WEEK 11:Day 1-6

Wow, I really don't know how the time is flying this fast. The first 2 months felt like an eternity and the last 3 weeks have been going so fast. Part of it is school is coming close to an end, so we are busier as a family and my husband is still in Australia. Also not having a recovery week has made the last 4 weeks more fun. I did the Cinch cleanse for 2 days out of the 5. I totally forgot that I had 2 dinner's planned out that week with friends and it is a cleanse that you really need to do it uninterrupted. So, in the 2 days that I did it I lost 3 pounds. And it's still off and I feel great. The only hiccup I had in week 11 was that on my 6th day, which is Kenpo I did not have time to do it. It's an hour video. I had A hour, so I chose to run for 30 minutes which still allowed me time to shower and get ready. Like I've said before, before P90 I would have said, "Oh, well, no time today" and not done anything. But I knew I had to do something and now I know that if I just do something 5 to 6 days a week I will NEVER get back to where I was 6 months ago.

I am amazed though how much nutrition is a part of losing weight and keeping it off. The minute I think I can coast, is when I either gain, or remain the same. So until I am at my goal weight (145 would be amazing) then I have to keep doing better. I think cheating once in awhile keeps you sane. For myself and my body, I should not be consuming anymore than 1500-1800 calories a day ever. So eating crappy doesn't fit into that number very well-at least large amounts of crappy, and it shouldn't. How I feel when I eat greasy foods, or stuff myself at dinner (sometimes I go for one bite too many mindlessly) is not worth how I feel the next morning. Last week when I ate at my friends, they had a BBQ, and I ate an entire turkey burger, chips, baked beans, salad and smores. I should have only had half a burger, a bigger salad and skipped the baked beans altogether or the smores, but instead I ate all of it and the next day I felt pretty crummy. My main point is, that eating healthier (you will never get me to eat buckwheat pancakes) can be hard, but doing what I'm doing right now; desperately trying to lose 20 pounds is harder. And it's not worth maintaining bad eating habits just because it tastes good. It will continue to be a challenge for me to eat well because I have a major sweet tooth and my husband and I are foodies. But at least I am at a place where I know I will never allow myself to slide back as far as I did; even if I get pregnant again.  =)