Week 2: Day 7

So today with that extra hour of sleep I am feeling amazing! :) Love carefree Sunday's.

I planned to be at the gym at 1, but I also planned to go to church. Ended up sleeping until 12.

Breakfast: smoothie (banana, strawberry, pineapple, peanut butter, and almonds) 2 eggs, coffee (5 cups).

Snack: 3 cookies = 300 calories, therefore my snack equivalent for the day.

I will go for around 4pm-5pm for cardio/weights and then come home and work on an assignment, and again from 7pm-8pm for cardio/weights. Hoping to see this as a 700+ calories burned kind of day!

Heading to my first workout, 4:40-5:40, wearing my Steelers jersey in all its glory!!! :) LETS GO STEELERS. Hoping they'll let me watch the game at Goodlife.

So I'd like to make a shoutout to a bunch of awesome people who have really inspired and encouraged me:

Rachael Ernst and her blog: Things I Just Do Not Understand

She inspired me with a bit about her own journey, and some tips:

• Don't be too strict with your diet. It's really easy to get fixated on it and it will be hard to stick to. A diet of 1800 cal per day is probably a little more realistic. If you eat too little, your body will go into starvation mode and ANYTHING you eat will be stored as fat and wont be burned.
• Try to eat every 3 hours. It will keep your body from going into "starvation" mode. 
• Drink lots of water. 
• Have breakfast as soon as you wakeup. 
• Keep the good fats in your diet. 
• TREAT YO SELF: in small amounts but regularly. 
• DO NOT get fixated on the number. Muscle weighs more than fat and sometimes your number will go up but don't let that discourage you. 
• How your clothes fit will be a better indicator of your progress. and last but not least, just keep going!!!

Thank you Rachael for your advice and postivity! :)