Back after the holiday break!

Jen

It's been way too long! Are you still out there?  Because I'm still alive and kickin'... and still following the plan :)

Christmas was... hard.  In the food department, anyway.  The first week I was great - I avoided most temptations and indulged when I felt it was appropriate. I didn't ever experience the Oh dear lord I'm so full I'm going to explode feelings, which I also count as a win. 

 The second week of holidays was harder.  I am such a routine-oriented person! I realized more than ever that I need to have a set schedule in order to adhere to the plan. My inner voice gets crazy if not... Hey, you should eat that! It's ok, eat THAT! Exercise? Meh- go read instead!

So I'm glad the holiday wonkiness is done.  And at least I got a hot yoga class in.

The ladies and I are back on track and into a muscle-building phase, and we have tightened up the diet:

We are still carb cycling, but now we skip post-workout fat, as well as pre-bedtime fat in our meals. Plus any dairy we ate is out of the picture. Not a huge deal for me as I only had cottage cheese on occasion. I still get to have coffee with almond milk, so I'm a happy girl.

But the cardio is starting to make an appearance. Ugh.  Only two, 30-minute sessions a week, but I know that will increase soon.

Now I'm all caught up. Pictures to come soon, I promise- we still need to do an updated pic (although whether there is any visual change I don't know- you can be the judge of that).

:)