I will not give in

...okay I might...BUT the fact of the matter is, I have been preparing all week for our Chicago getaway. By preparing I mean busting my ass, by busting my ass I mean doing the impossible. Impossible being setting the alarm clock for 5:30 and actually waking up at that hour and dragging my ass down the stairs to work out. That's right..this violently non-morning girl woke her ass up at 5:30 just to work out. Talk about making a change. In fact, as I was heading down stairs thinking of the changes I am making I actually started singing, "Ch-ch-changes" in my head. I have managed to squeeze in 5 work outs in the last four days. This morning I had to take my own advice and do the 10 minute thing and I nearly gave up after those first 10 minutes because my legs were still burning pretty good after my 45 minutes last night, but thanks to Pink and her "Dirty little freaks," I made it the full 30 minutes I set out to do.

When I think of the changes I've been making, I think that when you start a "lifetsyle change" you have to look at it as making a few small changes versus making it out to be a drastic change. I think sometimes we have the tendency to "make a mountain out of a molehill" when it comes to getting healthy and that's when we set ourselves up for failure. It's like stopping smoking cold turkey, some people have success, most don't. If you're doing the GetSkinny4Good plan, take it one meal at a time, which is simple when you think of it as taking it two hours at a time (since we get to eat every 2-3 hours). It's much easier to say, "I just finished this oatmeal and I'm still kind of hungry, but in just two hours, I can have a brownie," than it is to think, "SHIT!!!!! I'm starving, someone hook me up to the chocolate syrup by I.V. cause I am NEVER going to get to eat like a normal person again." Bullshit...you are eating like a normal person, you are eating SMALL, healthy, portion controlled meals every 2-3 hours, which is what a normal person SHOULD be doing. Eating 3 pounds of fettuccine alfredo with 2 pieces of garlic bread a salad and a bottle of wine for ONE meal, is not NORMAL.
If you are not on the plan, but are doing something, that's fine, do ANYTHING, but whatever you're doing if you think of it as a small change, like, drinking more water, eating something green at every meal, adding a healthy snack, cutting back on sweets, whatever, just commit to making a change and pretty soon all of those small changes will add up, and you'll see that YOU have changed.

I tried on the white dress, as I suspected, I couldn't get it over my boobs, let alone over anything else. I may have to reevaluate that and hope i can wear it by next spring. (I'm secretly wondering if its a size 12 girls and not a size 12 women's. That would make me feel much better)
I hope to get at least a blog or two in while on vacay to let you know how the battle with the Chicago style pizza went, but I'm not promising anything. It sounds like I will be doing a lot of walking, so I will burn off a few beers that way, anyway.

Food tip-
Use your seasoning, flavorings, splenda, etc. It improves things dramatically! I ALWAYS add some salsa to the chili as I'm cooking it, chicken boullion and onion powder are a must in the chicken soups and I never make a shake without throwing some sort of sugar free syrup flavoring in it. Find the DaVinci or Toriano syrups and make them your friend.....