Inspire Me: Healthy Week 4

It's that time of the week again where I spill my guts to you all.  I share with you the good, the bad, and the ugly of what has been going on with this whole weight loss thing!
I love this link-up and I am so glad that I have it here to motivate me.  As many of you may know this past weekend I moved back to Tennessee to start my Senior Year of College!!
And like the last time I moved someone in, it was a whole lot harder than you would think to keep losing the weight.  But I have to say I am mighty proud of myself for keeping up with everything! 
This week I lost 4 pounds!!! I guess all of that stress and worry was for nothing! This means I am 1 pound away from losing 20 pounds!! I have to say I am pretty proud of myself and now know that I really can do this!
It had been a bit of a struggle to make my meal plan work.  And I mean that in the sense of I am surrounded by so much other tempting unhealthy foods that are most definitely not on my diet, and I think I would rather have that! Fortunately I am have been exercising some self control.
I also have some pretty awesome friends who have been helping keep me motivated! 
Monday morning we woke up and hit the gym by 9.  I was able to get in some cardio as well as a good leg workout.  While I got VERY frustrated that the machines here are all different, I pushed through that and made it work.  All the while I was texting my trainer about EVERYTHING the whole time.  I must have done something right because come Tuesday I was most definitely feeling that workout!

I hate this machine with a passion.  I was secretly praying they wouldn't  have one!

Tuesday I hit the gym again with 2 friends.  Did some more cardio and then some upper body.  Starting the upper body is a bit scary for me because I get so concerned about my shoulder.  But I am learning to listen to my body and know when to stop.

Get it Ash!

Wednesday was just a cardio day, and since it was the first day of classes we definitely needed a bit of a break from the weights!
I am so excited to keep moving forward with the weight loss.  So much so that when I filled out my information for my gown for graduation, I put my weight as already 15 lbs less than what I am now! Hopefully by then I will be smaller than that, but I needed something to keep me going!
P.S. Last week I was able to buy a size smaller in jeans! I did a pretty big happy dance when that happened:)