it is so tempting to just drive through a fast food restaurant and order a chocolate shake (esp. since i am not paying for it)! but for this year, i have a plan of diet and fitness that will hopefully allow me to maintain everything that i have worked hard for.
diet
planning what you eat before you actually eat is what will always save your waistline. i go to every restaurant website to map out the calorie content of all my meals. call it crazy, but it works for me! i also bring along healthy snacks for long driving. blue diamond almonds are the best! so filling!
a co-worker turned me onto the daily plate. it's a website where you can log everything you eat. it gives you the nutrition information for just about any restaurant or meal you eat. an additional bonus is that it tells you how many calories you can eat in order to keep your goal. for example, i want to lose about 1 pound a week, so the daily plate calculator estimates that i can eat about 1900 calories in order to meet my goal!
fitness
i really rely on hotel gyms and fitness centers to workout before i begin my day. but a lot of the time the equipment is out dated and out of order, so i've started to bring my own equipment (i promise i'm not a dork). my two favorite fitness tools are the kettle bell and a resistance band.
the kettlebell is a strength training tool and a cardio workout in one. rather than lifting the kettlebell, you swing it in order to exhaust your muscles in a new and unique way. it develops more lean muscle, rather than bulk. also, kettlebells can be found at target where a dvd of a workout routine is included!
resistance bands are also a good choice for a concise workout. once again this tool creates lean muscle mass. with resistance bands you can do bicep curls, tricep kickbacks, donkey kickbacks, the list goes on!
stay fab
blue diamond almonds (bluediamons.com); the daily plate (thedailyplate.com); kettlebell (ironcorekettlebells.com); resistance band (simplefitnesssolutions.com)
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