WARNING! AVOID THE SCALE!

Okay. I admit. I was, I repeat WAS getting on the scale daily. Sometimes twice a day. In the beginning I was good and listened to my Coach and Scott and only got on it one every week or so. I've been on my diet and training for about a month and three weeks. My workouts were increased to an hour of cardio and then an hour or more of weights/strength every day, (well six times a week but I've been doing seven)about three weeks ago and so I expect there to be INSTANT results dammit! I thought that extra baby pudge left over from Cruz would be gone by now as well as the rest of that inner thigh jiggle. I expected the cellulite would have been magically erased and I'd be looking more competition ready! Patience has never been my strongest quality....in case you didn't notice. I hit a discouraging moment when I got on the scale the other day and to my horror it told me I GAINED weight. WTF?! I got off and on again.....LIES! I stared back at me with the same horrific number. I told myself, "you ARE wearing your work clothes AND a hoodie....duh!! Clearly that adds like six pounds or so!!"

So, I texted Scott and told him I was feeling a bit discouraged. He of course told me not to be. That the GAINS are a GOOD gains. That I AM losing the fat and putting on the muscle. I'm getting healthy and strong. But again, he reminded me, AVOID the scale. It's one of the worst things I could do. I felt better after hearing from him, he is always honest with me and so I knew he was telling me the truth. Even so, when my co-worker and friend came by Kid Care I mentioned to her about my discouragement. Being a previous bikini fitness competitor, she's been there. It's nice to get an opinion from another woman as well. She told me the same as Scott did, but also how I will see the BIG changes in the last few weeks of training before the competition. My diet will be hard core and my workouts even more intense. Okay. That made me feel even THAT much better. I know my Coach knows her shit and I just need to be patient. Ugh. I am SO thankful for all the love and support I have. Some days I truly need it!! So, for anyone considering competing, or that is going through this same process as me.....AVOID the scale!! Don't be like me and expect unrealistic over night results!!  

I love pictures with bad ass strong chicks!! 

So, today my friend Arlene stopped by my work, the last time I saw her was about a week ago. I mentioned her in my first blog post and shared her picture. She recently competed in her first bikini  fitness competition. Anyway, she stopped by and said "You've lost weight! I can totally tell in your face and everything!" Well. That just made my day. And I have to admit, I was looking in the mirror this morning, and I did notice more changes. Some slimming, more definition and some muscle starting to become more evident. Patience is truly key at this stage of training and I NEED to remember that. I need to remember that in ALL aspects of my life.....