ok, last weekend, with everyone's help, was the best weekend i have had in 2-3 years, breaking my "binge" "treat yourself" weekend mentality. Do I hear two great weekends in a row?
starting off right with a bowl of oatmeal (I read that so many of you are having oatmeal for breakfast, thought i'd give it a try. I prefer irish steel cut but the Quaker ain't bad) and I am off to an hour of Ashtanga (power) yoga and then a weights class! Chosing success this weekend, hoping to make it a trend.On track, staying on track! How is your weekend going? izzy
Goals: 1. Stop thinking like a chronic dieter and start living to inspire. 2. HALT (hungry, anxious, lonely, tired) I will stop and tune in with myself should I experience these things, and respond with something healthy. 3. One word 2008: courage 4. Eat slow and mindfully.
still nursing my cold. even so, i got in my hour of elliptical and core work. i did not push myself as hard as usual though. B: healthy version of french toast (sprouted grain bread, dipped in eggbeaters and cinnamon, apple butter spread, fat free ready whip on top), peeled orange L: brown rice, lean protein, green beans, steeam vegetarian dumplings. s: baked tortilla chips, FF yogurt (more than i should have eaten due to comforting myself for being ill) D: low carb spaghetti, 1/4 marinara sauce, asparagus. dessert: two slices of raisen challah bread with apple butter, hot chocolate Now, having herbal tea, ibuprophen. Will try to stay on track the best i can given my temptation to comfort my cold. hanging on... (It is 5:15pm and I am going to go brush my teeth)
Goals: 1. Stop thinking like a chronic dieter and start living to inspire. 2. HALT (hungry, anxious, lonely, tired) I will stop and tune in with myself should I experience these things, and respond with something healthy. 3. One word 2008: courage 4. Eat slow and mindfully.
Sunday is off to a good start. Went to bed early last night and woke up feeling refreshed
Got in a 6 1/2 mile run to start the day which is my longest in a long time. My knees feel good and I'm back down weight wise to where I was Wednesday before Thanksgiving : )
B: whole wheat toast with light cream cheese (rest of the family had huge blueberry muffins from the bakery).
Plan for the rest of the day: L: wrap and a salad S: granola and an apple D: pork tenderloin and root veggies.
Out of our beliefs are born deeds; out of our deeds we form habits; out of our habits grows our character; and on our character we build our destiny.
I got off track, feeling icky. I comforted myself with some munchies. Probably went off the calorie track. But still, in comparison to those "treat" weekends, this was nothing. Also, even tho i had the munchies, I stayed with healthy ones, like whole grain Kashi crackers, a few spoonfuls of leftover oatmeal, FF yogurt. Nothing like the old days of finding everything chocolate and sugary in the pantry. so back on track tomorrow, hopefully feeling better from the ickies.
Goals: 1. Stop thinking like a chronic dieter and start living to inspire. 2. HALT (hungry, anxious, lonely, tired) I will stop and tune in with myself should I experience these things, and respond with something healthy. 3. One word 2008: courage 4. Eat slow and mindfully.
Saturday accountability post: I was on plan for b/l/s and ended up doing an hour hike with the family plus an extra 1/2 hr by myself.
Dinner out was amazing. The food ended up being outstanding and I ate much more than planned but it was all well worth it.
I also made some trade offs - I had soup to start but didn't eat it all. The bread was out of this world but I only had half a very small slice (dd ate my other half) I had seared scallops with polenta and tomatoes for the entree but it was only 3 sea scallops and a small amount of polenta For dessert, I had fruit but it came with chantille cream - I gave most of it to dd and left some in the martini glass used for presentation.
I did have 1 1/2 glasses of wine as well and we all shared tastes of each others' food (but I figure that was a wash as people had tastes of mine as well).
While I know it was not a good night calorie wise, it was an amazing evening and we're very, very lucky to have such a great restaurant 5 minutes from our house.
Back to normal tomorrow and the day will start with a long run.
Out of our beliefs are born deeds; out of our deeds we form habits; out of our habits grows our character; and on our character we build our destiny.
I'm doing pretty well so far this weekend. Yesterday wasn't a bad day either, in the end. I had brown rice jambalaya for lunch with carrots & applesauce.
Who knows what dinner will be.
Life is like a roller coaster, with lots of ups and downs, but the curves, spirals, loops and corkscrews are what make life interesting.
thanks for the support! just returned from the weights class. i left 15 mintues early because i started to feel like i was coming down with something (chills, weird feeling in my head) but i had a nice healthy lunch of brown rice, green beans, steam shrimp dim sum. i had stopped at the store on the way home, and plan to make chinese Hot and Sour Soup for dinner. hot soup, sit in my PJ's, hot chocolate and Lifetime TV--I think that is what i need to feel better. thanks, still on track for success, taking care of the ole bod! iz
Goals: 1. Stop thinking like a chronic dieter and start living to inspire. 2. HALT (hungry, anxious, lonely, tired) I will stop and tune in with myself should I experience these things, and respond with something healthy. 3. One word 2008: courage 4. Eat slow and mindfully.
My weekend isn't off to as good of a start. I woke up this morning feeling sick - headache, stomachache and very congested.
I skipped my run but will be doing an hour hike later with my family.
Food plan for today: B: home made french toast with thin slices of ww bread and 1 tsp of maple syrup L: soup and turkey wrap S: granola and an apple D: we're out to dinner tonight. I'm doing an appetizer and a salad and fresh fruit for dessert (and 1 glass of wine with dinner).
Out of our beliefs are born deeds; out of our deeds we form habits; out of our habits grows our character; and on our character we build our destiny.
