I Was Being Greedy, But Still Lost 2-lbs Over The Holiday. What! How’d That Happen?

In the last 10 days I’ve lost 2 pounds. That’s quite remarkable for this greedy time of year, especially when I confess to you the eating I engaged in leading up to and over the Thanksgiving holiday: There was carbohydrate fanfare (I love me some hot buttery rolls and stuffing), sweet potato pie delirium (I basically ate damn near an entire pie), and excess coffee shop snacking.

It was all very glorious.

My eating was obviously NOT as moderate as planned in these past 10 days, so how the hellz did I manage to drop poundage anyway?

I was actually a little confused at first myself. But then I did a brain re-wind to review not just my greedy eating, but ALL of my eating and ALL of my other actions. Sure, I’ve been a little very greedy lately, but here’s what I was doing the rest of the time:

I Haven’t Missed Any Workouts: I didn’t miss them because I planned them beforehand, even picking out my workout clothes the night before so I’d be ready. I workout 5 times per week for about 45 minutes, including warm-up and cool-down.

I Increased My Fitness-Funk Ratio: I love a good challenge. And a good challenge makes you sweat, causing extra fitness funk to be released (can you smell it?). I’ve been going hard on my workouts. I like it that way. The combination of NOT skipping workouts, plus going hard proved to be effective for continued body transformation over the holiday. Plyometrics and bodyweight exercises are still my workout-beasts of choices, but now I’ve added 10-minutes of speed rope onto the end of EVERY workout. It’s been a real game-changer. Have you been game-changing lately?

I Barely Stopped Moving: My couch-azzing has been very limited lately. Sitting around less, moving around more. You know how that goes. I’ve been so busy lately, but instead of bitching about my busy-ness, I just been busting it out and getting sh!t done. I could have sat around lazy, whining about how it’s not fair I have to do so much, but instead I just buckled down and did what I had to do, which equated to more movement in general, and we all know what more movement leads to: a sexy bod. (uh huh)

I Made Fantastic Choices In-Between the Pie Slices: Salads, healthy homemade soups, lots of water, consistency with the Shakeology, sensible food portions in general… all of this matters. So if you’ve been guilty-greedy, don’t say to “hell with it”, because every food choice you make in-between the greediness is still a step in the right direction.

So there you have it. And this totally supports my motto: Find Balance Between Fitness and Your Greedy Side. Especially around the holidays. What’s your own ninja plan to deal with random splats greediness?

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