So after doing some research I think I know where I'm going wrong.
We tend to eat out a lot. For my lunch break I can go across the street to McDonalds or to the Chinese restaurant or to one of the Jamacian restaurants or I can call Woodland Pizza and get a small pizza or a grinder or a pasta dinner. For dinner we might have some processed junk on hand like ramen noodles, or canned ravioli or some frozen dinners. We cook maybe once or twice a week if we're lucky. I'm not the greatest cook in the world but I'm eager to learn. I photocopied recipies from different cookbooks and I'd like to try all of them at least once. I've tried 4 of them so far and I'm trying another one this weekend.
I hardly ever eat breakfast. I read an article somewhere that said people who eat breakfst are 50% less likely to be overweight. That's huge!!! The problem is that I'm not a morning person and I don't really like breakfast foods. I'll eat eggs, cereal and bagels that about it. I suppose I could have a turkey sandwich for breakfast just as easily as I could for lunch.
I'm not a very active person. I want to change that. I recently joined the YMCA. The facilities are wonderful and the staff is very friendly and approachable. I want to workout 4 to 5 times a week. I'm not really sure how long the workouts need to be. I really want to include some weightt training along with the time I spend on the eliptical. They offer personal training sessions so i think I'll register for one.
I love soda!!!! Actually I love Coca Cola. But, it doesnt love me. I'm going to try to cut back to 2 cans a week. I have to cut back on fruit juices too. I only drink 100% juices now but the calories add up. I need to drink more water. I don't know how much water I need per day. They say 8 glasses but what kind of glasses, big ones, little ones? I would be much happier if i could have a figure in ounces. I think I'll look that up when I'm done with this blog.
My 2 favorite hobbies, reading and playing World of Warcraft, involve me sitting on my butt for hours at a time. On top of that, I usually stuff my face with something like pretzels or cookies or icecream while I'm reading or playing WoW. I need to find a couple of active hobbies. I'm going to try my hand at container gardening.I'll have to get up and go outside to water the plants everyday. That's a start.
And finally I need to sleep for 8 hours a night. I get 5 to 6 hours of sleep now. I don't think Ive gotten 8 hours of uninterupted sleep since I was pregnant. Ive heard of studies that say that people who get 8 hours of sleep a night weigh less that people who get more or less sleep. I'm going to have to come up with some sort of sleep routine to ensure that I'm getting the right amount of rest
