This whole weekend was a MEH in terms of effort in sticking to my macros.  Saturday was OK and probably hovered around where I should have been but yesterday was another story.  I started off ok but got to lunch and didn’t weigh my pasta like I should have, probably ate too much chicken and when we got home from dropping my son off back at school, I lost all control and care and filled my face with handfuls of nuts, 6 large T full of ice cream and then ate the dinner I’d planned also.  Now nuts are ok in moderation so I could live with that, the ice cream well I justified that by saying that a cheat day here an there is ok.  And it is, however, I feel disappointed in myself for letting go of will power so easily.  Doesn’t really happen much but I was feeling like I had no progress and was too old to make big changes and heading into a bloat week so basically I gave up.  I’m not a quitter so I took an early set of March progress photos and measurements before I hit my big bloat days.  I put them side by side and was less than thrilled at what I was looking at ……………UNTIL I looked at them NEXT TO the January starting pics.

Well, I’ll be darned.  Definite progress folks!  Clear signs that things are tucking in where I want them and proof  enough to get me back on track and super motivated to keep going.   I did the measuring thing and overall I’m down 1.75 inches!  Down everywhere except my thighs but I’ll get there with more effort on the leg adduction machine.  Instantly I felt better and quelled the impatient me by reminding her that progress at the level of effort I’m putting in will take time.  A reminder that cellulite is a tough opponent to beat and only a nimble mind and consistent effort can beat her.  The scale isn’t moving but that’s ok because the right visual things are happening.  It will take what I believe to be the better part of a year until I envision significant progress to my goal.  Now my 50th birthday is in 2.5 months and I’d really like to make more headway so I’m willing to step up a bit to fast track in the short term.

Here’s what I will do.  add another day cardio, step up Ab workouts and work on my macro intake (Sighs again) to tweak it even further.  Not only will I do these things but I’ll read a book online about it to be a more educated person.  That’s the deal on my table that I’m committing to between now and my birthday.  So stay tuned for April updates as I think they’re going to be good!