2014- Week 2- Monday

While this week has not been perfect, I've made some good progress.  I've replaces my non-existent or catch-as-catch-can meals with my healthy ones from before.  I've been getting my small meals in during the days of the week and have usually had healthy freezer/crockpot meals at night.  I worked out three times and have started wearing my pedometer again.

I'm pulling out of the point system.  I'm just not there yet, though those are great goals that I'm going to continue to try to hit.

Here are my goals for this week:

1.  3-4 workouts
2.  8,000 steps/day
3.  Continuing with my morning snack of almonds, lunch bean salad, apple/string cheese afternoon snack, and crockpot dinner.  Breakfasts have been usually a couple slices of whole wheat toast with organic peanut butter.   I also found a recipe for cottage cheese with strawberries and grapenuts that was really good, too.
4.  This sounds silly, but stop making brownies in a mug and don't buy any more sweets.  This last week, I was craving sweets and because I didn't have any in the house, I started making a brownie in a mug.  Needless to say, it's been awesome and awful for me.  I need to get sugar out of my system, not find a way to make a decadent dessert in five minutes with the ingredients I will always have here in the house.


Onward and upward!

2014- Week 1- Monday

Well, here I am after a vacation, Thanksgiving, and a Christmas season.  I have made some great memories and had wonderful experiences.  I think, though, that I worked out twice- maybe three times in the last month and a half, and I know that healthy eating was not a priority for me.  My body is now letting me know in no uncertain terms that things need to change.  This past week, I've been able to do some preparing.  I didn't want to start working out again the same week I started back to school, so last week I got in to the gym three times.  I'm glad I did because my body was pretty sore and tired afterward.  I made a meal plan for this week, but didn't get to the store for all of it, so I'll need to put everything into place by shopping after work today and then putting together the freezer meals tonight.  Also, a friend of mine is doing an accountability healthy-kick start activity.  You try to get 15 points/day by meeting certain health goals that you set.  Then each week you report back to her and she sends out your progress to the group.  Here is what my chart looks like and where I'm focusing over the next 10 weeks.

With church on the later schedule now from 1-4, yesterday when I got home, I ate, talked to mom, and then took a hot bath and read.  I was in bed by 7:30.  It was awesome.  I think this later schedule where I don't get in a Sunday nap will really help me get to bed early and be ready for the week.  This morning, I got up at 4:30, took Pippin for a walk, ate a healthier breakfast than I have been eating (2 egg omelette with 1 oz. cheese, tomato, yellow bell pepper; the rest of the yellow bell pepper, and 2 pieces of whole wheat toast with light butter), drank 2 cups of water, walked to Curves for my coaching session, and am ready for the day.  My steps are already at 2,621 and it's only 6:30.  All in all, a good start.