Journey of an Empty Nester - April 13, 2016 - Say Bye Bye to My Results?

The struggle is real.  With Scott working nights I am having the hardest time sleeping. I guess starting tomorrow I will start taking Melatonin to help me sleep.  Ugh, it's hard to believe that I am so tired but my body just doesn't want to shut down because I am all alone.  This is truly going to be fun when Zachary graduates.  Many more sleepless nights.

Here is what I did today:

Workout:  Rest Day
Personal Development:  Deliberate Receiving Chapter 3
NWC:  Emilie Robidas:  The Art of Recruiting
Shakeology:  Chocolate Shakeo with almond milk
Bible:  Daily Walk Bible Reading Plan Day 1:  Matthew 1-4

When I woke up this morning, I promised myself that I was not going to get on the scale.  Yeah right.  Eventually I jumped on it and saw that the numbers had gone up. My first reaction was to get pissed off.  I mean, I work out hard every day, I am not eating junk food, I am not really eating much of anything but what I am eating is healthy, so why is the scale going up?  The old me would have immediately headed for the kitchen.  The new me decided I needed to contact my coach for help.  I was wondering why I was working so hard and not getting any results.  I mean was it worth it?  To listen to some of my family and friends talk about how I was wasting my time with Beachbody, with being a coach, with the programs and all.  I knew I needed to talk to my coach.  I needed her help desperately.

I wasn't able to get in contact with her at first, so I spoke to a fellow coach and while I was talking to Aimee, Amanda sent me a message.  They both came up with the same conclusion. :)  Great minds think alike I guess!

I explained to Amanda what had happened and we both agreed that I could workout every day and still sabotage myself by not eating.  My body would go into a starvation mode and I could say bye bye to my results.  I knew that something had to change but it is so hard to eat all of my containers with my work schedule.  Today I was working from 12:30 pm to 6:30 pm.  Another day of not eating correctly.  Right?  Wrong!

I immediately sat down and figured out a very basic meal plan for the day.  Before I left the house at 11:30 I had already eaten my breakfast and shakeology. I promised myself that during my fifteen minute break I would scarf down my salad and then have my cut pineapple on the drive home.  Of course that meant for a late dinner.  I had my dinner around 7:30 tonight.

This meal plan was kind of a success.  I ate most of my containers, not all but most!  It is definitely a step in the right direction. :)

Breakfast:
Oatmeal with tea 1Y 1P

Snack:
Shakeology with Almond milk, Cantaloupe  1 R, 1Y, 1P

Lunch:
Cuke, tomato, jicama, cheese, 2 eggs 2G, 1B, 1R

Snack:
Pineapple 1P

Dinner:
Shredded Pork 2R

And to end off my day....I received a package from Beach Body.  I hadn't ordered anything so I was not sure what it was.  When I opened the box I saw this letter!

And then on the very bottom was a copy of the Fixate cook book and a Hammer and Chisel tshirt.  Freebies for completing the #MastersChallenge in January with a lot of other coaches, Autumn Calabrese and Sagi Kalev.  Oh my gosh I was so excited.  I mean yes, I had completed the program but I had forgot about this part.

Now, I have a fabulous tshirt to help me remember my Hammer and Chisel journey.  To help me remember how I felt every day that I got up before work to work out.  How I felt when I started and finished the Master's Hammer and Chisel.  This was an incredible way to finish the day!










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