Losing the Quarantine Weight in 2021

My goal at the beginning of 2020 was to tone my body and I was off to a good start. I started the year off with a juice and smoothie cleanse. I managed to slim down quite a bit as you can see it the pictures below.

My intentions was to be consistent in the gym but for some reason I just couldn't get up in the morning. So I told myself after I went on my cruise, back in February, I would get back in the gym but boy was I wrong. Shortly after coming home from my cruise, everything was closed for months including the gym. After everything reopened I did attempt to go back to the gym but the gym had some of their equipment taped off due to social distancing. I didn't really feel like it was worth my $29.99 each month. On top of that, it was just too many people there for my comfort level. During the course of 2020 I managed to gain 10 extra pounds.

During the month of November I found a gym that was less crowded and didn't have half of their equipment tape off. I started my gym journey once again, until I started having pain in my leg and swelling in my foot. After several doctors appointments I eventually figured out my birth control was the cause of my pain. I stopped taking the birth control and it took about a week for the pain to fade away. The last week of December I was finally able to make my return back to gym. So far I've been consistant and following my gym schedule.

Here is my plan to lose my quarantine weight and get the tone body I desire:

1. Drink at least half of my body weight in oz per day in water. I purchased a half of gallon water jug from Amazon. It's so pretty! I absolutely love it. It also comes in a gallon also well (which I also have lol). You can click the pictures to get to these bottles on Amazon.

2. My gym schedule is Sunday - Arms Tuesday - Abs Thursday - Arms Saturday - Legs As you can see my focus right now is my arms. I want to get them toned asap. My legs I'm not really worry about because I run a mile as a warmup and over time they will become stronger and more toned through cardio and leg day. Abs are made it the kitchen, once I get my diet right, the abs will come. Which leads me to my next point meal prepping...

3. Meal prepping is must. If you all would like to know what I'm eating I can make a blog post including my meal plans for the week. My goal at the moment is to increase my vegetable intake and decrease my meat intake. I'm interested to see what meals I come up with but planning ahead is key. Planning will keep me on track and save me money as well because when I don't know what to eat, I eat fast food.

4. Counting my calories through MyFitnessPal is super important. I want to be sure I'm not over eating each day. The thing I love the most about counting calories, is you can eat whatever you want as long as you're staying within your calories. So even if I have a "cheat day" I can still stay on track with my calories. My starting weight is 159 lbs as of 12/27/2020 and my goal weight is 150. Let see how long it takes me to get there.