I look forward to updating noticeable picture changes at least monthly!
This morning I woke up at 5:00am to go walking with 2 friends. We walked 4 miles with jogging a small portion.
I don't have a whole lot of detailed ideas on how I'm going to go about my goals, except to JUST DO IT!
In June of 2009 I got fed up with the dang weight scale because I found it to be annoyingly obsessive and for WHAT? I've weighed myself since I was very young and it's never done anything good for me. I typically weighed myself morning and night only to be discouraged by a 1or 2 pound weight gain and really in the end causing me to feel as though I was definitely focusing on the wrong stuff for success so I finally said, NO MORE, I'm Changing My Thinking!
A friend of mine encouraged me to measure my success with a ribbon and so that is what I started doing July 20th, 2009 and every month on that day I put the red ribbon around the largest part of my waist and mark it with a black marker labeling the date and measuring my success. I have my red ribbon thumbtacked hanging on the wall with the black marks inching their way up to success and it's very encouraging, allowing me to free my mind of that stress and focus my thoughts more on, "when did I have a glass of water last, when was the last time I ate some protein and vegetables and what kind of aggressive calorie burn have I had for the day."
I look forward to hearing some of my friends ideas on what to eat during the day. Does anyone out there have a simple plan?
Well, when I am eating well, here is my sample day:
ReplyDeletemorning I will eat oatmeal. Calorie wise it was still ok for me to have a tsp of brown sugar and i used skim milk. This week I am getting started again on my journey and I did by cinammon raisin bread because it is only 80 cals per slice and I bought whole wheat english muffins.
snacks: I love fruit. But if there wasnt much that was fresh at the store, I would have a mix of almonds, raisins and dark chocolate chips. The fiber one bars are good too.
lunch: This week I bought soup ingredients. Brocolli soup. THe recipe has you put the low cal cheese on top so you only put a tad bit. I sometimes eat pita sandwiches with turkey, mustard, lettuce and tomato. I love to add a huge salad to any meal cause it helps me feel like I get a lot.
dinner: chicken or turkey burger.
I have a cookbook written by the people who wrote fix it and forget it for crockpots. This is a healthy cookbook and gives many tips throughout the front even for helping your kids. It is called fix it and enjoy it: healthy cooking. I think. I love this book!!!!