Kristin Rides

I finally made it solidly back into the 130’s.

When I look back to what I was doing last year to get to my all time low of 130.0, I was

• working out twice a day, plus a 30 minute walk during lunch
• counting calories and keeping a food log
• hating life

And now?

• Quasi-following PN (maybe more at 60-70% compliance then 90%…)
• Not counting anything, just making sure I get enough protein
• cooking more and better tasting food (ie using fat and oil!!), rarely eating out
• working out once a day… if that

So… what the heck happened? This is the first period of sustained weight loss I’ve managed to achieve… without really doing anything. I guess the point is that I AM doing something.

• much smaller portions of much tastier food
• eating more often
• realized I can’t sweat off indulgences — never using exercise as a form of purging
• not drinking too much
• rarely eating sugar (and strangely not wanting to, for the first time ever)
• not eating fake sugar either
• getting enough sleep

I seriously cannot tell you how much difference sleep and rest has made for me in the last couple of months. To be honest, I’ve been under-slept since… high school. I can’t recall the last time I got enough sleep, night after night. Maybe during summer vacation before I had jobs. My skin is better. I never crave sugar. I feel less bitchy. It’s insanity I tell you!

Seriously reducing the amount I work out has also somehow made me feel so much better, just in a general sense. I enjoy my workouts more, and while I may not be as fit on the bike, I honestly couldn’t care less. I just want to have fun on my bike and feel strong everywhere, not just in my quads.

So, in other words, I’m finally balanced. Well, physically anyway.