I'm Back!

It's been two weeks since I've blogged but it feels like a month! The main reason I took a break from blogging is that I was getting really discouraged with my results and didn't want to
a.) Spread my doom and gloom or
b.) Talk about what mess I felt I was becoming.

Here's the deal. After I cleansed a bit to get back on track after my trip I started eating a "normal" diet and working out only about 1 hour six days a week. "Wow, ONLY 1 HOUR," my friend laughed at me. Compared to everyone else I am doing amazing work, right?!! Well, my body didn't think so. I started gaining weight really fast, almost 1 pound per day!  I completely freaked out and had a little melt down. I guess the little extra chocolate and the crackers and the (see below) was throwing my body for a loop.

I was still counting calories  and keeping it between 1700-2000 per day and keeping up with my workouts, so what gives? I think my body just wanted to be "normal." All the cleansing and dieting wasn't making it happy. So what have I decided?  I'm not going to diet anymore. I'm not going to count calories anymore. I'm going to listen to what my body wants. I'm going to give my workouts my all! I plan to avoid sugar, junk and booze most of the time except when I must have it, hopefully not more than once or twice a week. I'm only weighing/measuring myself on Friday mornings to help with the panic attacks as well.

Two Monday's ago I went to Whole Foods and stocked up on Kombucha and healthy raw foods to eat at lunch and for snacks. It's expensive but I feel all that nutrients will help control cravings. It's been almost 10 days and I think it is helping. I weighed and measured last Friday and I've "normalized," dropping about 2 pounds of weight, the 2 pounds that sent me over the edge.

I will check back in soon to let you know how things are holding up! I also have a review of a couple dance cardio DVD's coming soon!