I'm sure many of you feel the same way I do right now. After having a great Christmas it seems so hard to get back on track. There are still Christmas cookies and goodies in the house. Plus any chocolates you received as presents or you simply bought yourself. You body feels sluggish. Your tummy is upset. Your face may be breaking out from over abundant sugar intake. Ahh we could go on and on but the truth is we have the power to change.
You have the power. You have the power to give away or throw away the goodies, the cookies, the chocolates. You have the power to shop for healthier options, to fill our fridge with real foods: fruits, veggies, organic meat, fish. You have the power to not buy processed foods. Your body recognizes real things not names on the back of a box that we can't even pronounce. Here's the catch though. It is hard to do this alone. It is hard when no one is supporting you and keeping you accountable. It can seem like the road back to healthy is going to be a tough one.. BUT. You don't have to do it alone.
I honestly don't think I could do this alone and thank goodness I found my support network. I even created my own support network knowing what I would need to succeed. I need challenges. I need goals. I need rules. I need encouragement. I need a group of people with similar aspirations. Thank goodness for Beachbody. With this company I have found all that I need and have created a support group that offers the encouragement that it takes for me to succeed. That doesn't mean I don't stumble myself (cause Christmas goodies certainly got me!) but when I do I'm ready to get right back on track. And I'm ready to help others do the same.
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So I realize it has been over 2 weeks since I updated you guys on my life and the program Core De Force. There is a very good reason for that. I came down with the nasty, nasty flu, and it totally knocked me out for a good week and a half. So sorry that I have been MIA but I was MIA in everything. I didn't get to post on either of my workout, accountability groups because not only could I not work out but I really was craving all kinds of carby comfort foods. But I am about 90% better and looking forward to getting back into the groove of things.
Let us back track a bit though so you can see some of the results from Core De Force before I got sick. Here is my week 3 before and after photo. I was quite impressed with my own results! I will say leading up to the photo I was eating according to the meal guide and working out everyday following the prescribed workout calendar. I was down about 5lbs in 3 weeks and it was really starting to show. I felt great overall in my body except for some tight shoulders. STRETCH!
A big part of my results comes from staying on track with a healthy diet. I will be honest and say I could not have done it without my daily shakeology. (I don't say this because I sell it. I started selling it because of the discount and then I realized I could help others achieve goals to and I became a working Coach not just a discount coach!) Because it is packed full of vitamins and nutrients that my body needs I tend to crave less food because I am actually feeding my body a food that it recognizes and not just chemicals in our overly processed foods of today.
Now I did make it to the end of week 4 of Core de Force. So I was about 28 days in and took my before and after photos. I was a total of 6 lbs down and I was going to measure at the end of 30 days which is how long the program runs. Again I was happy with my results thus far and really ready to take it up a notch for the next 30 days. I was going to do another round but up the ante with the bonus workouts that are probably a little harder.
But then disaster struck in the form of the nasty influenza. I hate the flu! I had 2 workouts left for my 30 day completion of the program and Monday night "BAM" I was out for the count. This laid me up in bed for 2 days without doing anything. Then I went back to work wearing a mask so as not to get others sick. But after working 3 days I was back in bed for another 48 hours. I completely lost my voice and was not able to work out for a week and a half. OUCH!
A very hard part for me when I'm sick is I still want to eat. But I really truly don't want to eat healthy. I mean who wants a salad when they are sick. So I tend to want comfort foods which tend to be carbs. I eat a ton of gluten free bread and corn bread and then I wanted hot and cold food for my sore throat. So a ton of soups and then of course a boat load of ice cream. Needless to say I was not eating according to the guide.
But here we are now and I am ready to get my diet back on track. I am going to give myself a few more days before I start the program again because I really don't want to push it to hard to soon. So for the next few days I will keep it easy with some yoga and other light workouts and this coming Monday I will be back on the workout program!
Now having said all of this there is something I want to you to realize. I didn't give up. I won't be upset with myself for having gained some of the weight back. I won't be upset that I'm not going to hit the weight-loss goal I set for December 30th. I will tell myself that this is life and you just get right back up and get right back on track. Set new goals and crush them. I've told my accountability group that I am back and need their support and they are here for me and that helps a ton.
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