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So I wore the size 10s yesterday. They were comfortable as they get but not loose. I’m not getting any smaller. I know this. I think I have been "bulking" to a degree, putting on muscle and losing fat, but not getting smaller. My legs and butt are more muscular than they were 6 months ago. I’m leaner and more defined overall, but it is disconcerting not getting smaller. Have you ever noticed changes in your body like this, different but the same?  Anyway, I feel like I have enough muscle for the time being pretty much and want to scrape off some more fat to see more definition and see if I need to build more muscle to approach this ideal I have. Now I know that the only way to get off fat is to diet. Now I don’t mean a preprogrammed diet, but an approach to eating. I have too short of an attention span to do a diet. I know this!  So what it really means, which I don’t want to speak because I have been so cozy with my good carbs on a daily basis is…I have to cut carbs again…carb cycle if I want this fat off. 3 days off, 1 day on if I’m serious…which I am. Sigh. Mmmmm ezekiel bread and protein shake each morning…how satisfying. Brown rice…at dinner! OMG! Heaven! Baked sweet potato at lunch. BYE! Or I guess I’ll just say see your around…every 4th day.  So I’m back on…carb cycling. Today is my first day. It’s HARD! Even for me, who has experienced this before. Being on "maintenance" the last few months is way more comfy. But I"m not comfortable with this butt and belly fat and I do want to get on the stage next summer…and feel good about it not embarrassed or back out at the last minute. I am not going to say I’m looking forward to carb withdrawls the next few days, but I’ll get through it. And reap the rewards of it all.   Alissa  p.s. I also have to pick up the pace on cardio…the piecemeal manner in which I have been conducting that has been atrocious! Lifting is WAY more fun.  p.p.s. We’ll see how this all works out in light of my real life. My intention is good and as Napoleon Hill says, "If the mind can concieve it and believe it, the mind can achieve it."

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