Okay, its late, I'm exhausted and this will be a super short post.

Pros of the day:

1.) I managed to "almost" stay within my daily points.

2.) I still had a tea this morning instead of coffee (This will be a long process to wean myself off caffeine!)

3.) I made all of my appointments and commitments without sacrificing the gym. I managed to get a pretty grueling workout on the ARC cross trainer today. Those things are no joke.

4.) I had dinner at P. Bread and skipped the bread for an apple and kept the whole thing at 12 points.

Cons of the day:

1.) I'm exhausted.

2.) The only way I was able to make all of my commitments was caving, going over points, and getting a grande skinny hazelnut latte.

Like I said, short post. Keep in touch though - my trainer's last day is tomorrow, I'm sure the post will be good!

Day One!!

Okay, so the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Lets start with ugly and just get it out of the way . . .

Weight: 162.0
Body Composition: 29.0

Wow, okay, so I was expecting better considering I've been on Weight Watchers and exercising regularly for some time now. I keep telling myself that I've already lost 30 pounds that is no small task.

Less offensive, but still not awesome: the bad.

My trainer since January, who I FINALLY feel like I can trust and we are getting somewhere is leaving me for Thailand at the end of this week. I seriously had my trainer break up with me. I didn't even think that was possible.

I miscalculated my salad dressing today and used 6 points on oil. Ugh, so not happy about that choice.

And finally, the good:

I went to spin class today and continued even-though I was close to death for half the time. 7 activity points earned for 40 minutes of insanity.

I signed up for the Drop 10 program at my gym. Twice a week fitness and nutritional training. Hopefully this will compensate for losing my trainer. See how I try to stay positive?

I made sure to drink my protein drink no matter how gross it was going down. I switched my morning drink to tea, and only had one coffee today. I added 2 extra glasses of water, which is new for me.

I only went one point over my food, even with the dressing debacle.

Overall, good start. Or maybe I'm in a caffeine deprived delirium. We'll see.

60 Days Starts . . . . Tomorrow!

So this really is a test post to get things up and running. Not to mention go over my ground rules and try to give myself some kind of responsibility to myself. And of course, to use all of the bad grammar my high school teacher desperately tried to drill out of me. Okay, enough of that.

For those that know me, you all have been exposed to my semi-crazy need to be healthy, to be organized and clean, to be organic and local, and to save the world. That being said, I've been able to get a little going on the health front - I've successfully lost over 30 pounds through exercising and eating better, but once again I've plateaued. I feel like I have accomplished so much this year by getting ahead of finances, traveling more, completing my masters, going to the gym regularly, joining groups I really believe in like Junior League, and developing my counseling credentials to better my professional career, I've become complacent. What else is there really? 

Turns out, quite a bit. I'm not at my goal body weight or body composition. I still rent, not own (even though I continually dialogue with myself on the value of cutting my own grass). I don't practice what I preach when I talk to others about living healthy and sustainably. I don't have a completed apartment and my closet still looks like a college kids even though I'm staring thirty in its laugh-lined face. (I don't have those yet thank God - I knew there was a good reason to be so serious!!). 

So one thing at a time. My gym started a 60 day challenge, and being a bit narcissistic in the land of Instagram and Facebook, I thought - "My goodness, self, people will want to hear about your progress!!" I entered the land of reality quickly and realized that "people" meant my best friend and my mother. I'm at least hoping for that many.

The goal of this blog used to be simple - and then I got to thinking- which always makes projects way more difficult for me. This blog will have two main parts:

1.) 60 Day Challenge: my progress, giving advice, receiving advice. I'm more of a food and exercise reviewer than creator, so get used to that.

2.) Clean Living: I mean this in the realest way possible. I'm not going to farmers markets every weekend or paying through the nose for organic spelt bread (?) at Whole Foods. I like Starbucks. I enjoy take-out. I'm busy and don't always sweep the apartment every night. Is it possible for someone who cares about the environment but also cares about 600 thread count sheets not made out of hemp to exist? Well find out.

Stay tuned - the challenge starts TOMORROW! (Time to eat cheesecake and ice-cream - since I have one more day and all . . . .)