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Playing By the Rules


I've spoken before about my struggle with weight recently.  I put on about 10 pounds last summer, and all my usual tricks for taking it off, were no longer working.  I used to be able to just go to the gym and do a day or two of cardio, and I'd be back to my old self.  But, since my last birthday, my metabolism changed.  Damn the aging process!

One of my friends from high school became a Beachbody coach, and was always posting motivational things on Facebook about her workouts and her struggles.  Even though my goals aren't all weight related, I loved that I could apply the positive message to whatever I was personally working through.  After I started hitting the like button on a good portion of her posts, she asked if I wanted to join Beachbody.  At first, I was skeptical.  I could save the money, and just go to the gym at my apartment complex, or take advantage of the many free YouTube workout videos out there.  But, since I've been on a mission to experience new things, I decided to try the Beachbody program.  I chose the dance video Cize series, and upon receiving it in the mail, I started it immediately.  While I found the videos to be a lot of fun, that's not what really helped me.

Ultimately, for me (because everyone's body is different) it came down to the calories and types of foods I was consuming.  I've embraced counting calories.  Something, I never thought I would have to do.  And, you know what?  Slowly but surely the pounds are coming off.  I'm just 1 pound away from my goal weight!

Someone in our Beachbody group posted something on Facebook that said, "Sometimes you just have to play by the rules."  And, I found that statement to be so true.  I tried the shortcuts, and what really worked was just watching what I was eating, and making sure I was burning more calories than I was consuming.  Right now, I'm using the FitBit app to track what I'm eating and burning each day.  Sometimes, I think I can become a little overzealous about reaching the number of calories burned in a day, but I'm learning as I go.  And, I'm actually finding it to be rather fun, along with really rewarding.

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