I'm A Cheater!

Sometimes I cheat...never on my husband but always on my healthy eating adventures!

Everybody preaches that healthy living is a lifestyle change not a diet or a quick fix. I get that. I really do, but they make it sound like I have to be healthy all the time and devote my life to only eating healthy and exercising all the time. I'm sorry but that is just not me! Never has. Never will. Hence the title Finding the Balance. I try to find a balance between what I should eat and what I want to eat, while exercising regularly.

So, I have been following (for the most part) a 1400 calorie eating plan for the past week and doing Couch to 5K three times a week. I weighed myself Friday and I'm already down 4 lbs. and that's even having a Taco Bell dinner Thursday night (I cheated). I've also quit drinking, where I have been very good. In the past five days, I've only had a half shot of RumChata in a milkshake and a 100 calorie margarita with a friend. I think that is where most of my weight loss comes from.

Now for my big confession...last night I went to M's for a BBQ and decided to cut loose. I went a little crazy on Sassy Salsa and chips, and sugar cookies. I did eat healthy the first half of the day, so there is the balance. I didn't feel guilty for these choices. I had been good all week, I had lost 4lbs., and I was only eating bad instead of drinking bad too. I need to do this sometimes! I makes me feel like I can still have a life! As long as it's only once in a while...

It was delicious and totally worth it.