Update: The Carbnite Solution

I see most of my traffic on this blog comes from my carbnite solution posts.  It's been almost a year since I last posted about it... It's about time for an update!

  Have I been able to maintain the weight I lost with CNS? 
No and then Yes. I'm going to be completely honest.  Last December 2013 through February 2014 ended up being a really rough time financially for me and my little family.  During this time I stopped doing CNS and working out altogether.  At the time I couldn't even think diet and exercise.  It was rough, I tell you!  But then I couldn't stand the way I felt... I felt awful.  I decided to change. I decided regardless of what was going on in my life, I would take care of my health.   So, I got back on CNS and started working out again.   Getting back on CNS was so easy. It came naturally, I felt great immediately, and the food was so good!  I really didn't have any problems starting again whatsoever.  Which was such a great feeling.   I dropped the first 6 lbs in the first ten days.   It took a few months to get the rest off, which I expected.  I've been able to maintain my weight since then.. Which has been about 5 months give or take. 

Am I still following The Carbnite Solution? 
Yes, and no.  At this point I'm not looking to loose more weight.  I like the size I am.  I'm more into building muscle.  In order to do this proficiently, I need to add in more carbs, more often.  So, I do one of two things. Either I eat ultra carb during the day and eat a small amount of carbs at night.  And I can do this if I'm doing heavy training the next day.  I do this about 3 or 4 times a week.  Then eat ultra low carb the other days.  (aka carb backloading) Or do  modified version of CNS and have two small carbnites a week. Going 3 or 4 days between each carbnite. I go by how my body feels and how hard I'm training.  Doing this I've been able maintain my weight and build up some much needed muscle. 

I love this way of eating.  This lifestyle really. It gives me the freedom I want, with helping achieve my goals.  My training and my diet are completely lined up, and it feels great!  I love sharing about what I've learned through this whole process.  If you read this and have any questions feel free to ask!  Talking nutrition and training has come quite a passion of mine.   I really can talk for hours about this stuff Haha. 

Out with friends

Nights like tonight make me happy to be alive.  I have great friends.  I have friends who love and care about me, and I'm so grateful for it.  They help make my life that much more enjoyable, doable.  Just yesterday I was feeling overwhelmed with life, dealing with finances, motherhood, cleaning ect.  It seemed so undoable.... If that's a word.  Today I woke up determined to have a better day.  Somehow this day I could see the light coming into my life.  Then later I felt the worries of life bearing down on me again.  Right then my dad called to check on how things are going and I explained how I felt.  His advice?  It's time to have faith, it's your turn to have faith. I listened to him,  I chose to have faith that all will work out.  I knelt down to pray, and peace washed over me.  Everything will work out, this peace told me.  Things started looking up after I made this faithful decision.  Then tonight came.  Two of my friends and I went and had a girls night out.  We drove to the mall and went to a few stores,  and just completely enjoyed each other.  Worry free.  It was amazing.  I even got a free bra from VS!  Thanks to my wonderful friend.... she gave me her extra gift she was given for spending  a certain amount of money. (This is how wonderful my friends are!)  Tonight was much needed.  Heavenly father cares about you, about me.  Cares about what we need.  Even if it's just a night out with a couple friends and a much needed free bra.  I see his blessings he is so willing to give.  I am so grateful for it.