diet
The meatballs sound good… a couple of others are interesting too.. just some ideas for you and for me.
I’m sure you’ve heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but I’d argue that lunch should take that spot. Check out our healthy lunch ideas.
Source: 7 Healthy Lunch Ideas to Help You Power Through Your Day – Nutrition Secrets
Wasn’t it just yesterday that we were spreading these on clay sheep? Haven’t tried these yet but I will at some point.
When overnight oats or a bowl of yogurt just won’t do, look to chia seed pudding for an equally healthy and delicious breakfast (or snack) option.
Source: 10 Delicious Chia Seed Pudding Recipes – Life by DailyBurn
Weight: 379.2 pounds
Loss since 8/12/14 (42 days): 36.8 pounds
Loss since top weight (423.6 on 9/13/10): 44.4 pounds
I have been trying to find a good way to share my food diary from the day before here and I am getting nowhere… best I could do is to make a PDF out of it and post a link… not sure if this would be beneficial to any of you, but it might be to me so I am starting a new category which is My Food Diary… posts can be seen HERE
Weight: 379.0 pounds
Loss since 8/12/14 (42 days): 37.0 pounds
Loss since top weight (423.6 on 9/13/10): 44.6 pounds
(Note: on the graph above you will see where the yellow and red lines jump down.. this is when I reset them to make it more effective.. if you leave the lines the same from day one it makes it easy to slack off as there is a lot of distance to gain before you hit a line.. so resetting them lower makes it have more incentive to stick with it.)
So as expected my weight loss has slowed… I was at a bad plateau for a while… oh course that makes it harder to stick to the calorie limit but I have been able to do it so far. I have been struggling eating much during the day (breakfast and lunch) and then eating a lot for dinner.. this is not the best way to do this.. am still using the MyFitnessPal app on my phone religiously and using their website as well, www.myfitnesspal.com… I track everything that I eat and drink and often plan out my meal on there first and then serve myself accordingly… This planning helps the most when eating out…
I have been trying to diversify my foods… I have added hard boiled eggs to my diet and some more fruit… but one of my downfalls has been diet sodas… I have been drinking too much of this and need to limit them to 1 a day and increase my water intake.My moods have not been good.. grumpiness from the diet and have had no motivation at all for anything. Am going to try my best to stay focused and try to not be in a bad mood.. I should be in a good mood since I am sticking to this and losing weight, right?
My health has been good.. I definitely feel an improvement overall… When I walk a flight of stairs I am not winded… It feels like my low back issue is a little better… My Peripheral Neuropathy pain in both feet is still constant and at times severe… I am hopeful that at some point the weight loss will help, but there is a good chance that it won’t help. I plan to schedule an appointment with my doctor when I hit 10% of my body weight lost (41.6 pounds will be 10%) and have a physical… when I hit 41.6 lost that will mean I have lost 21% of my goal loss of 198 pounds…
No one has said anything about me losing weight but I think it isn’t real obvious to others yet… For me my belly is MUCH smaller… it isn’t hard and protruding as much as it has.. I have been using notches in my belts that haven’t been used in awhile… I have worn a couple of shirts that were too tight to wear before.. so all in all I am happy with my progress so far.
Exercise is still something I need to dive into… there are no excuses really other than me just not doing it. I don’t need anything to go for a walk, ride the exercise bike, play the fitness games on xBox with Kinex…
No one commented after my last post asking people to let me know if they are reading this blog.. so I guess I am doing this for just me at this point… but please comment if you do read this at some point.
Just a quick note.. I have embarked on a Juicing diet… After a bunch of research (and a huge amount of help from my friend Kristen) I started on 11/29/12 with one juice meal replacement.. Continue reading
A quick list to adjust and build on…
#10 – Cut Portion sizes:
I can eat huge amounts of food… that doesn’t mean I ‘should’ eat huge amounts of food.
#9 – Track All Food:
Every bite that I take needs to be accounted for on my food chart Continue reading
Yesterday was day #3 of my 30 day challenge and here are the results:
Goal #1 – Stay on the LightenUp eating program every day.
Stayed on and monitored all day. Was two fruit exchanges under. Score: A
Goal #2 – Exercise at least 5 days a week (home workouts and gym)
I was more motivated, but got caught up in a urget issue with a clients website. Score: F
Goal #3 – Sleep 7+ hours every day
In bed at 12:50 am and asleep by 1:00… up at 6:40 am.. 5 hours and 50 minutes of sleep Score: F
Goal #4 – Water intake of 8+ servings every day and Limit myself to 1 can of diet soda (or diet flavored water) a day
Drank 8 servings at my desk and had 2 more at home. Drank only 1 diet soda all day. Score: A
Overall score for day #3 is a C (2.00) The issue with the client was the excuse I need to not exercise. The issue really needed imediate attention and caused me to stay up late also. I need to make the time for myself no mater what.
Overal average: C or 2.375 of 4 (7.125/3)
I got an email newsletter from Richard Simmons a few days ago and it was focusing on drinking eight cups of water a day… I’ll admit that I have been very bad at this for a long time… I bring a bottle of water with me to work pretty much every day, but by the time I am leaving I have only consumed 8 oz or so.. and then when I get home I don’t do any better… I do drink my 16 oz of decaf green tea almost every weekday, but not water.
So I decided to figure out a way to get this working… Continue reading
Cece and I had a nice New Years eve with all the kids… dinner out (I was good and had Vegetable Fajitas) and went to the movies (I was not so good and had popcorn) and saw Marley & Me.. If you are a dog person you will sit there crying your eyes out at the end… (I am a dog person) Continue reading