Week 1 - WEIGH IN!!!!!!

Good morning readers,


The day is here! The day I looked forward to all week. It is so exciting to see results after working towards a goal. So here it is! My total weight loss for the week is 4 lbs!!!!!!! And....wait for it....I lost 1.5 inches from my waist!!!! O..M..G!

I lost 4 inches, total. But I am stoked about the inches lost from my waist. C'mon, I'm woman, do I even have to explain that one?? I measured every area of my body last Monday, as numbers on the scale are okay; inches determine how your clothes fit! I'm well on the way to being down a dress size, and THAT makes me more than happy! Needless to say, I am pleased. Very, very pleased. Now, let's talk about what I learned this week:

I learned that healthy eating can be fun and tasteful, without sacrificing all of the vitamins and minerals that we need. I remixed and free-styled some dishes, and they came out great. I think the key to eating is to find whatever flavors you like and lean that way. Some people like spicy, others sweet, some bitter, etc. I love lemon, when it comes to veggies and fish, and garlic....in just about everything. So, when I taste those flavors my taste buds are happy, and I'm not eating begrudgingly, feeling deprived. Does that make sense?

A good friend of mine asked me how to stop eating junk food, and I shared with her a life-changing point that I learned from Jillian Michaels (love her!) She said that you have to HATE what those foods are doing to your body. Sounds so simple, but it's SO paramount. If I hate my stomach hanging over my pants, then I have to hate the bagels, donuts, muffins, cake and cookies that made it that way! 

I'm learning that on this journey you have to continually choose to NOT do what you're accustomed to doing, and shift to the uncomfortable and sometimes unknown. Let's just tell the truth. Eating badly is easy, making a conscious choice to eat clean is hard! There's nothing simple about it, ESPECIALLY when you're used to eating junk. It's a choice, and again I say, it's all mental!

So, this week I want to kick my workouts up a notch. I didn't work out as much as I could have last week. I did, but I want to achieve my goal of 5lbs this week. Stay with me, good people!

Thanks so much for reading!

Peace and blessings,

Chanta