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If anyone feels so inspired...

Here is a list of 100 food blogs to inspire healthy eating. Let me know your favorites (even if they're not on the list) and I'll add them our "blogs we love" sidebar.

back in the saddle... *again*

Hi girls! I feel like I'm giving a confessional, but here goes... Summer really took a toll on my fitness. I was in such a good place with my exercise routine, was totally motivated to stay consistent, heck, I even looked forward to going for a run (gasp!), and was improving my nutrition in major ways. And then came the heat. The vacations. The vacation food. The sleeping in. I've decided too much freedom is self-defeating for me, since I am a procrastinator by nature. I need a deadline, a specific time that I absolutely must workout at or else I won't get it done, in order to be successful. So I was looking forward to going back to work so my daily schedule would be more consistent. And then, tragically, the principal cut my hours drastically with the intent to eliminate my position. AARGH! (He just doesn't want to pay me an hourly rate when he can make a salaried teacher do all the extra work without having to pay them more). Whatever. It threw me off. So I'm finally back on a schedule and it's going okay... I just need to keep it up so I can get to the level I was at before. I'm walking 2-3 mornings a week at the lake with a new friend, which is fun because we have a lot to talk about, and the time goes by fast!

Today I decided I was tired of Level One of my 30 Day Shred workout, so I did Level Two, and boy did it kick my butt! But I totally finished it- yay me! I'm really proud of myself and I'm not looking back- I really want to make it to Level Three!

Increasing my protein and decreasing calories is what I'm starting to work on again, but it's so hard to get past the carbohydrate cravings right now.

How are you doing??