Sept 25th to Oct 25th

Total weight lost in FOUR months is 39 pounds! :)

Total inches lost from waist in FOUR months is 6.5 inches! 

Positive changes this month:  
I am really happy with my protein increase. It has been a goal of mine to keep increasing it, but has been really hard. The increase was minor, but makes me happy regardless. I have been eating more egg whites, and have been eating cereals with high protein. I have paid close attention to the protein all foods have. Hopefully I can continue increasing it and reach my protein goal. 

Negative Changes: 
This month was hard for me to go running on the days I don't have camp. It gets dark early, and being the paranoid person I am, it is very hard to convince myself to go running at night. From now on, if I can't find someone to go with, I will work out at home no matter what. No excuses :)

Tip of the month:  This month was my birthday month and I knew a lot of dinners were coming up. For me personally, restaurants are very tempting. Obviously, most restaurants are NOT portion friendly. One plate can easily be dinner for two. In addition, not all restaurants have healthy options and will be a lot of calories EVEN if you eat half your plate. For this reason, the days I knew I was going to dinner are the days that my breakfast and lunch was light. This does not mean that I go crazy for dinner. I either share half with someone, or take half of it home for tomorrow's lunch (only if it is something I consider healthy enough to eat again). Another thing I do is count my calories by lunch time. After counting my calories, I have an idea of how many calories I can eat during dinner. It is something I do everyday and it is something that obviously worked because my calories were way lower this month.

 My goals for this month were...

1. Lose 8lbs or more
2. Do not exceed an average of more than 1,450 calories
3. 80 grams of protein or more (baby steps towards the 120g goal)
4. Average of 10 glasses of water (need to work so hard on this)
5. Excercise more than 20hrs this month 
6. Keep an eye on my carbs, do not go over 140g average

These are my results from Sep 25th to Oct 25th based on my journal ...

• I lost  9 pounds this month :)
• I lost 1 inch from my waist this month.
• Drank an average of 6 glasses of water.(it went down from last time :((( 
• The calories I ate this month were an average of 1,345 :)
• The average carbs I ate this month were 174g (have to go even lower)
• The average protein I ate this month was 70 (which is 3g higher than last time, so I still need to work on this)
• In this whole month I did 17 hrs of exercise (which is ok, but I know I can do more )

2 out of 6 goals accomplished
Thankfully, I was able to surpass my 8lbs off goal. Also, I lowered my calorie intake a lot! I was constantly checking to make sure I was not going over my calories. The goals I failed on were my exercise hours, I would of lost much more weight if I would of continued working out the days I do not have camp. Also, my water was really low this month. My protein did go up, but not to the goal. Lastly, my carbs are lower but not as low as it should be. This month I am going to focus on being strict with my carbs and protein.
<3 Denise