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I’m starting a 12 week challenge with a group of people through my trainer. The goal is t lose the most body fat in that period of time in a healthy, clean and mindful manner. The question we have to ask ourselves is how badly do we want it….how badly do we want to reach our goals?

One of the questions last night that came up was dining out. My lifestyle has me eating out about 2-3 meals a week. It’s something I enjoy, and I decided when I started eating clean last month, that it had to fit into my lifestyle. I needed to make it work for me. At first I felt overwhelmed because I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t want to be stuck eating a salad every single time I went out. I like variety, and I like my favorite places.

Turns out, I found that the menu was my biggest obstacle. Read that closely, the menu was my biggest obstacle. When presented with so many delicious choices, how do I make myself choose something good? That’s simple, I open my mouth and order something clean or healthy. Once that menu was out of my hands and my food was ordered, it was a cake walk from there. Turns out, it really didn’t matter what I ordered, I still enjoyed it. It’s the head games and mind stuff that gets you when you have all your favorites staring at you from the menu.

Now I order chicken breast, steak, dry baked potatoes. I order salads, I order veggies, and other choices. The words just have to come out of my mouth. I still love dining out, now I am mindful in what I choose when I eat out.

Danielle has asked me to try and cut back on the juice in my water. When I first started this eating clean journey last month, I was almost in tears thinking of giving up my favorite things. You have no idea how much Diet Coke I drank. Seriously, it’s the ONLY liquid I drank and I drank it day and night. I’m not a fan of plain water, though I’m okay with it when I’m working out, so we made a deal. I add cran-grape light juice into my water bottle. I get 4 ounces (measured) to 20 ounces of water. Now she has asked me to try cutting back to 2 ounces. I’ll be honest, I’m scared, what if I can’t get used to it? Does it make me a loser? No, it means I gave it a chance. I’m trying something…there’s nothing written in stone that says, Deb…this is what you must do for the rest of your life. I never thought I could drink water even with a little juice in it. I have to try. I’m going to make the effort, because I want it bad enough to work for it.

When I say “How badly do you want it?” let me ask you something…do you just want it? or are you determined to make it happen?

I’ve been FAT (dreaded word) for close to 20 years. I’ve “wanted” to lose weight for 20 years, and I’ve made efforts along the way. In my brain, sure I wanted to look better, but I wasn’t willing to make the changes that were necessary. I’m finally at the point where I’m determined. Baby, get out of my way if you’re not in it to win it, because I’m willing to work hard, give up some things that I like, learn to like new foods, and make the changes. It’s taken me a long time to get to this point, but I’m finally trying it on, and I’m going to make my 40’s better than my 20’s and 30’s, so take that! I turn 41 in June, and I plan to be smaller and healthier. Care to join me?