My little Bit of Honey

If you've been following along, you know that I've been doing a challenge in January of no sugar/alcohol and squats/push-ups. Well this challenge is almost over and now we're moving into a new month so today I want to focus on what worked in January and what didn't as well as what my progress was. Then I want to go into my plan for next month and to keep the momentum going. First, I want to say that this has been quite eye opening for sure, eliminating added sugar has changed how I feel as well as made a huge impact on my weight. I will be honest when I say that some days I really want a piece of chocolate, but the cravings have for the most part subsided. I have a good protein powder and when I really need chocolate, I'll mix that with some yogurt and that helps to subside the craving. I've felt a lot better since controlling my calories and focusing on what I'm eating, I've also been within my calorie range almost every single day of this month. Doin...

First things first, the Patriots are going to the Super Bowl AGAIN! The game yesterday was super stressful and I did not sit down the entire 4th quarter. Somehow, Brady and the boys pulled out a win again though. Can't wait for the Super Bowl! We really are incredibly spoiled in New England. Also, can we talk about how precious the hug between Belichick and Patricia was? I think we all said "Aw" at the same time haha!  Anyway! Back to the point of this post. I weighed in this morning and lost another 1.8lbs! Woohoo! My guess is that the exercise is really helping, I worked out 5 times last week which was my goal and something I haven't done in...almost a year! I kept my calories in check and made good choices last week. I have a little over a week left in my January challenge and then we start to move onto February. I've got a good challenge for my group in mind and am looking forward to it. My bigger challenge is going to be reintroducing sugar into my diet, ho...

Another week and I'm a few days late, whoops! Last week went really well, I was able to stick to my plan though I did have pizza on Saturday. I didn't give myself a hard time about it though, I just enjoyed that pizza and then picked up on Sunday and got right back to it. My treadmill has been great and I'm on week 2 of C210K. I'm halfway through my challenge for January - no sugar and no alcohol. I've been doing great! I had a few slip ups with the no sugar, but mostly I am sticking to it completely. I've also stuck to the workouts which have been push-ups and squats and I've noticed I'm getting better at push-ups every day. Eventually I want to work getting back into the gym with the weights into my schedule, but I'm taking it one day at a time so far. I really just want to focus right now on finishing up this challenge and get into a good routine with running. They (who is they anyways?) say it takes about 21 days to build a habit and I'm al...

I had a goal of writing on Mondays but this week kind of got away from me. I had a pretty great week last week and have been losing weight. I've lost 8.8lbs since right after Thanksgiving and am calling that a WIN. I've also been keeping in line with my no sugar or alcohol challenge and completing the exercises. I'm in a few different challenges so that's keeping me motivated too! Anyway, onto the meal plan for this week. I will also review what I've made already. These all came from the SkinnyTaste fast and slow cookbook. Sunday: Lasagna soup. I LOVED this one, it was a big hit! The only change I had to make was that I made it with pork sausage instead of chicken which added a little bit more calories to it. I will definitely be making it again though. Monday: Chicken Dumpling Soup - this wasn't my favorite, I'm not sure if it was an error on my part or what but the dumplings fell apart and the soup didn't have a lot of flavor to it. I also made...

I've been really crappy at writing the past 6 months (ok maybe the past few years), but I'm really hoping to get back into it with 2018. I know a lot of people look at New Years Resolutions as silly, why wait until the first of the year to start fresh? I'm not sure why, but it's always been good for me, I've always really liked having that ability to look forward and be positive about the new year. So, with that being said, I want to talk about some of my goals for 2018 and beyond. I'm going to be snagging some ideas from my girl Kelly at Rejectingordinary.com as well as throwing some of my own in. The first thing and something I really love that Kelly talked about in her blog is MealPlan Mondays, where she posts her meal plans for the week. I love this idea! It will keep me accountable for doing meal plans every week (and hopefully sticking to them). So my goal is to post a meal plan each Monday with what we're having for dinner for the week.  Next, I...