Today it has officially been a week since I decided to get
serious about making a healthy lifestyle change and I feel amazing. I wasn’t in
the greatest of moods when I got home tonight and was seriously considering
having tonight be my rest night since I worked out last night when I wasn’t
going to. Instead I thought about the energy I had building up inside of me and
got changed after putting my boys to bed and worked out for almost an hour.
When I was done I felt so much better. I’m really glad I didn’t let a sour mood
stop me from staying on track.
I did have a little bit of trouble with my eating today, but
not in the way you would expect. Although my darling did give me a chocolate
bar (one that I have saved and haven’t even tasted as of yet) it wasn’t so much
staying away from the foods that I wanted to avoid that was the issue. I didn’t
find I was as hungry as I have been on previous days since I cut back on my
calories and I struggled to ensure that I had enough in my day to so I was not
being unhealthy. Some people in my life who have struggled to love themselves
have blindly cut back on what they were eating to the point where they may have
been having 600 or 700 calories in a day. This is NOT the way to reach your
goals. Starving your body is doing the opposite of what you think you are. But
refusing to eat enough to properly function throughout the day you are actually
training your body to store everything it can because your system doesn’t know
when the next proper meal is coming. This person was so frustrated because they
weren’t seeing the results they wanted. Finally they increased what they were
eating in a day, made healthy choices in the fuel they were putting into their
body, and started to exercise regularly and now they have nearly reached their
goal in the right way.
I have been starting to think about next month. There are
going to be so many things going on that could throw me off track. There will
be big family dinners, cookies, chocolates and so many potentially lazy days. I
wanted to put a plan in place to make sure that I don’t stray away from my
goals. I am thinking about week over week scheduling my workouts and planning
more than one day in advance when it comes to what I will be eating. I can make
a lot of the meals during my days off and get the snacks for the week together
on my weekend. This way I won’t even have to think about eating right as
everything will be close at hand to grab and go and I will have my workout as
part of my schedule so there is no excuse not to make the time for it.
I want to start exploring new meals over the next couple of
weeks. I tried out a new chili recipe my mom gave to me. Though it wasn’t spicy
enough for me (I love spicy food and pretty much drink hot sauce) it was pretty
tasty. It got me thinking though that I haven’t tried a lot of new recipes
lately. I am planning, over the remainder of this week, to find some low
calorie meals that peak my interest. I LOVE food and really enjoy cooking so I
feel this could be the next step in making my adventure even more enjoyable.
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