Another month coming to an end.  How is it October tomorrow?!!! This year feels like it’s going at warp speed!
September saw Edward heading back to school for his second year of preschool and it was also the month I turned 44 years old.  There were some ups and downs, but I would say it wasn’t too bad overall.

Now to get to the main event.  The weigh in.  When I signed up to be a coach back in May, I wasn’t sure how this weight loss situation would go.  Then, the first month I lost 5 pounds.  And second month another 5 pounds.  And the 3rd and 4th month as well.  When the September accountability group started, I asked everyone to write down a goal for the month any goal, not necessarily a number but anything they felt was challenging but attainable.  I wrote down 179.  I mean I couldn’t very well lose 5 pounds every month and then NOT lose 5 pounds this month, right?  It’s become this non-negotiable thing now.  I haven’t seen the 170’s since I was pregnant with Edz, so this month felt strangely daunting.  Oh who am I kidding…EVERY month feels daunting! lol!  But whenever I’m about to break into a new weight range, it’s always a little exciting/nerve wracking.

ok….drumroll…

I freaking did it!  And it came right down to the wire, but I did it.  For about half of the month, I stayed around 184.  Halfway through September, I started noticing I was hovering between 180-182.  Then the last week it was almost always 181.  Till yesterday.  I hit 179 and I squealed out loud 🙂

Here’s the 5 month, May-September before and after shot…

Waist – 40                                                                               Waist – 35

Hips – 48                                                                                 Hips – 43

Thighs – 27.5                                                                        Thighs – 25.5

Arms – 14                                                                                Arms – 13

So, not too shabby!  I’m very proud and happy with my progress.  I’ve got my marathon mentality hat on, so while I do wish it didn’t take quite so long, I’ve come to grips with the fact that not only will this not happen overnight, but it’s going to take MONTHS.  And that’s ok.  Because even though I do have an end goal in my head, this isn’t going to end the day the scale hits the magic number.  This will be the rest of my life.  So I’m just getting used to my new normal 🙂

As far as food goes, Dan and I celebrated my birthday by having lunch at a local pizza place.  It was delicious and I enjoyed prosecco and pizza and mozzarella sticks.  Heaven.

Here’s the kicker though…because I’ve been eating so clean and healthy consistently for these past 5 months, when I DO have something that is very high in bad carbs/sugar, it actually affects me for about 2-3 days AFTER!  My cravings for more carbs went through the roof that week.  It was really nuts.  So now, when I think about having pizza, pasta, bread, or wine or chips or something, it’s not really that particular meal that is the problem.  It’s the after effect of cravings that is the tougher fight!  Since I was eating this kind of food frequently before, I never knew how tired it was making me or how much it was a vicious circle of cravings.
Now I know.  Live and learn.

I came home the other day to a big Beachbody delivery!  It was our prizes from Team Cup which is a contest held among coaches in the company.  Because our team did so well, we got 3 fun presents!  Weeeeee!

My favorite being the Country Heat sweatshirt since I’m now a huge Country Heat nerd and love it with all my heart! 🙂 Plus it says “coach” on the arm, so I feel all cool and official.  Ha!  See?  Nerd.  Don’t expect to see me getting on that skateboard anytime soon though! Omg that would be such a disaster! lol

And that’s not all!  I also got to meet MY coach, Kiera for the first time despite us living in the same neighborhood for years!  Now she’s moved about 20 min away, but we managed to see each other 3 times this month!  Making up for lost time 🙂  I’m so happy that I took a chance on Mother’s Day and wrote to her.  She’s become a great friend and partner in this biz we call Coaching. 🙂

THEN, my best friend, Angela got a last minute deal on a flight to NYC and came to visit!!!

It’s been a long time since we’ve seen each other.  Every other time she’s been to visit it’s been so hectic and fast and we never had enough time.  Well, not this visit.  We spent the whole day together Tuesday and the morning on Wednesday.  She finally got to meet Edward (she had only met him once when he was still a baby) and they became fast friends!

It made me SO happy to be able to spend time with her.  And now that we are in the accountability groups together, we are so much closer and I feel SO grateful for that.  It’s the best thing in the world climbing this mountain with her.  She looks out of this world amazing and I’m so proud of her.  Just beyond words.

So, yeah, this month was pretty darn good.  I’m even MORE excited for October if that’s possible!  Reeeeally looking forward to our next accountability group!  If you’d like to join us, I would love to help you to get healthy and happy!  Click the contact button and get in touch!