Week 4-Finding What Works For Me

Good morning! Welcome to that Sunday where everyone loses an hour of their day. This is always one of my least favorite days of the year. It's so disorienting, don't you think?

This week marked my last week of Phase 1. I ended up switching back to my Weight Watchers PointsPlus system for my diet. It's just easier for me to keep track of what I eat this way. It also allows me to eat the amount of calories I want to eat for each meal. Having to calculate exact calorie breakdowns for each meal just got way too annoying. Overall, I just feel that Weight Watchers is a more sustainable diet plan. Some of Jillian's recipes are delicous, and I will certainly include them in my  diet, but I found myself obsessing over what I was eating when I was following her meal plan and, quite frankly, I have one life to live here. I should be able to live my life day to day without harping on whether or not I ate around 400 calories for lunch. It's much easier for me to calculate points and allot for meals out, cheat points, etc.

The workouts were also interesting this week. Workout 3 was such a struggle for me on Monday, but I managed to kick ass at it on Thursday, the last time I was to do that workout. Sure there are still a few moves I struggle with, but everyone has those. I was debating whether or not to move up but was given advice to do so, and I'll be beginning Phase 2 tomorrow. I've heard awful things about Workout 5, namely that it's one of the hardest in the program, but I'll just keep in mind that I'll only have to do it 4 times and then I'm done. I did really well at Workout 4 this week and I'll be sad to see it go, along with Cardio 1. I grew to love doing this cardio workout over the 1st month, but it's time to move on to something harder. I won't be sorry to say goodbye to the Running Man exercise though. I'd rather Jillian have just given us an extra minute of suicides! ;)

This week, I FINALLY saw a loss again! Looks like switching up my diet a bit paid off. I lost three more pounds, making my Phase 1 results:

Weight Loss: 5 pounds

Inches Lost: About 10

I took more pictures today to see the progress from the beginning to Phase 1, and I could see a difference in my physique! I've heard Phase 2 kicks up the volume on the body transformation and weight loss, so I'm excited. I'll be looking to lose more than 5 pounds next month, but hey, that makes about 14 pounds since January when I started dieting. I'll take it!

Encouraging words always welcome! I struggle sometimes with bad days or insecurities and you guys are the ones who help me through. Thanks again!

xo, Sarah