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Well it seems I’ve hit a plateau. I’ve been hovering between 148 and 150 - up and down up and down. My body really doesn’t seem to want to leave the 50’s. Too bad.

So I’m going to go on the Keto diet. This diet will, actually, be a bit more lenient than my current one as I will get a cheat/carb up day on the weekends so that will help with cravings (and me going completely insane). So far I’ve had no cheat days (except for the occassional insane crack up where I cackle manically as I eat an old half eaten cookie), so this will be a relief.

Low carb tortilla = ****load of delicious burritos. I am stoked.

And the keto recipe section is looking to be very helpful as well.

Oh and I think I’m back down a size in the pants (never know it could just be those particular pants, but hey I’ll take it lol)

Now for the quest of almond flour and other low carb rarities..

Wow it’s been a long while. As to my last post BodyBySandy sucked. It was a cookie cutter meal plan with NO variety. I hired another personal trainer for awhile (all I asked for my birthday was money for one). They were good workouts but no progress. I was laid off at work this summer and gained a few extra pounds I guess during that time. It was really hard no money, bills and depression. I finally was able to obtain another job, 3 dollar pay cut so I’m still kinda struggling money wise - but hey it’s a job!! And it’s awesome to have coworkers rather than work in the shop alone or just with my then boss. But I really do miss cabinetry and having an active job. However, I don’t miss the extreme weather conditions or looking like a dirty bum everyday - I actually get to wear normal clothes! And then I realized I don’t have very many normal clothes that fit.. so I bought some new ones ugh no fun.

I, of course have been dieting most of this time and really struggling to lose. I began to add in morning cardio a few times a week  a little over a month ago (still hate cardio) and was CRAWLING a long. Finally I was going on a new low carb low fat diet for awhile (still am on it) and decided to get my body fat tested in a body pod (as accurate as hydrostatic weighing) just so i knew for sure where I was. I had previously had my bodyfat tested with callipers and came in around 30ish %. When I went to get tested I found out I was 40%. Jesus. I was beyond shocked. I was always really weak in high school years and I’m sure I had no muscle. I know I’ve gained some since so I can’t even imagine what I was then - probably about the same since weight has gone up since then too.

It was so frustrating because all this time I was calculating my calories off of me being around 30% so know I realize why i was fighting for every pound before! What I thought was weight loss amount was more around maintenance arrg! Oh well. Now I know. And since then I’ve been able to lose more easily. I have lost about 11 pounds since I started with the morning cardio (fought for those first lbs so much). And this low carb/fat diet is hard but effective it seems! Another few weeks on this then I’m going to try cdk to switch it up.

I’m feeling really great. Actual progress rather than frustration ha - it really helps motivation wise. My new pants are starting to feel really loose w00t. I’m also on the verge of going down a cup size which is awesome, I’ll actually be able to find bras in my size in any store!

I need to remeasure myself and take a progress photo. I’m thinking of entering the oxygen off the couch challenge - little more motivation =] I doubt I’ll win because there are so many awesome women out there and I’ve already lost 11 lbs to I’m 1/3 there already ha but hey why not?

Well I figure this may assist me with staying focused on my health/fitness goals.. and maybe even allow for an occasional rant..

I found out that a nice consistant schedule is what keeps me focused. I of course found out the tough way. With the economy being so poor everyone is leery about throwing down cash for cabinets.. and thus work was so slow I had to take a week off. I went right back to eating poorly. And it’s not that I eat crap all the time, my problem is a don’t eat hardly enough or often enough. Plus some Christmas candy snuck back home with me *sigh* - I threw most of it away though. So I’m back at it again but I want to be better than I was. So here are some things I need to improve on:

-WATER! I totally don’t drink enough. I need to take water with me to work because the water coming out of that industrial pipe coming out of the wall isn’t very tasty (at all..) and doesn’t help. So yes, drink at least 2 nalgene bottles a day.

- protein at every meal. I’m getting enough protein in (usually..) I average 120 grams/day currently. (using fitday) During the week it’s higher, around 140-170 and on the weekend I don’t do as well - maybe 100. So the goal is to eat some sort of protein at _every_ meal..

-more cardio. Yeah.. it sucks, just do it and maybe if I got to the gym before 930 I won’t be so tired. Or I can do it between classes..

Sometimes I feel like I’ve been doing this.. lean body thing forever.. Based on so many testimonials eating clean is the key to being lean though. But damn it’s expensive!
Goal by May : 15-18% Body Fat

Eye on the prize Violet *obnoxious gum chewing*

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