Non scale victories & pictures!

So I don't even own scale at the moment because for so long I let those numbers control me. If I didn't like what they said I would either eat less or run more sometimes  both. Now I'm going by some non scale victories and changes I can see.

Yesterday was the first non scale victory I saw and was also the last day of my arm challenge! I was quite pleased with the results and will post some pics at the end of this entry.

While I'm still learning I also am starting to feel more confident in myself, feel like i have more energy, able to do more both physically and with my kids. I also learned I have more to learn especially when it comes to the nutrition portion as my calories in are always way less than my calories expended. So I need to eat smaller more nutritious meals throughout the day so that my body doesn't convert the muscle I'm building into food for my body to keep going.

So with all that being said and knowing I need to buy a scale eventually here are my pics!

Friday Progress Report

So I'm almost done with the 21 day arm challenge (after having to start over) and am seeing progress! Its been slow and steady but I am seeing some muscle definition and muscle tone. I even have little baby biceps! Chicken arms are going away and any progress is progress. I'll post pics on the last day. I already plan on waiting a week and redoing it but this time increasing the dumbell weight to 10 pounds from 3 pounds.

I also started a new 12 week training program from an app I found on my tablet. The first workout today kicked my butt and I literally collapsed when I was done. Mainly worked legs and core today. So far it's a pretty good app as you can pick the program I'm doing for weight loss or one of their other ones. I took my before pictures today before I started and I'm actually really excited to post the final picture with today's picture so I can see the progress.

My iFit is working again after being MIA for a year. I've been wearing it for a week straight and so far I've realized that I eat less than I burn which is what you want to lose weight but you also need to feed your body right. So that is something else I'm working on. Right now my cals out are about twice as high as my cals in.

I'm a work in progress but I'm not giving up this time.