The Slow Creep and a Litte Dessert Tea

I will let you guys in on a little tidbit.  Being thin and weight loss does not come naturally for me.  I have to work so hard at it and I'm always tweaking what I'm doing to see if I can get the last few pounds off and avoid the slow creep of pounds as I get older.  

"The Slow Creep" is my biggest fear when it comes to weight.  That I will wake up ten years from now and suddenly realize I've gained twenty pounds and I am now considered unhealthy (gasp!). 

I was never able to say when I was younger that I could eat whatever I wanted but when I hit XX (insert number here) my weight suddenly ballooned up.  I actually consider myself lucky that I never had to start from scratch and I've always had the tools to be healthy.  Good parenting examples, good work(out) ethic, healthy eating habits, love of learning about nutrition and fitness.  

To combat my fears I am always tweaking trying to lose the last bit.  I did weight watchers for many years and it started literally making me crazy to the point that everything I looked at wasn't food it was a point value.  Portion sizes and not what I eat is the biggest struggle for me.

My latest tweaks?

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  Adding the Workout page inspired by Cara's Burn Box.
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  Increasing the weight in body pump. (Paying for that today.)
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  Taking the dogs for walks and possibly adding a little running back. The most I have done is a half marathon and haven't been into running in quite a while.  My friend Justine just completed the Gate River Run and has inspired me to start running.  Okay maybe not running but at least jogging.
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  Going back to the fiber supplement I was taking called PGX, however, instead of taking it right before meals I take it in between to keep my blood sugar even and help me stop snacking so much.  I could literally have two snacks in between breakfast and lunch and then again between lunch and dinner and a dessert.  I continue to be told "You eat so healthy I could never eat that way and stick to it", however, like I said in the aforementioned paragraph, what I eat isn't the issue, it's how much".

To go along with cutting down on snacking I have been drinking more non-caffeinated herbal tea and I just found the most amazing one I want to share with you.  It is Pumpkin Spice Tea from Stash. 

I swear it's like pumpkin pie in a tea and it reminds me of Thanksgiving, one of my most favorite times of year. 

So here you go!  I hope you try it and enjoy!   (You can get it super cheap on Amazon).