Hope you had a wonderful Easter. It's so hard to believe we are already almost half way through April....yikes. Seems like this year is flying by and has been busier than usual, hence not enough time for blogging. I'm still here so stay with me...:-)
As we round the corner of Spring, bikini season is on our heels and I'm not quite where I need to be~how about you? Those weekends, holidays, and the upcoming cookouts are definitely recipes for disaster if we don't tread lightly. I know I completely blew it for Easter so now is the time to buckle down and tighten up the "cheat" eating~there's still time. We do deserve to enjoy our holiday meals and our weekend cheat meal but those are supposed to be just one meal, not an entire weekend. We all know the saying~give and inch, take a mile....LOL. As I've said before~it is a slippery slope. I am just as guilty especially if my mother ~in~ law's chocolate creme pie is around....:-) The best way to really be held accountable and honest about everything we eat is to do a food journal. I logged my food last year and quickly realized I wasn't eating enough food. This is an excellent way to see a complete blueprint especially for those of us concerned about macronutrients (the ratio of carbs, protein, & fat). Sometimes it isn't just the calories but the carb to protein ratio could be slightly out of balance, or it could be the sneaky sugar in unsuspecting foods. Manipulating the breakdown can make a huge difference in the long run of results.
Our smartphones are an invaluable tool to use in tracking food. It's convenient and hey~who leaves home without it!! I've tried a few different apps over the years for logging food and it seems that www.myfitnesspal.com is the best out there. Thanks to all of my friends who are using it and have recommended it to me. This one even allows you to calculate the calorie content of your personal recipes which is huge. It definitely takes a little extra work every day to log your food but it is worth it. Sometimes just knowing you have to put it on paper enough to keep us on track. None of us are perfect and as we know~the weekends can totally kill all the hard work we put in during the week if we aren't careful.
For those of you already using the fitness pal app~look me up.....I'm Jessboisvert . Let's keep one another accountable~I love seeing all the hard work you guys are putting in. So incredibly inspiring. Keep it up ladies~
Love
Jess
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