Week 8 Review

I tried all week to stay on track but every day I just didn't. Whether it was choosing not to workout or choosing to snack before bed. I was still making good decisions about what to eat but I stopped watching my portions. I really am not excited for before/after pictures and I'm not weighing in until Wed because I don't want to get overly discouraged. All I can do is keep trying. I wish I could pinpoint what went wrong this week (worn out from counting calories/work stress/monthly is otw which has given me cravings all week).

I need to remember this is a lifestyle choice. I don't have any reason to lose the weight by a certain date and there is going to be ups-downs in anything. I will continue to push. The Drop 10 diet is going good I just wish they had it a tad more organized. For example, the issue of the magazine that has all the Drop 10 information in it isn't even out yet and the Drop 10 cookbook won't be released until Tuesday. I find that frustrating because I want/need all those tools in front of me. But I downloaded everything I could find on the website (find/track down... I didn't feel like it was all organized it one spot for me to easily access).

Anyway, I'm so excited for the Drop 10 challenge and the TIU community has been amazing and encouraging. I love following their posts and some of their twitter accounts. We're all struggling! Life gets in the way a lot but as long as we keep going at it, we'll get there. :)

The reason I posed different in the side picture is because one of the TIU girls suggested I try to stand straighter (so my shoulders aren't slumped forward so much) and maybe my gut wont look like it stands out so much. So I tried it! I like this post better. :) I LOVE to see the skinny girl underneath all the fat! She's in there, I can't wait to meet her!

This week, I am committing to THREE TIU workout videos, TWO 30-min cardio sessions and ONE 45 minute cardio session. If I fail to do this, I promise to skip my reward for an additional 5 lbs. So instead of rewarding myself at 160 lbs I will have to wait until 155 lbs. I don't really believe in punishing for lack of weight loss but the bottom line is I haven't been putting in the work to see the weight loss. It's okay if I put in the work, and still don't lose weight but it's not okay to expect to lose weight when I'm not working for it. I started losing weight and maybe I thought I could start slacking but the more weight I lose, the harder I have to work because every pound is going to be that much harder to lose.