Beth Ann's Never-Ending Quest for Something

I want to start by thanking the awesome CeeJay for leaving me the following comment yesterday:  One day at a time, one meal at a time, one workout at a time, one good decision at a time.  Look familiar?  Yeah, that's my motto.  It brought tears to my eyes to read it because I had forgotten my life plan and I can't thank her enough for bringing it back to me.

Yesterday was a good day.  My very realistic goals were:

• Drink at least 2 big bottles of water. 
• Eat 200-400 calories less than I burn.

Results:

• I drank two large bottles (34 oz each) along with my other liquid for the day.
• According to my fitbit, I ate 680 calories less than I burned and I believe that is from 9pm, so I have about 3 more hours of calorie burn that isn't included in that. 

I'm not going to lie.  I spent a lot of the day hungry, but with the calorie deficit I had, I could have had another snack.  I just have to work more to remember that balance. 

I almost always burn less calories at CrossFit than Jazzercise, so I will have less to play with today.  However, if I stay in yesterday's range, I should be more than fine. 

Here is a quick peek of my CrossFit donut crew.  Why we take pictures post workout, I do not know.  I will say that I do not like this picture of myself at all.  But I will post it anyway.

1. I don't like that I'm bigger than all the other girls.  But then again, that's one of the main reasons I'm there, right?  And here for that matter.  I'm on a quest to get smaller and strengthen myself in the process.  If I wussed out because I was bigger than the other girls, I would never get anywhere. 
2. I don't like my big clodhopper shoes.  I'm willing to bet that no one else notices, but I do.  I plan to buy the low profile shoes before I start back up in August.
3. I look forward to later this summer when I'm able wear a tank top without worrying about getting my arm fat tangled up in my jump rope.
4. I also can't wait until my hair is long enough to put in a pony tail. 

All the things that I don't like about that picture can be fixed over time.  I just have to keep my patience and keep hacking at it.  After getting control of my food intake yesterday, I'm feeling a return of the badass unicorn.  I don't have unrealistic expectations.  I don't (for instance) hate my body shape and wish I were less curvy.  That is never going to happen, so I'm really glad that I'm okay with things like that.  I don't like my big feet, but instead of consistently wishing for smaller feet, I just want to get the best shoes to make them look smaller.  :)  See?  Realistic.

One Day at a Time.
One Meal at a Time.
One Workout at a Time.
One Good Decision at a Time.

Hugs!