FitCat-The Long Awaited Recap

I’ll typically post these on Friday, but I had a crazy Friday and spent the weekend either busy or recovering from busy. So, Monday it is this week!

Since we last discussed my weight loss/fitness quest, I’ve made the following progress:

• Lost about 10 pounds
• Completely toned my legs and arms, still workin’ on that spare tire.
• Gained huge energy and a little more in the way of self confidence.

However, the past few weeks I have not done as well with my diet and I suspect have gained a few back. (My scale really IS broken. No, I’m not making that up!) Ironically, I’ve had more complements in the past two weeks than I have to date. I guess the weight loss is finally showing, but it may disappear just as quickly as it showed if I don’t get it together.

My trainer did give us a very, very strict meal plan that he said we’d lose 10 pounds quickly on. It’s designed to amp your metabolism with 6 meals per day. What happened for me? Well, the first week I followed it I gained 2 pounds. I also have developed an aversion for grilled chicken breasts. I usually like them. I guess I’m a food rebel. If you tell me to eat something, even if it is something I typically like, I will spontaneously gag on it while trying to force it down. I guess I know now where my almost 5-year-old gets it, eh?

So, I’m still trying to space out and eat every 3-31/2 hours when I can and keep the meals a healthy balance of carbs, proteins, veggies with little fat. I hope I can make a dent.

Goals for this week:

• Drink TONS of water. My trainer told us 80 oz a day as a goal, actually!
• Workout as many days as possible before weight-in Thursday. I actually think I can work out 5 times before that, counting today, thanks to a new training class late Tues nights.
• Try not to lose control with snacking just because it’s “that week” in my life. For some reason, I go nuts for salty AND sweet once a month and I’ve got to reign this in.
• Do NOT give up or be angry if the scale isn’t pretty on Thursday, just work harder!

What do you do to stay with a program? I am not to my goal yet, and the clock is ticking. I’m a little stressed that I won’t make it, so I have to really focus. I can no longer let my hectic life be an excuse to not take care of myself.