A brief note on consistency:
I weighed myself every morning from Friday until today – sort of as an experiment. My scale, from Friday until yesterday said: 154.4. Every day. Am I the only one who finds this a little creepy?
New Lifestyle: Changes
Okay so! I’ve decided I’m really going to tackle this, not because I want to be super thin, but because I want to be healthy and feel as good as I can every day. Because of this, I’ve decided to implement some lifestyle changes.
Fitness:
I’m taking a more aggressive stance on work outs. I’m going to do some form of exercise 6 days of the week (something rigorous 3 of those days). On Sunday night I started doing a pyramid work out for my arms and legs. I did not complete either of them (that’s how out of shape this girl is).
Last night, I managed to get all the way through the arm pyramid… but only did 10 chair dips each time. I am in severe need of working on my upper body strength.
Food:
I’ve switched from 3 big meals each day to 5 smaller ones and so far, it’s been really helpful. Earl and I have been doing the layered salad each day this week so far and I’m feeling really good about the simple change.
Another change – that hasn’t been so simple for Earl – is that we didn’t buy any soda this week. We’ve been keeping a pitcher of Water in our fridge (complete with cucumber, lemon slices and mint leaves) and I’m still kind of amazed at how little I miss having the soda. (If I’m totally honest, I miss it mostly for its convenience). I do think that we’re going to bring soda back in next week for Earl. But that’s okay, We’ll just buy a cola of some sort, which I can’t drink anyway.
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| Monday's Lunch: Spinach, Quinoa, Feta, Cucumber, Salami and Balsamic |
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| Friday's Dinner: Home made Crescent Roll crust, Zuchinni, Spinach, Basil, Mozzarella, Tomato and Bacon pizza |
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| Tuesday's Breakfast: Steelcut Oats, Honey & Almond Milk. |
Hurdles:
I don’t know if any of you recall… but Thanksgiving was last week. I managed to keep myself from over eating – mostly because I was severely craving something green that day and the “green bean casserole” looked a bit brown. And, because we didn’t make any of it, there were no left overs!
Another thing that's nice about Thanksgiving is that I got to make a Bailey's Mint Mocha Cheesecake and only eat one slice - mostly because it was all gone before I could get another!
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| Cheesecake Batter - before Division |
About 4 years ago – or so – I tripped off a curb while heading to work and severely busted up my knee (For your information, I had not been drinking – most people go there when I tell them I tripped off a curb – I was in a new pair of heels). The cartilage behind my kneecap was bruised and the bursa was inflamed. I went to physical therapy for it for 4 months and nothing seemed to get better, so I stopped and worked on it myself – the only thing I didn’t have access to was the electric shock therapy. And it worked out swell. My knee got better and everything was hunky dory. Except, now the pain and swelling is back and that is severely hindering my ability to work out. So that is one of those fun little tid-bits.
Today’s Weigh-in: 153.6
And, as a special treat (okay, you'll probably disagree) I've made up a chart of my progress so far!
And, as a special treat (okay, you'll probably disagree) I've made up a chart of my progress so far!
Is the gap in the chart from when you weren't weighing yourself?
ReplyDeleteAlso, how come you can't drink cola?
Thanks for posting the pyramid workouts! I want to try them out too.
Twelve, Yes, the gap is from when the scale broke until the first Wednesday after I got the new one. :D
ReplyDeleteAnd I can't drink colas because Phosphoric Acid gives me migraines.