What do you do with a day filled with Doctor’s appointments
and last minute Christmas errands?
Duh. Buy Kodiak Cakes!
I have been waiting for the day these bad boys go on
sale because we all have bought health food that is incredibly expensive, brought it home, hated it, and tossed it. I am so glad that today was the day they were on sale. (Thanks Target!)
As soon as I got home, I made a single batch with the option 3 recipe (21g
of protein per cake).
The batch made
three super huge cakes (1/2 c batter) and one baby one for me to try out.
I added some sliced banana and dark chocolate chips
for some added flavor!
My review-AWESOME. They taste exactly like a pancake
you’d get at Perkins or Ihop.
How can you go wrong when it has lots of protein and is
incredibly yummy?
If you are anything like me you are incredibly hard on yourself...all the time.
"I don't like my ......."
"My tummy looks too round in this
shirt"
"These pants give me a muffin top"
"I feel like I need to lose 20 more pounds
to be "happy"."
All of these things are so normalin my
life and I hate it, but I am not sure how to fix it.
We live in a society where we are constantly
comparing ourselves to others, but when is it ever going to be enough?
When are we going to consider ourselves good
enough?
How do we learn to love ourselves?
I am presently obsessed with Dana Linn Bailey.
She was the first Ms. Olympia Physique last year
and was runner up this year.
If she doesn't inspire you, you're obviously not
ready to make a real fitness change. She is a boss.
Her relationship with her husband Rob is truly
amazing. They train together, work
together, (obviously) live together, and are all around good people. They
publish videos everyday of their lives and their workouts; obviously the best
form of inspiration. Seeing real people doing real workouts every day and
showing everyone their good days and the bad reminds me that I am not alone in
my bad days makes me feel like it's all worth it.
This was one of the first videos I watched of
hers and I thought it was the perfect complement to this post.
Here’s a little about me that I am incredibly
proud of:
-50 pounds gone in a year and a half
-My arm definition
-My traps
-I ran a marathon
-I am dorky
-I am a hard worker
-I am a boss
-My face lines.
Only the dedicated have proof of their weight loss. Mine just happens to be shown during one of
my favorite activities. SMILING J
-I take shameless gym selfies
Remember, we don't always need to be who everyone else wants us to be. We need to be ourselves. Whoever we are. Embrace it. Enjoy it. LOVE IT and LOVE YOU!
I challenge you to tell me why you’re proud of
yourself!
If you follow
anyone in the fitness/health industry on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter you
know it's the newest health trend. But what is it? What does it mean?
Is it healthy? Yep, all those questions flew through my mind too.
Since the scale hasn't moved much since I quit being a vegetarian…I
decided to do it!
I started doing my
research a couple of weeks ago and found these websites to be incredibly
helpful.
Basically IIFYM (If
It Fits Your Macros) means that you figure out how your body uses calories then
you come up with a formula to find a good balance between carbohydrates, fats,
and proteins. And you eat! ANYTHING.
Like for real: sugared cereal, poptarts, chips, ice cream, you name it you can have it IF IT FITS YOUR MACROS.
Today was my first
day on the program and so far I love it!
It is a lot of food to eat…not going to lie, but so far so good. My only worry is not being prepped enough
with having to weigh out EVERYTHING that goes into my mouth. I am glad that I decided to do it now that I am
going to be home for the next month. If I
can get in the routine of weighing everything and planning in my macros to
match my workouts (the more you work out the more you have to figure in to your
eating) I think I can be really successful.
I am so glad that I
have the SkinnyMeg team and of course Bailey (who is an IIFYM boss and has been
a saint in responding to my 100+ texts today).
Today my parents
and I went out to dinner for my dad’s 50th birthday. I had a super wacky eating day today due to a
late workout, so I had tons of carbs, protein, and fat left. Basically the menu was my oyster. I had a sample of both my parent’s dinners,
two delicious onion rings, and almost a whole serving of shrimp and vegetable
pasta. I am absolutely stuffed. And I still have so much that I am supposed
to eat. In true Catherine fashion, I texted Bailey freaking out and she
suggested that tomorrow I try eating more in the morning. I can totally do that because tomorrow I am
back to a semi-normal schedule.
I will keep you
posted as to how it goes the rest of the week! Hopefully by this weekend I will
have it semi figured out and will for sure have my menu plan posted by Sunday.
It's officially Sunday according to the clock, so it's time for a weekend rundown.
Friday:
Bails got here and of course we worked out. Leg day!
Then we went to the Johnnie hockey game.
And finally we ended up at SJU watching our friend Chris' annual video premier. Chris is a communication major who always has a go pro or his camera attached to him. He films all of our friends doing anything and everything (usually on the weekends) and complies the footage to make one epic film. I can't wait to look back at these, before I send my future children off to college, to prove that yes at one time I was cool.
Saturday:
Bails and I did a total body workout and I practiced spinning for next weekends bike-a-thon.
Applebee's dinner with Bails, Kyle, and the gang.
Then it was time to have one last game night before Alex makes the big trip to Guatemala.
The big plan for Sunday is to finish up some final projects and papers and get ready for the big return home on Tuesday!
Another fun pic from today was this timehop photo from 3 years ago.
Lately I've been struggling with the scale and yes I see tons and tons of physical changes but the scale goes up and my emotions go down. So seeing this made me feel SO much better.
It's officially Sunday according to the clock, so it's time for a weekend rundown.
Friday:
Bails got here and of course we worked out. Leg day!
Then we went to the Johnnie hockey game.
And finally we ended up at SJU watching our friend Chris' annual video premier. Chris is a communication major who always has a go pro or his camera attached to him. He films all of our friends doing anything and everything (usually on the weekends) and complies the footage to make one epic film. I can't wait to look back at these, before I send my future children off to college, to prove that yes at one time I was cool.
Saturday:
Bails and I did a total body workout and I practiced spinning for next weekends bike-a-thon.
Applebee's dinner with Bails, Kyle, and the gang.
Then it was time to have one last game night before Alex makes the big trip to Guatemala.
The big plan for Sunday is to finish up some final projects and papers and get ready for the big return home on Tuesday!
Another fun pic from today was this timehop photo from 3 years ago.
Lately I've been struggling with the scale and yes I see tons and tons of physical changes but the scale goes up and my emotions go down. So seeing this made me feel SO much better.
Anyone who has struggled with weight knows that the easiest way to reward ourselves is with food. Not cool. So like I said in my December goals post I want to make my rewards worth it (and now just go buy them anyways).
I work a lot. If you know me or are a regular reader you know that. It is the only way to go to school, so naturally my semester break is working 40+ hour weeks for the next 4 weeks. Welcome to adulthood.
My bosses are going out of town for three of those four weeks which means I'm the big man. Gulp.
So in order to keep my sanity and still have a "fun" break this is what I've come up with. A fitness related reward for every complete week where I successfully met my goals.
I got this ladies!
And of course I had to make a pretty calendar to go with it :)
How do you make goals and corresponding rewards?
Until tomorrow,
C
Prepare yourself for a weekend recap of Adventures with Bailey!
I seem to always make the same goals (drink more water, drink protein shakes daily, no candy, etc) and then never keep them. That's over.
Bailey sent me an inspiration text yesterday that was just perfect!
So this month I'm doing goals differently. I'm going to make them real and attainable and at the end of the month I'm going to come back and see how I really did!
Here we go:
-Wear normal clothes at least 3 days a week.
- Listen to my body and actually rest when I need to rest. (I am horrible at this and that's why I almost fainted today....)
- Selfie a day
- Keep a positive attitude
- Remember to not sweat the small stuff and that being happy/safe/stress free is the most important
- Reward myself for monthly work, workout, and eating accomplishments. (Keep eyes open for details later in the week)
