Day 11

It was brought to my attention that I have not posted anything since Day 1 Reset which was almost 10 days ago.  

I recently reconnected with a lady that I went to junior high and high school.  We are planning our High School Reunion for this October.  She is a Beachbody Coach, my Beachbody Coach.  We didn't run in the same social circles but I knew who she was and I always thought she was a very nice person and probably not as wild as I was back in the day (although some people will tell you I was a goody good).

Anyways, she encouraged me to try her eating clean for five days or was it 7 and I did and I enjoyed it.  Then she invited me to try the 10 day challenge and it kept me focused and I was off soda.  I wanted to try Shakeology but things kept popping up in my expenses and I couldn't see myself buying it as it just wasn't in my budget.  However, I realized that I was eating better saving money by taking food to work and that I was worth it and if I didn't get healthier my expenses would just increase anyways and not for a good reason.  So I took the plunge.

It hasn't been easy - doing the workouts is hard and I was sick on and off for two weeks which has slowed me down and I may or may not have broke or bruised badly two toes on my left foot.  Now that I have been feeling better I am going at it at full force.

Like many people, I know what I should and shouldn't eat but I just don't do it.   For the past decade or more I have done a lot of emotional eating for stress and a lot of sitting so the lbs have just kept coming on.  I lose some and then I gain some.  I am not going to lie and say that I have been totally clean and good for the past 11 days because I have not.  On two separate days I have given in to the temptation of some gummy bears and one day I was so overwhelmed that I let myself have a cherry coke.  Did I feel good about it ?   Not really and it helped me recommit for the remainder of the day or the next day.  I do enjoy vegetables and salads and chicken so I have been eating lots of veggies, fruits, chicken and some of my co workers have started noticing that I am eating healthier and not running out to get food.  Unless of course I am going to Trader Joe's.

The working out part has also been a lot of fun.  Yes, I sad fun!!!  I do the Beachbody on Demand workouts for the 21 day Fix and I think the upper body is my favorite.  There have been more days lately where I do a workout and then go ride the stationary bike at the gym or now my real bike.  I enjoy working out so I am starting to get the bug.  Tonight while grocery shopping I was trying to figure out how early I need to be up so that before work I can go ride a stationary bike at the gym, come do a 30 minute workout, shower, head to work and be there by 7:30 so I can leave early and go do a real bike ride on my bike.  I haven't quite figured it out but I am thinking I would need to be up by 4:30 and at the gym by 4:45 am not sure I can do that yet.  Yes, I said yet....stay tuned to see if I do it.  

One last thing, I also signed up to do a bike ride from the Long Beach Aquarium area to Huntington Beach and back to Long Beach.  It is a total of 38 miles - I think I can do it but we will see.  I have been riding a stationary bike for a while and can go fast on that bike.  I am officially training on my bike so let's see what I can do.

So there you have it this is what I have been doing as part of my 21 day fix for the last 11 days.  Stay tuned and I will try to post daily but don't count on it.