WHOOP!!!! THERE IT IS!!!

I was driving down the road this week and looked down at my arm. THERE WAS A MUSCLE!!!! Yep, you heard me....a MUSCLE!!!! Whoo hooo! I'm not an expert, so don't quote me, but muscle burns calories. So the more muscle I have the more calories I burn. And I don't have to be moving to burn the calories. At least that's what I've heard! The muscle has a lot of fat around it! But who cares...it's there. I try to picture what I look like under the fat....and I am getting muscular!! It's gonna be awesome!!!

I've had a rough couple of weeks with snow days, sickness, and work stress, but I continued to go to the gym as much as I could. I am losing about 2 pounds a week, which they say is the max to lose per week. With all the stress, I have eaten a little more than I should, but I'm still eating the right stuff. I went to dinner at a friends house and nothing was on my diet. What did I do? Well...I ate small portions of it. And let me say, if I were going to cheat, it was my favorite meal ever!! Poppyseed chicken and creme brûlée. Yum!! The next day it was like nothing happened...I was back on the plan!! God is good to help me with cravings!!

I'm about to sign up for my first 5K. Talked my sister and brother in law into doing it with me. Whoo hooo!!! I'm frustrated though because some days I can run 2 minutes and walk 1 minute for 8 times. But other days, I can't run 2 minutes. Weird! I lift weight before I run, so that might have something to do with it? Might lift weights 4 days a week and run 3 days a week. Then I can take a rest day every now and then when I need it! 

So, even with some setbacks I am still losing fat and gaining muscle!!! Whoop whoop!! I know God is going to get me through this journey because....Being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. Philippians 1:6