You did very well yesterday Trenice!!!! I'm so proud of you. I am not doing this slimfast crap anymore, my poor stomach can't take it, the people around me can't take it either, hehe.
Day 5
Alright everything is going well for me, I didnt get any exercise in, but I managed to eat ok.
Breakfast: 1 slice of toast, 1 egg, 1 link
Lunch: 1 cup chicken teriyaki
Dinner: 1 cup of Tuna w/10 chips
Snack: 1/2 auntie anne pretzel
Plenty of water(staying away from sugery fruit drinks)
I know I not eating enough and I am going to start eating more small meals thoughtout the day. I needed to go grocery shopping and I did that last night. I will be ready for tomorrow. I also purchased a new step aerobics tape that includes some weight training. I learned the routine from the other tape I purchased, didnt want to start getting bored so I brought another one for a challenge. Hope my weekend turns out ok and I can stick to this.
Luv2bhated u better get off that stuff before u kill somebody. Just kidding, well approach it from a different angle, just eat smaller protions thats what I am doing. And I find once I limit myself to half of what I used to eat I am really full. I never realized until now. Try that.
I did fairly well over the weekend. I went to two different functions and didnt eat two much. Friday I went to Applebee's and before I put the fork in my food I asked the waiter for a to-go plate. And after eating a bit I acutally was full. Well I am not going to go through everything I ate because its just to much so I will just put a summary of what I did over the weekend.
Slimfast for breakfast
Tuna for lunch
went to my mothers and finally put that desk together, got home late and ate some wheat crackers before I went to bed, didnt want to eat a meal that late
Day 6
Slimfast for breakfast
nachos for lunch
after work I finsihed putting the desk together and then went home and ate 2 hotlinks
Day 7
Went shopping that morning, in the afternoon stopped and got a 5 piece chicken nugget at wendys, that was my first meal of the day.
Got home around 3 cooked meatloaf and green beans, can you tell i like maet loaf?
Well I have had 2 bads days, but thats no excuse to keep on going. I didnt fall two far off but I did eat terrible things that I shouldnt have. On Monday night I didnt get the grade I expected on my Math quiz so I felt miserable. I wont put the terrible things I ate on yesterday and Monday night become I am ashamed. I will not reflect on that because I am ready for today.
No exercise....I have decided to start walking the stairways at work daily for exercise. at one point I could walk from the basement to the roof with ease, so let's see if I can get back to that point.
Can anyone suggest a way to get motivated enough to get started and stick with a program? I keep saying I'm gonna start my exercise program and to eat right and to lose these 40lbs i've picked up in the last 2 years...but I just don't do it. There is always an excuse or tomorrow or next week.
I think the only time I was ever really successful was right after my divorce and the year following. I fell in love, got my heart broken, and here I am again, 40lbs overweight! Maybe I need to fall in love again?
I want to do this for myself this time...so that I will feel better, have more energy and accomplish my goals.
What is a good motivator when you just want to sit on the couch and eat bon bons?
You have to motivate yourself fatpilot. But it may be that the times/types of exercise you're choosing are impossible for you to stick with. Try a different exercise regime and a different time.
When I first started exercising, I tried walking one mile each morning. Well I actually tried running, but let's not get into how pathetic that was, shall we? I found myself making excuses. It was too dark, it was raining, I was still too sleepy, etc. So I changed my time to right after work instead. And that one worked for me. I've been able to stick with it with regular exercise every day for over a year now. BTW, I can now run. LOL
I vary my exercises too, so that I don't get bored. I might run several days a week, do an aerobics video a couple days and bicycle a couple days. I live close to work so I found that I can get in exercise by riding my bike to work some days. Hey, it takes me 15 minutes to back the car out of the carport, fight traffic, and find a parking spot a couple blocks from work and walk in, or it takes me 15 minutes to unlock the bike and ride right in. No time lost.
Just think of things you can add into your every day routine that won't take away from time so much that it will make it hard for you to stick with it. And find times when you're most likely going to just sit anyway. Like when I'd come in from work, I'd immediately hit the computer. Now I exercise first, straight from work to the club, before I sit, before I get too lazy. LOL I've added in parking far from all doors and getting in extra walking across parking lots, always opting for stairs over elevators/escalators. You can fit exercise into your daily routines if you put your mind to work on just where you can add it in and always stick with it. If you find yourself messing up and taking the elevator, take it back down and go up the stairs. Or better yet, take the stairs back down then come back up them.
Its getting diffcult to remember what I ate over the weekend. I am going to have to start keeping a diary of what I eat. Well lets try to remember:
Day 13 which was Friday:
Breakfast:cereal
Lunch: 1/2 cup of shrimp pasta
Dinner: bbq chicken
Day 14 which was Saturday:
Breakfast: nothing, had school pushing for time, I know its important, sue me.
Lunch: Tuna and crackers
Dinner: ribs, mashed potatoes (went out)
Day 15 which was Sunday:
Breakfast:nothing (hard to get that breakfast on the weekends)
Lunch: grilled chicken sandwich
Dinner: chicken, peas, rice also had a small piece of ice-cream cake (hey I didnt have any yesterday)
I am going to have to start keeping a diary of what I eat.
Free registration at http://www.fitday.com. And you can not only track everything you eat, but also all your exercises and get reports on calories consumed vs. burned, nutrional values met/unmet, etc.
Thats great
Day 5, 6,7 and 8
