My Healthy Changes

Hello There! Well I just finished my Insanity workout and I'm loving it! Im feeling really motivated so I wanted to share some thoughts with you. To catch up I havent felt all that motivated to blog about my exercise and dieting (I mean life style change) but as I am progressing I want to be able to look back and see my hard work and feel that accomplishment we all need, especially when its a struggle. Back in December I started cutting out sugar from my diet and controlling my carb intake. If you want the exact diet look up the book "The Belly Fat Cure" by George Cruise. Thank you to my best friend who introduced this to me! I immediately started this diet. It was not easy! Lowering your sugar intake is like taking candy away from a kid! In the first two weeks I went through major sugar withdrawls making me have horrible headaches! Eventually after about three weeks it started to fade away. I started seeing mood changes and more energy. Like magic!

While I agree taking sugar out of a diet is exactly what I needed to do, its not for everyone but a tablespoon of sugar is like a tablespoon of poison. Really they should have warning labels just like medication or alcohol. By really watching my sugar intake I realized how much I really was taking in! I was probably consuming over 200 grams of sugar easily! I always thought dieting meant watching calories and carbs but what about the sugar? Some of the low fat, low calorie foods have more sugar in it to make up for taking away fats. Well I now try to only consume no more than 15 grams of sugar a day. Some days I do go over but in consideration of what it used to be I'm ok with that. Its now been 4 months since I started this new healthy life style and I have successfully lost 20 pounds! I actually started getting compliments about my weightloss and it feels so good! My hard work is paying off! Now not only have I cut down sugar but about a month ago I started doing the Insanity workout by Shawn T. Man does it kick your butt! Not untill I actually started working out that others started noticing my body changing. I too have seen changes but when you see yourself everyday its hard to notice slight changes. What I like about Insanity is it comes with a complete workout schedule and Shawn T is "pretty" motivating. Haha. I encourage anyone to try it but it is Insane!

Some other things that have help with my healthy eating is the all amazing Crock Pot!!! I love that thing and I recently adopted a baby crock pot to do more. Ha, I sound crazy! But really, being able to get in your veggies isn't easy especially when a year ago I would touch a green thing! Seriously. Now I incorporate all the veggies I can and eat simple lean meats like chicken. There is nothing easiler than a crock pot. I reccomend looking up mamaandbabylove.com she has some great receipies and ideas in making out your freezer meals for the month.

Its changed my life! Pinterest is also a great place to find crock pot receipes. I will try to share some of my favorite receipes with you soon! I hope you all are doing great. Live happy and healthy everyone! Miss Cierra <3

Sugar Free???

Ok so Im starting this blog to share a little bit more of my personal dealings with food. Recently I started a sugar-free diet and it has its challenges! I like food but I need to learn to LOVE food so that I treat my body well. A few months ago I went on a sugar free diet and lost close to 10 pounds in two weeks. It was great! However I didnt stick to it and I gave into the sugar again! I gained the weight back and here I am again trying to start over. Ive been on this diet for about two weeks now and I have lost about seven pounds.I really want this to be a life style and not a diet. I have felt what sugar does to me moody, tired and depressed. When I started taking sugars again my body just does not take sugars like it used to before. I always feel kinda sick. Long story short Im trying some new receipes and I thought I would share the adventure with you.