Diet Plateau

As everyone knows, I have adopted a diet plan hoping to achieve weight loss and live a healthier lifestyle. I bid bye-bye to my old eating habits and given up many of my favorite foods in favor for healthier alternatives. My hard work paid off and I lost nearly 20 lbs! But, now it seems I've hit this diet plateau demon. For a few weeks now the scale hasn't moved an inch. Anyone who has ever been on a diet knows how discouraging it is. I have tried hard to try to not get disheartened. Today I decided to put on this shirt which I love but, have never been able to wear because of being waaay too tight. I couldn't bear to get rid of it because it is so darn cute. I couldn't believe it! The shirt fits me awesome with lots of room to spare! Okay, So I came up with this conclusion...A diet plateau can be discouraging and demotivating, but, don't give up! In my case, I have been exercising so much more and they do say muscle weighs more than fat. It's good to lose weight but, losing inches is great! I must be doing something right! I have made a commitment to live a healthy lifestyle, in return lose some pounds and so I will outsmart my metabolism and conquer the diet plateau!

30 Day Challenge - Check In

Well, it's Tuesday, and it's time to check in. Although, I haven't had the time to do my crunches, I have done plenty of walking back and forth, up and down steps, lifting and all that good stuff the past few days. My poor old body feels it also! I believe I have used muscles I haven't used all winter. All and all by staying busy and constantly moving. There has been times I almost forgot to eat and when I did eat, I noticed my appetite was smaller. I guess that is a good thing. I really hope to get some crunches in this week though because my tummy area needs a whole lot of work! Did you get your workout in this week?

The 30 Day Challenge!

I am joining the 30 day challenge with http://dailyessentialsanddeals.blogspot.com Oh yea, for me its going to be a challenge! Diet and excercise has been on my mind now for some time. I have gotten quite lazy this winter and I wonder why I do not feel as good as I used to. This should be fun. I am going to find 10-15 minutes a day to excercise. That sounds simple enough hugh? It can be walking or crunchers, riding a bike whatever, it doesn't matter as long as its excercising. If you want to join me, just leave a comment and let me know! I will post each week my success and my hope, not too many failures. Here's my plan: excercise everyday! Keeping it simple!

Walk! and when I can't walk...

Stretch(this is very important, even before walking)

50 leg lifts

50 side to side crunchers

50 crunchers

Remember Drink lots of water 8-10 glasses everyday(this might be a hard one for me)

Let's have fun and encourage one another!