Efforts

So today I met with my trainer Michelle and went over food and nutrition for a little bit. She looked at a week's worth of my eating and exercise habits and gave me a new food goal: 1500 calories, and some new ideas for foods and when to eat what. It's definitely a little more restrictive, but I am excited that she gave me some new ideas and it's inspiring me to crack open a few cookbooks for some lentil and veggie ideas.

We also took my measurements and body fat percentage and I am happy to say that I went down 2% in body fat and lost 13 inches and almost 15 pounds. It's been 7 months since I started working with Michelle and even though part of me looks at that kind of progress and thinks it's a little slow, the majority part of me is proud that I have started to accomplish what I set out to do this year - my resolution was to make this year 'my year of fitness'. About 3 months ago I started adding in an extra day or two of cardio at the gym - I soon after attempted a kickbox class and then spin - SPIN! classes. They have quickly become my new obsession - I love huffing and puffing my way through the class and the amazing feeling I get when I leave the gym. In the last two months of doing these classes I have really started to see and feel a difference in my body - exhilarating!

Looking at the last year and 5 months I have, one day at a time, made little changes in my life that are building up to make a big impact. My progress may be slower than a person would normally opt for, but I can honestly say that I began looking to change my life FOR GOOD and all these months later, I have not once deprived myself of something I wanted, only limited how much I had. I feel my body returning to center - it's feeling more like the well oiled machine it is supposed to be than the prison it once was. I look back and feel like I lost sight of who and what I was and went on auto-pilot, only to wake up in horror and get a glimpse of the state I really was in.

It really does work... eat less, move more.