WEEK 7: 6 Steps Forward 1 Step Backwards

I was so bad this week!!!  Oh dear. Hear it comes... confession time.  I am not going to lie, IT WAS A BLAST!  First bad day was at my sister-in-law and brother-in-law's going away party.  I was a tiny bit naughty there.  But not nearly as bad as I was with Andrew the next day, and Easter Sunday at my parents house, all I can say is SHOW ME THE CALORIES!  Good news is, I have not stopped working out.  But I  still gained 1 and 1/2 lbs! Just goes to show you, you really cannot out exercise a bad diet.

Needless to say,  I am back on my eating program.  You know what that means. Spinach, egg-whites, spinach, protein powder, and did I mention spinach?  No, I have more than just that.  In fact, I just learned that I haven't been eating ENOUGH calories on my diet.  It is so nice having a TLS coach!  I was reminded that my body can actually go into starvation mode when not getting the calories it needs.  When that happens my body will start to grab and store whatever calories I put into my body, which can sometimes cause weight GAIN. As one of my supervisors (Glorivette) used to say when she didn't like something, SHUT THE FRONT DOOR! And...no thank you.  This time when I went shopping I bought a few extra things to bump up the healthy fats, like organic peanut butter, Swiss cheese, and dare I say 2% cottage cheese?  You know me, always livin' life on the edge.

Oh! Oh!  I learned a new exercise!  Thank you Jillian Micheals!  Grab a deck of cards and assign a different workout to every suit (Clubs, Hearts...etc.).  The number that comes up is the number of reps you do.  Jack, Queen and King all equal 10 reps, while the Aces give you a 1 minute break.  Don't stop until you get through the whole deck! This is what Andrew and I did...