Hi FitFeat friends!

Wow, two posts in one day – that never happens!  :)   If you missed the earlier post today, it’s about Vindaloo Veggies in the crockpot – check it out!

When I started the FitFeat blog last August, my primary intention was to show clients and readers how I personally fit fitness and healthy eating into my daily life, with tips along the way.  I used to write about (and take pictures of) all the food that crossed my lips plus all of my exercise, which ultimately added an additional layer of accountability to keep me on-track because I knew whatever I did would be listed online the next day.

FitFeat has morphed somewhat from ‘day-in-the-fit-life journal’ to more of what I like to think is thoughtful content with articles and topics for discussion.  While I definitely want to continue with those types of blog posts, I do also want to get back to the journaling side too.

Here’s why…

My mentoring clients are required to send me their food plans every day.  This not only holds them accountable, but it also keeps their fitness journey front and center in their daily focus.  

That which you focus on, you move toward.

I feel that I could benefit from that same daily focus now.

I’d mentioned recently that I wanted to hit a target weight for the marathon.  Even though I won’t be running the full marathon on May 16, I’d still like to drop a few lbs to increase my overall speed for the summer because I do intend to run in an event of some sort.  Plus I am female after all – which means it’s a prerequisite in my genes to want to slim down for bathing suit season, right?  ;)

The first goal is to get back to last summer’s ‘comfy maintenance weight’ which is somewhere in the vicinity of four pounds down from what my Monday morning weigh-in was.   The Monday weight will be considered “Weight Zero” and then I’ll post any gains or losses against that number as it relates to the starting weight.

Now please know that I do not ‘live and die’ by the number on the scale.  It’s simply a tool through which I can measure progress.  I know I won’t be packing on muscle to skew the numbers anytime soon, so this will give me a fairly accurate representation of whether I’m eating and/or exercising in the right ratio.

I know that recently I’ve been consuming more than I’ve been burning off.  When I gain, it’s from the waist down.  And my pants have been telling me there have been more calories in the “IN” column than the “OUT” column.

I recently read in the comments area of another blog that some people are a little over the whole food journal blogging schtick.  Rather than place all of that info on the main page of the blog (and possibly bore you to tears in the process), I’ve added a tab on the navigation bar called Spring Slimdown and then each day will have a subpage below it.

Click on Monday Recap (Day 1) for the first day of Feats & Eats.  :)   Today’s weight was down 1.2 lbs from yesterday.  (See what happens when I keep my hands out of the candy jar at the office?)  :D

If anyone out there needs to drop a few pounds, you can follow along with what I am doing as well.  I’d love the company!  If you do, let me know how it’s going!

– Shari B. =)

P.S. I also read that people are bothered by RSS feeds in summary form (i.e. Google Reader or your email subscription) so I have changed that setting back to FULL view in all feeds.

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