Journey to be me: Week 1

It has been 7 days on this new 90 day journey. It has been a tough but good week. I thought that my eating would be harder than it has been. I have done more weights this week than in the past and am changing up my cardio. 1700 calories have been very tolerable. I am eating much cleaner and healthier- lots of egg whites, lean protein, and not many carbs. The longer I am on this journey the more I am realizing that I can not and WILL NOT do this on my own. It is taking a great support team. I have friends willing to tell me to put the candy down, make a better choice, run faster, and work out harder. I am so lucky to have these people around me. I know that many go on this journey alone and I am so thankful for those few people who can call me out in love and kindness. I have always been a pretty self conscious person, but I have finally opened my heart and allowed people in. I have a few people who can look at me and say "you're trying to loose that muffin top, right??- so run faster!!" It is that moment when I realize that people do care and people do want to see me succeed. It is the little things this time that I am finding most helpful. Things like- people asking me what I am eating, texting people pictures of tough moments like candy being on the lounge table at work, cleaning out the candy from my desk, and simply being able to tell people it's a rough day. I know that not everyone needs others, or can handle people being very frank and to the point but, for me..this round it is working and what I need!
Thank you FRIENDS!!!

Here are a few pictures that I have shared with others this week!

Day one- I receive a very cute late Christmas gift filled with my favorite candy! REALLY!!! Talk about temptation! I can proudly say I gave them to my students :)

Lunch

I baked a fun cake with my friend's son, I sure did get a text making sure I was not eating the entire cake :-) I ate about a cupcakes worth with very little icing! Sounds like a small thing but that was a huge success for me!!