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Change is good...

Some of you may have been wondering what the hell happened last week. I didn't do my post on Monday cause well, really there was nothing to post about, other than my weight not changing. It gave me time to think about how to change up my routine and to get past this wonderful plateau that has come upon me. Not going to lie I have gotten a little relaxed with my eating habits, not caloric intake, but what I'm eating. Some of you may know I went camping a couple weekends ago and ever since then I have been craving non stop. Even caught myself binging a couple times. I still have been logging but it still looks so bad. We all go through it and even now when I'm starting to feel good about myself, I need to stay focused. So this month is a new month.

Some changes are NEEDED right now. Starting today, I begin a fat-burning weightlifting routine. Everyday I will be doing a different body part with at least 30 min of cardio, which will not be hard since I love my cardio! Sundays will still be my rest days and I now will weigh in on Wednesdays. I chose Wednesday to weigh-in because its my mid week. I seem to have a routine during the week and weighing in on Mondays right after my rest day was killing me. I was bloated and it was making me discouraged. (Plus who wants to take pics of themselves all bloated?!) If this doesn't work for me I will go back, but changing up normal routines is a great way to make your body listen. 

I read this great article on plateaus in my local news online. Please read if you are stuck and don't know where to go with your diet and exercise. Some of it I already knew, but I also learned a lot from it.

http://www.kval.com/news/health/breaking-diet-plateau-215110291.html?m=y&smobile=y

So I will see you all Wednesday for my 16 week picture and weigh-in! 

-Ash 

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