Getting Back on Track

The endless cycle that is healthy eating.  I am not great at it even though I know better.  The saying, "you can't out train a bad diet" has been slowly but surely catching up with me over the past couple years and it is time to do something.  The group fitness studio that I own offers Les Mills classes as well as Zumba so I thought it best to jump start this process with Les Mills 21 Day Challenge.  Three weeks of pure clean eating to break the cycle of processed food binging and some much needed fat loss.  However, the welcome page starts super honest.......

Welcome. So, why wouldn’t you commit? 

THIS IS NOT AN ORDINARY DIET. THIS WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE. 

Think of the 21 Day Challenge as a quick way to reset your body to healthier eating patterns, without forcing you to become “the one who’s on a diet”. 

So many diets promise to be easy, you’re assured that “you won’t even notice you’re dieting”. With the 21 Day Challenge that’s not the case. It will take some work, and there will be times you wish you hadn’t signed up for it… but you’re worth the effort! We promise that if you choose to put your body through this program, you are going to lose weight and fat, become healthier and you are going to teach your body to desire what it needs; you’ll create long-lasting, easy to maintain lifestyle habits that will not interfere with your family or social life. The best thing is, it only takes three weeks. That’s less time than it took for THAT at-home fringe trim to grow out. But unlike the fringe, we promise you will not regret doing this. You’ll only regret not trying it sooner.

So right out of the gate it promises to be hard, but worth it. My plan is to document the next 3 weeks as accurately as I can.  Recipes with calorie and nutrition info, exercise classes completed, and general mood and energy levels throughout.  I'll be using My Fitness Pal  to track the food and nutrition info and a heart rate monitor for calories burned during exercise.

And the journey begins.....