{"id":207,"date":"2015-05-07T19:52:41","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T00:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moni911.me\/blog\/?p=207"},"modified":"2015-05-07T19:52:41","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T00:52:41","slug":"getting-a-grip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moni911.me\/blog\/2015\/05\/07\/getting-a-grip\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting a Grip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I think I might&#8217;ve finally gotten a grip on things. \u00a0Last night and today have gone really well. \u00a0I&#8217;ve eaten clean and had a great workout this morning. \u00a0I had one stupid accident letting the weight bar fall on my good leg, but I worked through it. \u00a0I have a huge bruise now but I&#8217;m not gonna let it give me an excuse to fall off the wagon again. \u00a0I can&#8217;t believe that I&#8217;ve let myself gain 20 pounds in the last 6 months. \u00a0I feel like a failure. \u00a0Hopefully I will be able to keep the momentum going and lose the 20 I gained plus the last 15-20 that I had to go before. \u00a0Why does this have to be so hard? \u00a0Why couldn&#8217;t I have the metabolism that so many others have? \u00a0It&#8217;s so frustrating. \u00a0But I guess those are the cards I was dealt and I better figure out a way to deal with it. \u00a0I have so much to be thankful for that I shouldn&#8217;t complain at all. \u00a0I&#8217;m way healthier than many others my age. \u00a0My husband loves me no matter my size. \u00a0I have a very loving son and family. \u00a0I have Bevo and Boomer. \u00a0I have a Savior that shows me mercy every single day. \u00a0Okay, life is great! \u00a0Pity party over.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think I might&#8217;ve finally gotten a grip on things. \u00a0Last night and today have gone really well. \u00a0I&#8217;ve eaten clean and had a great workout this morning. \u00a0I had one stupid accident letting the weight bar fall on my &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moni911.me\/blog\/2015\/05\/07\/getting-a-grip\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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