Ok, I know this is going to sound premature, but I swear I feel that I have more energy already. Only day 2, right? But then, I thought about just how poorly my eating habits have gone downhill in the last several months and I can see why I would feel a difference already...
I thought a little about what my habits have been in the last few months and, well, it was bad. Fast food was becoming almost a daily habit I realized. Lots of snacking (the not-so-healty kind) and lots of sweets. My fruit and vegetable consumption was at an all-time low. I just became very complacent in what I was eating. If I was not making my self conscious of it, I wouldn't have to make more responsible choices. I knew I was gaining weight and avoided the scale like the plague. It was just too easy to pick up fast food or grab a bag of chips when I was hungry. No wonder I ballooned to this weight!
Anyway, I managed to do my 20 minutes on the treadmill. I am starting to realize that with my work schedule I may have to forego the idea of exercising every day. I work 12-hour night shifts (sometimes longer) and I find I am running ragged trying to fit the exercise in and cook my meals (But that was what this blog was for, right? So that others may benefit from my trials and errors!). Clearly, I will need to plan and make my meals on my days off. I have also decided that I will incorporate longer workouts on my days off. I get plenty of exercise when I am at work anyway!
Still drinking just water. I decided to take one poster's advice (thanks Cassandra!) and reserve my diet soda drinking for my "anything goes" day. I have read so many reports of how bad diet soda is for weight loss anyway. No need to make things worse! Besides, I see this as sort of a cleansing time...
Meals today: breakfast was another omelette--spinach & mushrooms and a little parmesan (remembered it today!) lunch and dinner was a delicious dish I created: asparagus, tomatoes, zucchini, mushrooms, yellow squash and diced chicken in a pesto sauce. It was fabulous! And two servings of lentil soup for the legumes. I brought a snack of natural almonds in case I got hungry later.
In conclusion, I had another good day. Didn't feel hungry at all like I did yesterday so that helped. Dranks LOTS of water again and I am feeling good. I am starting to miss my Starbucks toffee nut mocha, but I am hanging in there!
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what are your goals? sometimes i think it helps when you have goals to look for
ReplyDeleteGood job on day two!! You'll actually find as time goes on that you stop craving the diet soda, and even that you might find you dislike the taste. Part of this whole process is learning to mature and refine our tastebuds to accept different things. Great variety of veggies in your lunch/dinner. You might also find that carrot sticks/baby carrots work well as a snack - being crunchy and fiber-filled, they tend to satisfy our mind as well as our stomach, and have less calories than almonds (thus a serving is larger!)
ReplyDeleteKeep it up!!
It sounds like your off to a great start!
ReplyDeleteYou mentioned you thought you will get bored with the same foods. (People that eat the same foods are supposed to lose more weight.) If you do start to get bored you can do a search for carb free recipes. I do that often, for something new and different.
Natural peanut butter & celery or P.B. & apples are good snacks. Keep up the good work. Water....Water......Water