Droppin' it with Drew: Coming to an end

Hey friends, I am back after a few weeks of nothing but kickin' my own tail at the gym. I set a goal, and for those who don't know me, I am the type of person who HAS to meet my goal. At the start of this challenge I weighed in at 147 pounds and I was 30 percent body fat. I set a goal to lose 9 percent body fat in 90 days, a goal I thought would be easy...that's three months right?

Reality check kicked in around week 8 when I realized I had lost three percent, then gained 2 percent back. I thought to myself, "Hey I am at the gym 4 to 5 days a week, cheat days won't hurt, and since I am there so much, I don't need to do cardio on my own." Well I was WRONG!!!

So in 8 weeks of being at the gym I had only lost 1 percent, and that left me when 8 percent to go in 4 weeks. The math didn't add up...I was failing. Failing me...failing my trainers...and failing the people who believed I could do this. So what did I do, I buckled down and decided I AM THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN CONTROL THIS!

Since the 8 week weigh in, I have been at the gym 6 days a week. Oh it doesn't stop there, I run either before or after my workouts. I also have made sure I stick strictly to my meal plans that www.performanceqssa.com gave me, less than 1700 calories a day. I did have one cheat day...but I have paid for it this week! Also, no wine...that one is a hard one for me. I like having a glass of wine with dinner or when I get home from work...but lesson learned that's empty calories.

I weighed in about a week and half ago and I was down almost 5 percent. In 10 days I dropped 3 percent body fat!!! WAHOO...that was an accomplished for me! But I am not there yet, and tomorrow morning I have another weigh in to see how close I am to my goal.

I know I can get there, and if it's not before Wednesday I will make it the following week! But let me tell you...Droppin' it with Drew...not as easy as I thought it would be 12 weeks ago! It has been hard...hard to be at the gym 6 days a week, hard to eat healthy and not indulge in my pizza and cheeseburger cravings, and hard to put myself out there.

Thanks friends for sticking with me through this journey...wish me luck on my last 7 days!