T25 Week 5 Review

I have officially ended Alpha phase of T25. Monday I will start Beta Phase, which kicks it up a notch and adds some upper body work and weights. I still have not lost any weight this week. I have got to dial in my diet as I am not as strict as I need to be. I know that and I am trying not to get discouraged and give up. This is where I usually quit and decide I need to start over so I can do it right and better and perfect. I am trying to break the cycle and continue on. I cannot tell you how happy I am not to see Total Body Circuit again in the next 5 weeks. Happy to have all new workouts.

This coming week is Thanksgiving. We had a Thanksgiving lunch yesterday at my husbands company. I brought butterbeans and deviled eggs. It was all casseroles and desserts so since I am gluten free I couldn't even have most items. I had ham, turkey, butterbeans, broccoli salad, and tea. There was a crust less pie my husband thought was gluten free and he brought a slice for me. I didn't touch it.

We have another lunch after church. I have to bring two sides. I may take the broccoli salad and some southern peas.

I am making ham, Turkey, gluten free southern dressing, peas, fried corn, roasted sweet potatoes, and a cheesecake for Thanksgiving. I'm going to have a cheat day and then freeze stuff like leftover dressing so I don't carry it onto the next week and get off eating right.

Eating Clean

Have you heard of eating clean? I picked up a book at Sams Club probably a year ago called the Eat Clean Diet by Tosca Reno.

What amazed me is that Tosca was over 40 and at almost 200 lbs when she woke up. She was me!!! She began to eat a clean diet and work out with weights and looks amazing now. A clean diet is pretty much whole foods that aren't processed. So, you eat meat, veggies, potatoes, rice, fruit, etc. You don't eat stuff that has all the additives and has been packaged in a mix. I cook at home most nights anyway, and since I have been eating gluten free it fits right in. They even have a magazine called Clean Eating that I get and noticed most of the recipes are gluten free, just because they stay away from white pastas and eat more protein/veggie type meals. It is not a low carb diet. You can eat brown rice, potatoes, and whole wheat pastas. They say what you eat is way more important than your exercise in shaping your body. And it pushes weights over cardio, because we have to shape the muscles.


Tosca is a regular writer in Oxygen magazine. It is a fitness magazine. I've been picking it up for inspiration. It is so easy to give up and believe you can't change after so many years. I know I am scared that after five kids and being overweight my skin will sag, that it will not produce the results I want. But, they highlight women, many over 40, who have done it! And they look amazing. I want it!

I have started today. With it being Labor Day and we had to be somewhere at 10:00. I didn't get up to exercise early. I plan to do my Firm DVD later today. I have craved horrible stuff since I woke up, but am determined to fuel my body with what it needs and quit giving in to the cravings for what will only produce more cravings. I am weighing and measuring and need to take some before photos.

I am not giving up!

I am on day 9 of my weight loss journey at my other blog and just wanted to update here. I have not been on the computer the last couple of days but did weigh in Monday. I am down 2-1/2 lbs. Yipee! That is without really pushing hard and, you know, actually eating right and exercising.

Losin it!

Today is the day I am starting my exercising and diet. I don't want to clutter this blog with daily journaling so if you would like to keep my accountable or join in visit my other blog.

To those in my area that read my blog- if any of you ladies would like to schedule times to seek out trails around Madison or go to Dublin/ Monrovia tracks then I would love to do that. It would be fun to meet a few times a month and get out together to motivate each other. We could even have a contingency plan if it is really bad weather when we planned it to walk in the mall or pay $2 for Dublin's indoor track.