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No More Excuses

I was motivated, I was in a routine, I was eating right and hitting the gym, and then I stopped. What happened? I cut my thumb on my right hand which required me to get stitches - Ok, it sucked but did that mean I had to stop following my diet? No! Did I though? Of course. I was in pain and upset, and I used that as another excuse to stop eating right - really to eat whatever the hell I pleased (give me all the ice cream!!!). I also used it as an excuse not go get to the gym. When I first got hurt I was really upset that I couldn't go to my gym classes, especially my PunchHITT class which I loved. As I'm right handed, my finger was in a lot of pain even after the stitches were removed (you don't realize how much you use your thumb until something like this happens) so I still didn't go back. Then weeks and weeks went by and there I was not going to the gym, still not eating right. In four weeks I managed to completely ruin my routine. As time went on, my anxiety sta...

Slow and Steady

As of today, I am official down 10 pounds! It's been about three months since I started my weight loss journey. Some may say I'm moving slowly, but I heard that's the way to go if you want to keep it off. Honestly, if I kept to a strict diet and workout schedule I'd probably have lost more. But I'm not trying to be strict, I'm going for an overall lifestyle change. This way I'll not only lose the weight, but keep it off. I'm not going to be able to do that with some fad diet. So how did I get here? I downloaded the MyFitnessPal app. I put in my starting weight - 141 pounds at the time and my goal weight of 110 pounds and it calculated my calorie and nutrient goals for me. To calculate this goal it also asks your activity level, I chose lightly active as I have a desk job. It also asks how many pounds you'd like to lose a week, I selected 1. This gave me a daily calorie goal of 1,260. Carbs 158g / Fat 42g / Protein 63g. Do I track my calories ...