{"id":3877,"date":"2013-06-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/weight-loss-week-14-stronger\/"},"modified":"2013-06-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-02T00:00:00","slug":"weight-loss-week-14-stronger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/weight-loss-week-14-stronger\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 14: Stronger"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Julie<\/p>\n
It's Week 14 and I'm starting to feel like I'm hitting my stride. I haven't followed the plan to a "T" but somehow I feel a bit lighter and a LOT stronger. The difference in my energy levels is tangible and for someone who has always had a lethargic streak, that is huge. My weekdays start between 5 and 6 a.m., and yet the dreaded afternoon sleepy hour has almost disappeared. I've made a conscious effort to go for a walk at lunchtime, too, so I'm sure that helps. Keep things moving.<\/p>\n
Most of my eating this week was on track, but as I mentioned in last week's blog, there has been a huge surge in my hunger levels, especially in the first half of the day. I'm hoping this is a sign that my metabolism is revving up; in any case, I'm packing more healthy snacks<\/a> on my lunch bag. Whereas an apple used to be a good mid-morning munch, I now need to add some peanut butter<\/a> to it. I'm trying to keep my calories in line but that might become difficult if this hunger surge continues.<\/p>\n The workouts are getting, well, heavier. This week Justo had me curling 20-pound dumbbells and at first I thought there was a mistake with the weight. But no! I can actually curl 20 pounds on one arm. It's not super-easy, but I can do it. And my upper arms feel radically different—firmer and smaller, with less of what I call "chicken wings". Those push-ups definitely have their function. And as always, I have to execute every move with mental awareness of my core\/back.<\/p>\n The weekend was a bit of a mess but not a total washout. I feel like I'm doing well enough that I can maneuver the bumps and get back on track.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Julie It's Week 14 and I'm starting to feel like I'm hitting my stride. I haven't followed the plan to a "T" but somehow I feel a bit lighter and a LOT stronger. The difference in my energy levels is tangible and for someone who has always had a lethargic streak, that is huge. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[22],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3877"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/1millionbestdownloads.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}