New Normal

So this is a post Holiday Blog Post. And for someone on a fitness journey I really went through some struggles this holiday season. Not only was my eating out of control but also even having the energy to workout was a challenge. I did workouts but I wasn’t as consistent as I usually am. I realized something as a mom and wife. The holidays are exhausting even when you’re not on a fitness journey. So the exhaustion doubled on one.

 I am Puerto Rican and we have traditional holiday food like most cultures but ours are riddled with sugar, fat and salt. I had family members coming over with Choco flan cakes, flan, rice pudding aka arroz con dulce, pasteles and more. Also my husband makes great coquito and sells it through the holiday so we constantly had it in our house. Coquito is a Puerto Rican holiday punch. There was no escaping the goodies. I really tried my best to stay focus but I’d be lying to you if I told you I kept strong through it all. I was not. I had to try all of it. Maybe not in large portions but even trying it all was not benefitting my waistline. I can slowly feel the weight coming back on and my pouch hanging over. Grrrr. I was seriously getting angry with my self. I thought I had so much control.

 

Holidays are that time of year when most people gain, and then January comes then they want to lose weight and it becomes this life cycle. So I got on the scale and I hate the scale lol, but I was pleased to see I didn’t gain, I didn’t lose but I stood exactly the same weight the last time I weighed my self. I was relived. SO I GOT BACK ON TRACK. I restarted my 21-day fix extreme workout from scratch, drank my Shakeology 1 time a day and portioned my food intake with the portion control containers. After week 1 of 2016 I finally felt back to normal.

Normal??!!!

All of a sudden after a complete year of eating clean and working out this felt more normal to me than my old normal indulgent ways. Who is the woman I become?

I started to think and reflect. I never worked out for a full year in my life. Lol I felt great, I was less bitchy during PMS, less sensitive, happier, no longer depressed. I became focused. I focused on my husband and kids more; we had better communication and relationships. Really?? Can working out and eating clean help with all that too??!! It sure did. So I decided to embrace this NEW NORMAL and let it take over because it has improved my life. So hey why not?