Did anyone get as hopeful as I did when March 21st arrived? Finally, this long bleak cold winter is over! My family celebrated the first day of spring with a Strongman meet here in NH. What an exciting event that was! There were over 30 athletes competing that day–it was an impressive display of strength and sportsmanship.
My son was able to come in at 3rd place in Men’s Novice and I took first place in Women’s open. I was super excited to have competed and to be able to have the reward of knowing I am, in fact, strong enough to be competing as well!
Now I am on to train for the NH Strongman event in June as well as try and lose the 20lbs of fat I gained over the winter while enjoying holiday and family time and frankly just not dieting. I have come to the realization that if I am not watching my caloric intake I will be gaining weight. I need to be diligent with watching calories just as I am vigilent watching the money that I spend or even the speed in which I drive. It is something that needs to be done and it is not something which is to be thought as a burden either. How about you, where do you find your winter weight gain to be at? Are you able to eat what you want and maintain or are you like many of us who have always battled with weight and still need to be on the battle front? Send me a comment on this as I am interested in how many people do gain a modest amount of winter weight. I know some of my clients in the past have let that be a catylist to giving up the long term plain and view it as a mark of failure when really it is not. It is something that you need to be aware of and monitor, not a death sentence and certainly NOT a level of failure.
I will be adding some videos to the site shortly of the Strongman event–so keep an eye out!
Oh and be ready for the new forum to be announced in the next week or so!
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In the mean time why not look over some of the new recipes we have added to our Squeaky Gourmet Blog!
Our answer to canned pasta
House Goulash- This delicious pasta dish made my kids even ask for more!
Gluten Free Brownie Bites with Marshmallow Frosting-
These were so good my husband even liked them! The kids declared them DELISCIOUS!!
“It is something that needs to be done and it is not something which is to be thought as a burden either.”
EXCELLENT!!