A Little Bit Stronger

"Even on my weakest days, I get a little bit stronger!" - Sara Evans, A Little Bit Stronger

I so did not eat clean today! Fail! But that cinnamon roll...oh so delicious!

So first, the bad news...I'm just not feeling any difference yet. In fact - despite my workouts, eating better, getting plenty of sleep, and drinking water - I feel like I'm going the opposite direction.

BUT, I'm not losing hope. They say it takes 4 weeks for you to feel different, 8 weeks for you to notice the difference, and 12 weeks for everyone else to notice it (or something like that?)....so.....I still have another week to feel better!

Today I just wanted to share two links/tools to help you if this is something you've been thinking about, they are a great place to start.

The first is the Female Fitness Bible. I will warn you, it's lengthy, but worth the read! It's my go-to manual. Lots of nutritional and work-out information. My main problem is the lack of a gym, so I modify a lot of the work-outs to make them work sans weight machines.

The second is My Fitness Pal and it is awesome...after you build your own profile that is. It is a calorie/protein/carb/fat calculator and pretty much every food imaginable can be found here. You fill out a short survey and it tells you how many calories you need to consume to weigh a certain amount in a certain amount of time. What I like is that it saves your past foods/meals and tracks approximate calories burned in cardio workouts....the more/harder you work out, the more you can eat (common sense....). I never wanted to be a "calorie counter" but something about seeing the numbers in front of you keeps you in better check, if you have the willpower to follow it!