I finished the T25 Alpha and Beta program splendidly. I loved this
program so much and had some amazing results… but like everything else I was so
burned out right at crossing the finish line. Enter here in multiple
psychological ramblings and reasoning here. What I will try to express is my
fight back.
Number one, I started to get educated. First, I started Tosca Reno’s
Recharged book. I felt like I needed a refresh of why I and my family need to
eat clean and not only from a weight loss perspective. At the same time I also
started to read Derek Doepker’s Weight Loss Motivation Hacks: 7 Psychological
Hacks That Keep You Motivated To Lose Weight book. Both have helped in the
following ways:
1. Tosca is
teaching me how and what to eat.
2. Tosca is
teaching me the acceptance of how silly I may look carting a cooler everywhere
that it’s better to know what I’m eating versus the chemicals and added fats
(plus other bad stuff) that can slide unexpectedly into what looks like
wholesome foods (salad dressings, prepared fruit salads, parfaits, etc.).
3. Doepker
taught me about mindful eating. This has been the most powerful because I’m
learning to think twice before mindless eating. I have found myself making the
decision to splurge on a piece of badness. Often times I’m passing up on the
crap telling myself “that’s not going to help me hit my goals”.
4. Both talk
about goal setting which I’m so horrible about. I don’t know why; I think I’m
too afraid of failure. So I’m in the process of tacking that.
Number two and back to clean eating. I’ve really focused on
finding and making recipes. It’s important to call out the “making” part
because I’m notorious for finding, buying the ingredients, and that’s it. I’m
also convinced that clean eating should taste good not only for me in hitting
my weight loss goals but for the whole family. I am determined to make this
sustainable else I’ll just gain the weight back when I start so assimilate to
the foods my family eat. I am also committed to sharing what works and what
doesn’t work about the various recipes I’ve found via sharing on Pinterest. You
can follow my clean eating board here: Cel's clean grub board.
I’ve also recommitted myself to drinking at least 2L of water a
day. Now listen, I’ve always tried to be faithful to drinking water but I’ve
also found that I get lazy (more on that later). I do generally drink a fair
amount of water however I think that I have some days where I either do not
drink enough (I can tell because I still feel thirsty which is a sign that you
are past thirst) or some days I do not drink water (I literally realize this
point at about 2pm). So I’m back on the water. My face loves me for it, my
tummy loves me for it since it curbs hunger, and I just feel good. J
I’m also finding my next workout program that will combine the
goodness of T25 with more weight training. I think this is going to be a hybrid
of T25 and P90X. So it’ll look like a T25 cardio session one day, P90X weights
then next, then repeat. I am excited to give this a shot.
There is one variable outside of this list that I’m keeping an eye
on. Since the twins birth my cycles have not been regular so I’m in my 2nd
month of taking birth control pills. I have noticed a two pound gain since
starting that could or count not be attributed to the pill. So we’ll see…
I promise to blog more and to share more so that if this helps
you, you can get through this funky part of your journey too!
Hugs,
Celia
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