Bikini Challenge Update

Well, so far I haven't been doing very well with this. It is my own fault obviously. I think the fact that I am in a much more comfortable zone for myself has made my motivation wane a little. However, I know that I am not quite where I want to be. I had  a great afternoon with one of my good friends here and we talked about some personal realizations we had both had. I realize that even though Core is all about listening to your body, at this point, it is not unreasonable to think that the body can lie to you. At present, I feel like my body tells me it is hungry when it really isn't. I devised a plan to do a quick breathing exercise and wait a few minutes to "test" my hunger when it seems I shouldn't be hungry just yet. Now I just have to DO IT.

I'm  happy to say that I did get more or less back on track exercise wise this week. I am going to be at the restaurant all day today 11:30a-10p so I scratched my plan to run to the farmer's market.

So as for the bikini challenge, I think my weight is actually UP (ugh) as the scale said 123 this morning, but I do feel good. The way my weight fluctuates, I could get to 120 easily by next thursday which is the end of my phase 1. So I vow to stick to plan and take my measurements and new photo then.

Hope everyone else is well! And doing better than I am!

doing all right

I see your graph's moving back down, so you're approaching the end of your Phase One. As for your body lying to you, I think that happens all the time. I was STARVED last night when I got back from yoga, but I had already eaten all my meals for the day. My body wanted food, but it didn't need food. I'm not running a marathon or anything--I don't need a carb load. I just have to train my body to know it's not going to get food it doesn't need just because it's whining.