Go Hard In the Paint!!!!

In the past, working out and not losing weight was another reason why I would give up on working out.  I mean really, what's the point of sweating, stinking, and being sore for little return.  In my mind, when you work out you burn calories. When you burn calories, you lose weight. So, as long as I work out, I am burning calories and can eat what I want….right? WRONG!!!

Let’s be real, if you are working out…and I mean really "going hard in the paint,", and not losing weight, more than likely it's your menu!!!   Yesterday the scale showed a 2lb gain....FML!!! First thought....12 workouts to gain 2lbs, this is bananas, like really?!?!?  Second thought....these measurements better be lower, or I am going to go HAM in here.  Ok, not really but c'mon son...2lbs!!!!  Drumroll..........waist - down 2.5 inches, hips - down 3 inches, courtney - super duper excited!

I am not totally focused on the numbers on the scale but tend to be very reflective about my life.  Had to give myself a reality check!!  Thought long and hard about this journey and if I had been really giving 100% effort for the past 15 days.  Being completely honest with myself, and apparently all of you, the answer would be....NO.  The workouts, no problem.  The eating...problem.  While yes, the 2lbs could be for any number of reasons, one of them could very well be the meal choices or lack there of, I have made.  I have been thinking about it all day and this is what I have come up with. 

Most days I'm good.  Lots of veggies, good proteins, etc...the good stuff.  Some days, not so much.  Even though it was only 2lbs and as everyone yesterday said, it could be muscle, it could be water, blah, blah, blah....in my heart, I am pretty sure it was the food.  For example, 5 days without power and rotting food means grabbing dinner out at a restaurant or whatever is available to you at the time or conversely, not eating at all because you don't want restaurant food or the junk that is quick and easy to get.  The problem is junk ALWAYS sabotages weight lost efforts and not eating also sabotages those same efforts.  Eating out is not totally bad but since you haven't cooked the food, you don't know what's in it.  Even the "healthiest" meals at a restaurant sometimes have loads of calories, fat, sodium, and who knows what else. 

So, I promised Flo and some other folks that I would not dwell on this and become a raging lunatic over these 2 lbs.  I will own them, for now because they are mine but I promise I am shipping them back to fat land ASAP!!  

   Here are a few more things that I have learned about myself over the past 15 days:

• Some people work out during the work week and chill on the weekends – it’s a fact, most people tend to eat really, really healthy during the week and go super hard on junk items (noticed, I did not say food!) on the weekends.  Since working out 2 weekends in a row, I have not been tempted to to go crazy eating lots of junk. 
• Working out 4-6 days per week along with eating clean and real foods, with little to no junk items has helped me lose inches.  I am still hoping for actual lbs the next time but I digress.....letting it go.  
• If you were a beginner, as most of us were on Day #1, working out at level 1 for the entire workout was probably enough to start out.  Now that I can do some level 1 stuff easier, I am challenging myself and all of you to try some level 2 and level 3 moves.  I am planning to step it up, what about you?
• Push harder, kick higher, drop it lower, punch harder, and run faster.  Even when I think I am working out as hard as I can, I am amazed at how much harder I can go.  I bet you can too!!

go hard!!