New Year..New Commitments

When it comes to fitness and nutrition, I AM A ROLLER COASTER.

A friend has also described my method of fitness and nutrition as a light switch, I am either on or I am off.

Here is a recap of my year:

• Jan '14 - March '14 - P90X3 workouts plus running, solid nutrition including Shakeology, lost 16 pounds and had increased core strength and felt great
• March '14 - ran in the Shamrock 8K and Half Marathon - drank beers - had good runs but made a stupid mistake of wearing new socks in the half
• April '14 - June '14 - stopped tracking training and it was spotty
• June '14 - July '14 - started swimming a lot due to a 3.1 mile swim in July. swim went well but not as good as I would have liked, not enough training
• Aug '14 - took a 2 week vacation for first time in my life - did not workout and ate poorly, Musikfest did not destroy me this year but it was not good for me, did not train enough for the Hudson river swim in sept
• Aug '14 - Oct '14 - Eating and drinking were not good, workouts went to only swimming in rep for 6 mile swim and not enough of these workouts, swim ended up being 8 miles and I almost drowned, nutrition was very bad and workouts non-existent after swim race, had a horrible Octoberfest run
• Nov'14 - Dec '14 - work friends decided to do a Biggest Loser Challenge, I am in and nutrition was better, started exercising again, lost 10 pounds, but then Thanksgiving hit and drinking started and eating sugar went through the roof

You can clearly see that my 2014 was an On and Off year. It started great and then fell to pieces, then was kind of on, then off again. If I want to hit and maintain my goals, I have to do better.

I really got back to running weekly, 3-4 times per week during the winter break from school. I do not have off on these days but there is much less going on which allows me to have time to run. 

I purchased the 21 Day Fix program in order to use the containers for my nutrition plan. I know what to eat, I have just been over doing it with portion sizes. I also need to cut out sugar and beer. 

Long term planning is in place, I have a goal that I have had the past 2 years of running a sub 1:38 half marathon in March. I need to make this happen. Additionally, I have runs in place for December(already ran and hit goal) and February to keep me to my plan. 

Nutrition is going to be my target this year, I also am going to start out with weekly goals for nutrition and workouts - maybe this will help me stick to it longer than 2.5 months. 

I also want to write about it more, here and on my Facebook group page. Looking back, I realized that the year I had the most success with the plan was when I wrote daily on the BeachBody boards, prior to the Team Baechbody boards. 

So if you want to have fun watching me through this year of On and Offs, keep checking back.