{"id":11638,"date":"2013-08-01T20:15:40","date_gmt":"2013-08-02T02:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/?p=11638"},"modified":"2013-08-01T20:15:40","modified_gmt":"2013-08-02T02:15:40","slug":"50lbsbydec-july-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/50lbsbydec-july-update\/","title":{"rendered":"#50lbsByDec July update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well I’m a little more than one month in to my #50lbsByDec challenge<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I officially started the challenge June 24 and as of today, Aug. 1, I’m down 13.4 lbs.<\/p>\n

My big changes have been doing DDP Yoga 2-3 times a week along with counting calories again via MyFitnessPal — which essentially comes down to being aware of what I’m eating<\/a>. <\/p>\n

I find it’s super easy to mindlessly open the pantry and grab a handful of the first thing you see (which is typically some sort of chip or cracker in our house). Before you know it you’ve eaten two or three handfuls – or 3 or 4 servings at 120+ calories a pop.<\/p>\n

But the more mindful I am at tracking my intake (especially before I actually eat it) the more likely I am to reduce the crap.<\/p>\n

The more I focus on eating the good stuff – veggies, complex carbs, low-fat meat (if any) – the less desirable the crap food becomes.<\/p>\n

I’m working towards eating even less meat when possible, eliminating simple carbs and cutting back on dairy as well (I’ve found Silk soy milk to be an awesome substitute). <\/p>\n

I’m trying not be legalistic about it – but remain flexible when needed and more importantly – more aware of what I’m eating.<\/p>\n

It’s a work in progress, but it’s definitely doable.<\/p>\n

Here are a few photos showing my progress so far:<\/p>\n

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Well I’m a little more than one month in to my #50lbsByDec challenge. I officially started the challenge June 24 and as of today, Aug. 1, I’m down 13.4 lbs. My big changes have been doing DDP Yoga 2-3 times a week along with counting calories again via MyFitnessPal — which essentially comes down to … Continue reading #50lbsByDec July update<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2414],"tags":[4501,4507,35,4508],"class_list":["post-11638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eats","tag-50lbsbydec","tag-ddpyoga","tag-diet","tag-yoga"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pEnSo-31I","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11638"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11644,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11638\/revisions\/11644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/casadeblundell.com\/jonathan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}