Wine Tasting & some change!

It's been a great week! I enjoyed going to a wine tasting with some girls on Wednesday night.  It was great & their was some delicious food as well!

(Get ready for a story)... =)

A few weeks ago, {4 to be exact}, I decided it was time to make some changes.  As most of my readers know last year I got certified to teach classes at our gym.  I eventually stopped teaching due to the difficulty in schedules at the gym & finding time to get Avery in the daycare etc.. so I just stopped.  It was becoming more trouble than I wanted & I wasn't sure the money was paying off the stress of finding someone to watch Avery etc... but it was still fun while it lasted!

I kind of fell off the bandwagon a bit during the Holiday months & slacked, a ton!  Who doesn't like baking & eating all of those Holiday goodies.  Plus when it's cold, I lose all ability to want to get up & do anything. 

Well not anymore.  I decided that I wanted to get healthy.  When I mean healthy I don't mean go on a diet, starve my body, or even keep myself from some yummy Birthday cake on occasion.  But I mean HEALTHY.  I hired a nutritionist who in the past 4 weeks has changed my life forever.  I have learned so much about life, eating right, eating enough, & keeping my metabolism up.  I realized through meeting with him that I had no metabolism which was storing fat, that bad kind.  Basically because I wasn't eating enough, or I was eating the wrong kind of "so called diet foods".  Nothing was working & I was over it.

I wanted to start sharing my journey because after 4 weeks I have lost around 8 lbs, lost some major FAT, and 3% of my body fat.  I was in shock when I visited him today to find that I am actually melting bad fat & I have been eating 300 calories EVERY 3 hours!  Sounds like a ton, but it's the right food that burns the right fat!  He has been teaching me that it's not about the number on the scale; in fact I don't weight at all until he weights me once a month.  Because I'm melting stored fat which will in turn make me "look" different, but may not necessarily change the number on the scale as quickly as most woman would wish.  I have had to learn to re-work my mind & not even look at a scale!  It's been hard, but I get it!  FINALLY!

Anyway, I'm super excited.  I feel less sluggish, happier, I have more energy, I love my routine, & to be honest- I'm working my booty off at the gym.  It feels great because I know I am being healthy but not doing it short term as I always have.  This is for life!  So I hope you will continue to follow my journey of staying healthy.  I'm learning that "healthy doesn't mean perfect".. it means making it your lifestyle by still enjoying life!

Here are some 4 week pictures to the date.  My nutritionist said I would lose in my face first, which is where I really see it the most.  It isn't all bad that my clothes are fitting way better, I won't lie! =)

Top picture is before, bottom after 4 weeks:

I still have a long way to go but I thought I would share a little of my journey for some healthy inspiration! =)

Happy Weekend!