Fitness Health & Happiness: Slow Progress Is Still Progress!!

Let's be honest, it's hard to be patient. We all want a quick route to all of our goals, and sometimes it's hard to step back and look at how far we've come.

I've done all kinds of things to track my progress including measurements, a body composition scale, pictures, etc. When I did my composition and measurements last Thursday I grew a little frustrated. Even though two weeks of working with a trainer has already helped me put on some serious muscle, I was frustrated at how little progress I have seen with fat loss despite clean eating and intense training. I know things won't happen overnight but I certainly expect to see some progress while working this hard!! I talked to my coach and found out I had read part of the plan wrong and was overeating by approximately 400 calories a day! Yeesh! What a huge mistake to make. My mistake was in eating the wrong portion sizes for two meals a day. It was frustrating knowing that I was sabotaging my own progress through those mistakes! I mean, if I'm going to throw an unnecessary 400 calories per day into my diet, I at least want to be eating something indulgent, not just too many potatoes lol

Anyways, now that I've caught my huge mistake I've made the necessary adjustments to my food intake and I'm super excited about what this week will bring! Even though I don't see a ton of visible changes, it's really nice when my hubby tells me how solid I feel or notices how big my triceps are getting. Yes, that's how we flirt and encourage each other in this household- in addition to the usual "you're pretty" I also hear things like "Hon, your arm muscles have definitely grown."

Here's some of the food I've eaten lately-

Um, yes please!