Getting fit again

So... the holidays absolutely destroyed my motivation to be healthy and fit. With cookies and pies at dinner, and chocolate in my stocking on Christmas morning, and an open bar on New Year's, staying on track in terms of diet just didn't happen. So, I'm sad/embarassed to report that I'm exactly back where I started when I first began working out with Amanda in April last year. Same weight, same body fat %, same desire to get whipped back into shape. I was talking it over with one of my co-workers today, and it's not like I HAVE to lose weight. I don't look in the mirror and see anything that disgusts me about myself. But... I know how fit I can be, and that makes me want to get back to that place.

I went to see a nutrition guru/trainer that several of my co-workers have been going to for a while to see what he recommended. He was able to explain the way foods interact to burn fat and build muscle, and for once, it actually made sense. The diet he has me on is very much like the diet I was on with Amanda, but I really understand WHY I'm eating this way now. I also talked to him about personal training, and the fact that I only wanted to do weight training. I didn't have any luck with Marijana or the trainer dunnhumby brought in for the 2 weeks after the holidays, but I believe a main reason for that was they didn't listen when I tried to explain the types of workouts that helped me succeed. When I told Brian today that I prefered weight training, he was thrilled and told me that he and his trainers would put together a plan that I could replicate at Urban Active once my 20 sessions at his gym were over. It's another expense, but totally worth it.

I'm going to be on a really strict nutrition plan for the next 8 weeks, no cheat meals allowed. I know I can do it because I've done it before, and once I see a toned body in the mirror and the weight and body fat % drop back to where they were last spring, I'll know it was worth it.