04/13/2009 16:46
Good Monday!
135.8 I am finally back down, surprise! Good thing too, because my motivation to do anything was low until I hopped on the scale and it provided such encouraging news!
I have been drinking a lot of iced tea, making better food choices, but I still struggle with eating desert every night. I need to break that bad habit! I know that just moving more through the day WORKS! Instead of sitting down reading this weekend, I stood at the counter. Funny, but somehow I burned the calories and that was all the exercise I got this weekend. I bought tons of veggies for salads this week! I can't eat store bought dressing (allergies), so I have to come up with homemade salad dressing. If anyone has a homemade dressing for Ranch, I would love the recipe! My favorite salad is: romaine, fresh tomatoes, jalapenos, red onions and ranch! Served with iced water and lime. Yummy! I lived off of this for dinner one summer, lost 10 pounds and it was easy! I need some goals for this week. Really try to lose a pound this week!
- Drink tea/water
- Eat veggies
- So some exercise each day
- Yoga 6 days
- Vitamins at dinner!!
- Yard work/spring cleaning (weekend)
04/08/2009 15:03
2 mile walk
Yesterday: worked a long day and has a class in the evening, but got in a 2 mile walk. Ran out of time to make dinner, so had fast food. Need to work on having more grab and go meals in the house! Feel great today though! It must be all that fresh air from the walk!
Today feels like a Monday, like a fresh start.
04/07/2009 06:36
Binge on day 3
2 days of great eating, and today I binged on sugar
Woke up early, had a great breakfast (mango and banana smoothie), drank 1 ltr of water, lunch (white chicken chili and raw carrots). I know I am hungry when I get home from work, so I planned for this (leftover chicken to eat before I workout) I was not really hungry today, so I decided to eat an orange then walk the dog. Arrived home, walked past the cadbury eggs and ate a caramel one, just like that! I grabbed it, thought what am I doing, and tasted the first bite, before the whole thing was gone and I was distracted on the phone. During the call I had eaten another one! I don't usually eat when I am on the phone! DH came home and we ate 1/2 a bag of Jelly Bellys. Then I made dinner (beef stir fry with rice) during the cooking I ate a bowl of rice thinking what has happened to me. Then at dinner I had one serving, water, 20 min of cardio (got a tummy ache) did my complete yoga routine, took the dog for a walk, drank more water and now I am here. So balancing the binge out, I had a good day, but why why why do I binge!!! I was hungry by 10 am after eating breakfast, I get hungry earlier if I eat breakfast. If I just drink coffee, I am not hungry until later...appetite suppressant. I just don't know what I am going to do yet. Hopefully writing all this down will reveal something to help this behavior end!
04/05/2009 23:18
2 great days!
Yea! I love looking back at great days! 30 minute cardio, 30 min yoga, made good food choices all day and then 'treated" myself by being a lazy bum in the evening. I snacked on raisins, and blueberry tea!
04/02/2009 16:35
Day 4 Determined
I don't care how long it takes, there is no immediate gratification because that does not last, I will ALWAYS struggle with wanting food that is not healthy, this fight will Never be over! That is what I learned last night. I cant even think about restricting what I eat, somehow I am set to sabotage myself every time. I just want to live day by day doing what is right for that day. I am off to get the days priorities done! I will return tomorrow, hopefully to report today was productive and positive!
04/02/2009 01:39
Overeating pt.2
I ate the rest of the bag
why can't I stop doing this
04/01/2009 19:55
Day 3 (Overeating Issue)
Had a meeting last night, came home thinking about eating (I had such a great food day), family had left dinner sitting out, so I ate all the leftovers, then moved on to chips (because I 'saw" them), and then I ate the banana I wanted when I was driving home, but that was topped with nuts and syrup
Today I read many articles on overeating. I have had this problem for as long as I can remember. I have never been too heavy, but my family is. I went to over-eaters anonymous many years ago looking for help, I met one woman who was my size (smaller than the other women) and she told her story. She was visiting her sister, and looks for meetings when she is traveling. She tells me to keep coming to meetings. The next week I went back, no one talked to me. I never went back. 20 years later I have still not overcome this problem.
After reading the articles I started to do some work, faced a frustration, and immediately grabbed the chips. The best article said, "Ask yourself WHY you are eating." Emotional eaters eat when we are bored, lonely, upset... but we need to figure out why we are eating. I grabbed the chips because I was frustrated because something that should have been easy to do was now going to take twice as long and be much more work. I thought this through, put the chips back, and waited for my breakfast to finish cooking (I even had breakfast in the oven while I grabbed for those chips!) I pray I can keep this question in my mind every time I want to overeat!
The plan for today is to follow some of the other ideas I read about this morning, complete my workouts, and have a productive day!
Article Ideas:
- Drink green tea before working out-it helps burn fat and provides energy (caffeine)
- menthol/eucalyptus cough drops stop cravings instantly
- eat chunky salads to fill you up (chop the veggies in large pieces)
- call a friend if you feel like overeating
- drop and do 10 push-ups or sit-ups if you feel like overeating
- eat slow, focus on the food, mindless eating denies you of the pleasure of food, and it denies you the pleasure of feeling thin, strong, healthy and energetic!
03/30/2009 19:50
Day 1
Hoping that keeping a daily journal will teach me about my habits and how to change them. I started keeping a food log and that was working great until the weekend when I forgot about everything! Already I have learned that I am great during the week, when I plan my schedule, but on weekends when the family plans the schedule, I forget about my daily goals. I need to form some habits, so I can take care of my body the way I want and still live with my family!
Today I have housework: dishes, laundry, and dinner. I want to get in a half hour of cardio, weights, and yoga. I hope to do 1.5 hours consisting of these three every day this week. This and eating well, drinking enough water, and taking vitamins should be a good start of developing a new habit.
Goal 1: Blog Every Day!
Got the laundry done and put away, all the dishes are washed and dinner is cooking away, ate great, but still have not gotten in any workout. I think doing it earlier in the day is going to work better if I can make that work with work. Being tired is just such a struggle! It is 3:30 and I am going to do 30 minutes of cardio now. I would like to get in the weights after, hopefully I will have the energy...
Ok! Wow... Tired before, exhausted and out of breath now! But I am sweaty, hot, and feel great!
