emotional eater," it is simply not who I am. I battle and struggle with using food as comfort, especially when I am feeling alone. I know this about myself.. which is why I refuse to allow this small sliver in my journey to define me and ruin the entire process. 

Tomorrow is a new day (not Sunday) and I am determined to make this week turn around and become a good week. I will not let they two slip ups ruin my mindset and ruin what I have been working so hard to accomplish. I will not go back...

Here's to a kickass Friday, Saturday, and Sunday! 

Stay Focused,

-Becky. xo

Quickie!

Hola Again!

My week has been rough. It has been very (VERY) busy and I have had a cold for 2 weeks now. It has not been fun and I have been rather hard on myself because of it. I only worked out 1 day this week (Monday) because every other night of the week I had activities I had to do (staff meeting, photography class, kindergarten open house, etc.) I let the workout part of me slide... and that's okay. I was really hard on myself, but I am realising that it is okay. This journey is never going to be easy for me.. but I need to wake up in the morning and set my intentions for the day. Make an active plan and follow through.

That being said, my nutrition and eating habits this week have been really good! I stuck to my healthy eating plan and all went smooth from there! I even went out to Subway on one of my busy days and got a six inch oven roasted chicken breast with barely any dressing. Usually I get a foot-long DOUSED in sauce. Making these little decisions is what is getting me closer and closer to my goal! 

I was pleasantly surprised when I stepped on the scale for this week's weigh in. I know I have been close to getting out of the 180s. I just didn't think today was the day (since the lack of exercise this week). But, I was pleasantly surprise:

Weigh In:

Original Weight: 202.6 lbs

Last Weight: 181.2 lbs

              Current Weight: 179.8 lbs

Weight Lost From Last Time: -1.4 lbs

Total Lost: 22.8 lbs

Now is the time where I am allowed to sit and have a LITTLE regret (okay?). 

Dear Becky,

Can you only IMAGINE where you would be today if you would have gotten off your butt and did 30 minute workouts every day!? This number would probably be CLEAR in the 170s. I am grateful that you ate carefully (instead of binging during busy/stressful times), but keep this in mind when you decide not work out in the future:

1. YOU WILL FEEL BETTER AFTERWORDS. You always feel better after you workout. Even if you are only doing the modified stuff. You always crush it and feel better.

2. It is ONLY 30 minutes. That's it. 30. 10 minutes 3X... 15 minutes 2X... 5 minutes 6X... you can do that.

3. Right now, go... go turn it on and see what happens. Just go do it.. JUST DO IT.

4. If all else fails, it isn't the end of the world. Forget today and wake up fresh tomorrow. You can do it.. I believe in you.

Goals This Week:

Goal #1: Hydration- I have generally been good at this, but I want to keep it consistent! 

Goal #2: Work Out- Even if it is just once. Work out, feel better, walk the dog, get moving. 

Short and sweet goals this week. I just want to become more consistent in many aspects. I think I have got this whole healthy eating thing DOWN, so now I just have to work on the other parts of gaining a healthy lifestyle.

Have a GREAT week!

Stay Focused, be strong.

Cheers,

Becky xo

Success!?

HELLO!

It is now the beginning of February and I have so much to talk about! I want to get straight into it!

Last Goals:

#1 Eat Breakfast: DONE. I ate breakfast EVERYDAY this month. It has been the best I have done in my entire life! I get shakeology and it has been WONDERFUL. I have been making fruit smoothies with a scoop of Vanilla shakeology and I have been in HEAVEN!

#2 Exercise 30 minutes EVERY DAY: DONE! I did skip a couple days (I hate Pilates to be honest), but for the most part I did work out Mon-Sat. The first week I was HELLA sore.. but after that I did so well!

#3 Meal Plan/ Make a Grocery list:  DONE! Alex and I planned every day for the past three weeks! 

Weigh In:

Original Weight: 202.6 lbs

Last Weight: 185.4 lbs

              Current Weight: 181.2 lbs

Weight Lost From Last Time: -4.2 lbs

Total Lost: 21.4 lbs

PARTY!

21 Day Fix has been incredible for me! I have been so motivated and focused on crushing my goals. I could not be happier. I feel energetic and NOT DEPRIVED (the most important thing). I cannot believe it. I plan on blogging more in the next 21 Day Fix (starts on Monday). 

21 Day Fix says that you need three things to be successful in weightloss:

1. Meal Plan

2. Exercise Plan

3. SUPPORT

The support has been awesome. Knowing that there are people out there doing the same workouts as you and waiting for you to log what you are doing was so important to me! I didn't know how important putting things out to the universe was. Knowing that someone (my coach Joanna) knew what my goals were and was there to encourage me made a big difference to me. I wanted to make her proud and make myself proud. It has been wonderful.

Honestly, I am so pumped to get started again. I have been eating healthy this week (even though it is a prep week) and I am excited to get back to the grind! I am going out to buy heavier weights for next round.

11 inches in three weeks..

I am going to look HOT on my wedding day.

-Becka, xo