Summer’s Here!
First of all, thank y’all for helping keep me good lately. I’m so so glad that I’ve given up sweets temporarily. We had a big potluck to celebrate the last day of school today after the kids left and there was this INCREDIBLE spread of every kind of wonderful dessert that you could imagine. And I thought, “Well…maybe I could just have one cookie or an itsy bitsy bit of cake couldn’t possibly hurt me…”
BUT then I thought of Y’ALL and also my new motto, “There will be hundreds more [cookies, homemade ice creams, birthday cakes, fill-in-the-blank with whatever the temptation is at the time] but I’m only getting married ONCE! And I will not be wearing [cookies, homemade ice creams, birthday cakes, fill-in-the-blank with whatever the temptation is at the time] on my butt when I walk down the aisle!” And I just walked away. Every time I do that, I feel my willpower and self-esteem strengthening, even though that number on the scale is not yet weakening.
And now I have another great opportunity: 2 months of unemployment! So in the shower, I invented my next commitment and I’m really excited about it: Start every day with a workout. It’s a no exception commitment, so for the next 60 days until the wedding, I will be waking up to a workout. Luckily I’ll be spending a lot of the summer with my health-conscious family and they will be getting in plenty of day workouts too. So I’ll get something in everyday and many will be two-fers!
So I’m happily sweet-free, starting each day sweating, and also trying to get in a lot more water! And MAYBE, a little less diet coke. I’m going to lay it all on the line and HOPEFULLY these pounds will start dropping.
I absolutely promise you that if you can do what you’ve done with sweets to that diet soda and drink water instead (64 oz/ per day) that weight will come off!
Check your protein intake too! Carbs make you retain water, so if you’ve been eating lots of fruits and veggies and starches but little protein, you may need to add protein back in. Skinless white meat chicken, fish, and egg whites are all very low good sources of lower fat protein.
Your plan sounds perfect!
A workout in the morning will wake you up. It’s amazing how they work even better than a redbull. I wish I was able to start my days with a workout. I’ve tried it but I can’t last. I have a weird work schedule so I can usually fit a workout during the day but I’m going to start an 8-4:30 assignment and I HATE to go to the gym during peak hours so I might have to start waking up at 5am every day.