Yet another Day 1

Yes, I am trying the 8 Minutes in the Morning plan I mentioned in my last post.  I did the Cruise Moves this morning and I am not won over yet.  Perhaps that is a good thing.  Usually I get very excited about a program immediately, only to lose my enthusiasm a few days later.

The Cruise Moves are basically isometric exercises, and you do two different exercises every day.  I felt my muscles shake from fatigue toward the end, but by lunchtime I didn't feel like had done anything at all.  I guess I still have that old Jane Fonda workout mentality.  If I'm not walking around sore all day, I don't feel like I worked hard enough.  Still, it is only eight minutes a day so it won't kill me to stick with it a while.

The Cruise Down Plate isn't that difficult, either.  Fill 1/2 your plate with veggies, 1/4 with lean meat, and 1/4 with carbs like rice or potatoes.  There's no counting of carbs/calories/fat grams--just use your common sense and don't fill your veggies side with fried okra or broccoli swimming in cheese. This is just the kind of no-fuss eating plan I needed.  Dividing the plate gives me a simple visual to keep myself on track.

I've done pretty well sticking to the plan today.  I've committed myself to cooking more vegetables for dinner and breakfast has never been a problem.  Lunch at the caf will be a challenge, though.  When there is a healthy option, I choose it. There are some days, though, when there is not a green vegetable to be found.  One day last week, we had fried fish with coleslaw, potato salad, and beans.  The sandwich choices were a fried chicken patty or chicken salad croissant with french fries. What was I supposed to choose out of that?  Even if Iiked salads, the salad bar is picked over by the time my lunch time comes around.  I don't take my lunch because I like a hot lunch and there is always a line for the microwave.  Grumble, grumble, whine, whine :-).

Anyway, I will try to stick with this for 28 days and see if it helps.