Hi Girls!
We are all finishing our last week of boot camp for another month! I have tried staying off of the scale as much as possible and have just focused on making clean eating and exercise a normal part of my routine and not obsessing quite as much as I did during the last boot camp. Alison has told all of us that it is okay to have a cheat meal once in a while and that we must take a break now and then from exercise, so that we don't burn out. I think following her "80/20" rule has really helped me to make healthy habits part of a normal lifestyle, more than if I did it 100% of the time. 80 % of the time, follow the plan to a T! But allow yourself 20% to slide a little bit now and then. We have to live a little bit, right?! They say treat others as you would want to be treated. Well, treat yourself the way that you want to be treated, too! You want to be healthy, so be healthy most of the time. You want to splurge and treat yourself, so do it....20% of the time!
:-) I have made Monday through Friday my strictest days. I eat clean, every 3 hours and have been exercising at the gym, in addition to bootcamp on bootcamp off days. When Saturday and Sunday roll around, I choose one of the two as a day to rest from exercise. As far as food goes, if I want pancakes for breakfast one day, I will have them and then eat within reason for the rest of the day. My boyfriend and I were out of town, eating on the road all weekend and I slid off the plan, but within reason. Today is Monday and it's back to being strict for the rest of the week. So finding a balance is key to keeping my sanity, treating myself, yet being good to myself. And I do think it is working! We weigh in again on Friday, and I am confident that I will have met my goal for the month, as a happy person! I will let you know! Let's all push ourselves a little harder during our last week and make it count!
See you at the park!
Tamara
