Six Pack Sarah’s BodyBlog

It’s ridiculous how long it’s been since I’ve written a blog. My nutrition plan has actually been going really well; which I’m proud of and excited about. But what I’m really ecstatic about is this past weekend! I went to the Emerald Cup in Washington this passed weekend and had a blast. I was working at the BB.com booth of course (I probably saw some of you peeps out there!). I had the chance to meet a lot of awesome people. I went to dinner with a few of them too! These people would include Bob Chic (dude, we go way back), Gale Elie (gorgeous and just all together fabulous), Dexter Jackson, Phil Heath and his lovely finance Jenny. I got pictures taken with all these people, plus Monica Brant, Gunther (ahh) , Sean Ray, and Fawna Modley-Deitrich. Fawnia and I worked at the booth together, and it was so much stinking fun! Of course who was the coolest at the Emerald Cup? (besides my boss Russ of course) All the people who told me how much BB.com rules! Wahoo!!

So anyway…yes, my nutrition has been good. My gym schedule has not. It’s the end of the semester and things are getting more busy all the time. Hopefully that will die down a bit. I’ve barely been home in the past few weeks. Excuses, excuses right? Ya….I’m workin’ on it.

Like the title of my blog entry? Oh how I love Tommy Boy! This quote from that movie is actually a sentence I had to repeat to myself each time I would eat icky stuff like fried foods and a plethora of chocolate. I have been (surprisingly to me) doing well with my nutrition. I’ve actually noticed that since I’ve disciplined myself to not eat as much chocolate (yes, I’ve eaten some since Ash Wednesday, bad girl), fried foods, or drink Dr. Pepper, I don’t even crave it as much as I thought I would. Because I’ve also had a lot of trouble in the past just eating enough, I’ve been planning out my meals for each day and packing it with me. I actually enjoy that time at night when I get to pack up my breakfast and lunch for hte next day. It’s sort of like therapy for me, like how some people (who are nuts) enjoy doing laundry or yard work. I’ve been taking things like oatmeal, fat free yogurt, hard boiled eggs, and fruit with cottage cheese to work and eating consistenly, three hours apart. I can feel my metabolism rising and I’m actually not as grumpy as I was there for a while. (If you don’t believe me, ask CS Rep Dannielle, she’ll tell you that I was a "grumphelu***us")

I’ve also been more consistent with the gym. I’ve been doing a lot of cardio and more weight lifting. BOOYA! Overall, I am feeling fantastic and more motivated than I ever have before. But I know myself, and if I let myself slack even once—I very well might fall off the wagon. Consistency is sooo important!