Cheater Cheater Pumpkin Eater

Well I haven't written a new post in a while...and here is why...I'VE BEEN CHEATING.

I have been too embarrassed to write because I haven't had good results to report :(  After Anderson's bday party a week and a half ago, I just got off the bandwagon.  I allowed myself a couple cheat meals in a row, and BAM down hill I went!

All last week I ate whatever I wanted.  I will say it was better than I used to be, but it was still bad.  By last Friday, I told myself "I'll start fresh again on Monday."  So of course Saturday and Sunday I stuffed my face.  Ugh, what is my deal.  I'm not going to lie, this is how I was feeling...



Anyways, this Monday I got back on it.  And I looked on the scale and had gained 4 lbs in one week.  OMG.  Seriously?  It takes a month to lose 4 lbs and 1 week to gain it back! I was so frustrated and disappointed in myself.  But seriously, after one day of dedicated focus the next morning I was 3 lbs lighter.  So that made me feel a little bit better.  I honestly believe drinking tons of water if key.  I hadn't been doing good with my water last week and I could definitely tell.  So now I am 1 lb away from where I was at my lowest 2 weeks ago.  I am 2 lbs away from hitting a new "decade" the 160s!  I WANT TO BE THERE SOOO BAD!  I am making a goal to get there by my weigh in on Wednesday, but that could be a stretch!  We will see!

I totally make mistakes and am still figuring out how to make this "clean" eating work in my life.  I absolutely believe that it is the healthiest way to be, but I am thinking that for myself right now, I can't be a 100% clean eater.  I am aiming to be a 70% clean eater and hopefully over time I will keep raising that percentage.  For the first few weeks of clean eating I did great.  But after a while I felt like I was eating the same exact things over and over and over again and got bored and wanted to cheat.  So, my new goal is to try to do a much better job of branching out, researching clean eating recipes, and totally mixing it up on what I am eating every week. Variety is the spice of life right?

I think this all the time....



But we all know this is a  life long journey.  I can't look at it as a diet.  It is a new lifestyle.  And if I want to have a few "Treat" meals every now and then that is okay.  They aren't "cheat" meals.  I just need to make them a "treat" MEAL and not a treat WEEK!