Day Two Hundred and Seventy-Two - Losing Weight is Like Renovating an Old Home...You Can't Just Update the Exterior

I have been watching a few TV shows on DIY Network tonight.  From time to time E and I will watch a "house show" to relax in the evening.  We watched an episode of Yard Crashers (one of my favorites right now because there are a lot of things I'd like to do in my yard).  After that was over we got the kids to bed and I sat down and watched an episode of Nashville Flipped.  The host Troy buys really old houses around Nashville to renovate and flip.  He keeps the history and character of the house, even remaking different accent pieces to look like they're original to the house.  He does all of this while also fixing the structure of the house and bringing it up to modern code.  The point is, he does his very best to not only make the house look fantastic, but he fixes the houses insides as well.  This will allow the beautification of the house to last and not be a wasted effort.

Sometimes when people are attempting to lose weight (myself included) they will only focus on the external.  People simply want to be skinny or have a rock hard stomach and a tighter posterior.  If you watch TV you'll realize that a lot of people really don't care how they get there.  It's all about getting as hot as you can as fast as you can.  As long as you get to have that beach body, nothing else matters.  But what about the inside?  What about the structure?  Just like the old houses Troy renovates, our body's inside is meant to last.  If we work on that first, then it's a lot easier to rejuvenate the outside.  When we get our gut healthy, then we aren't just putting a fake shell on the outside.  That is why Plexus products are so import to me on my journey.  I know that all of my hard work to lose weight won't be in vain.  I also know that I'm not just changing an appearance, rather I'm just bringing the character out.  I'm getting close to the end of this body renovation.  I'm excited to know that through tracking what I'm eating, daily exercise, and some amazing Plexus products I'll be brought "up to code" and able to remain there for years to come.  This time is completely different than the past.  My focus isn't solely on the outside, my focus is strengthening the inside to support an updated outside as I'm losing my butter half.

My calorie intake today was good.  I did eat too many potatoes at dinner tonight.  I thought the calories per serving were for each golden potato, but it turned out it was for each half potato.  A careless mistake I'll be careful to avoid in the future.  I'm still dealing with my neck pain (usually it'll take four to seven days to completely go away), so I didn't do a full workout.  I modified my pushups to my knees, and only did my two arm planks.  I need to get better so I can get back to my full workout.