Progress...

I've been doing pretty well so far... There have been mishaps... YES!  Management meetings in Edmonton overnight caused a rough go for me.  I'm feeling down, I text my coach and she sets me straight - MOVE ON!  Push a poop!  LOL!

So, I've moved on.... Yesterday I did great!  Today I'm back to journaling as I have a few things figured out now!

Breakfast: 1 scoop protein, 250ml rice milk, cocoa, instant coffee, 1 tbsp sun butter, 1/2 banana!

Snack: 8 egg whites!  Holy motherfucker!  It's a lot of eggs!

My workouts have been non-existent this week, but last week was very hardcore!  Tonight I'm back to kickboxing and tomorrow I will lift weights again!  Deanna gave me a new finisher, so I'm excited to try that!

These are last Thursday's pics, but I'm already feeling better!

Deanna, are you tricking me into cardio?

The beads of sweat after doing my finisher!

Day 2.... Uh oh...

This is going to be my food journal... the good, the bad, and the ugly!

It's day 2 of my new meal plan:

Meal 1: 250ml coconut milk, 1 scoop of Vega protein powder, 1/2 tsp cocoa, 1/2 tsp instant coffee, 1 tsp sun butter, a little squirt of Agave (if not, this shake is B-L-A-N-D).

Meal 2: I pre-cooked an omelet in the oven.... Wow, Deanna wants me to eat 8 egg whites as one serving of protein.... I might puke.  LOL.  So, I mixed 32 egg whites with green and red peppers and red onion and a sprinkle of salt and threw it in a baking pan - baked for 35 minutes.  Then I cut it into squares - 4 = 8 egg whites each.  Holy moly!  I ate this with a cup of fresh pineapple.  And I am still hungry... WTH???

Meal 3: 1 gluten free wrap with 2 oz turkey, lettuce, red onion, 1/2 tomato, 1/3 avacado.  This was disgusting - I hated the wrap.  In fact, it fell apart.  No more of that!  Then I tried to eat another 4 oz of turkey but I couldn't do it... I think I ate 3.

Meal 4:  6 oz of salmon made into two salmon patties.  There is an egg white in there and some onion and garlic.

Meal 5:  OH FUCK!  I screwed up on Day 2!!!  Are you kidding me???  I had four kids in my care tonight - my own two plus David and Kamryn.  It was a rough night - David was emotional because he got blamed for wrecking another kids ipad.  I realized I did not have enough supper for all of these kids at home!  I was planning to eat leftovers but forgot I was going to have four kids tonight!  Okay... let's go to DQ.  I didn't plan to eat... but I was sooooooooooo hungry!!!  So, I had a kids meal - cheeseburger and fries.  I felt so sick tonight I thought I was going to die.  So, I ate some dried apples which I know are not the best choice but I didn't want to reach for the chocolate after the DQ....

Enough is enough!!  On to Day 3.....

A new strategy for Terri!

Okay... so it's VERY clear that my strategies in the past have not been working for me!  For six years, I have lost weight from January to April, maintained my weight through the summary, and gained weight from October to December.... **sigh** every January I start about 20-30lbs heavier than the previous April.  So frustrating!

So, I decided that enough is enough!  I have to find a new strategy rather than doing the same thing over and over that does not work for me!  Hence, my new coach, Deanna Harder!!!!  She has designed me a food plan and a workout plan!

First off - I'm psyched about the workouts because, as she put it, they are "quick and dirty".  AND THEY ARE!  I'm literally done in 30 minutes and I'm sweating like a BEAST!

Secondly - the food plan incorporates things I normally crave - Tim Horton's mocha, chocolate and chips.  This seems realistic to me.... I don't have to eat them, but I can!

Last, but not least, I have to put away my scale... Yikes, this one freaks me out.  I'm afraid of not being accountable and somehow the scale keeps me accountable... That's what I need to rely on Deanna for.

I trust her (I mean look at her!) so I'm going to give this my very best shot!!!!!

Before pics - January 6th!  Why are these photos so shitty?  Does my iphone suck?  It's a 5... WTH?