Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Weight Watcher
So I have not been making healthy choices in my meals these days. I think it’s by the grace of God that I haven’t gained any weight, given the pulled pork sandwiches and bacon ranch chicken sandwiches and pasta and the creamed spinach and banana nut pancakes and the chocolate cake and the beer and the wine … you get the point. It’s all been deliciously naughty, but I need to shape up if I am to continue to lose any weight at all.
I’ve never been good at denying myself things, which is why when I started this weight loss journey I decided to make changes in my diet instead of cutting things completely out. Brown rice instead of white, wheat pasta instead of white, water instead of soda, unsweetened tea and coffee, etc etc.
This worked for awhile, except that lately I’ve been allowing myself the occasional Dr. Pepper which has turned into two a week (I know that’s really not bad amount, but I really don’t need it and shouldn’t be drinking it). Also, worse, I’m not drinking the water that I was getting so good at drinking. While it was close to 60-80oz a day for awhile, I’m struggling for 30-40 now.
And portion control, which has never been my strong suit. I need to focus on this most of all. Chocolate cake and milk for dinner probably doesn’t help either.
Additionally, I really need to start actively training for this half marathon that I’ve agreed to do in February. Any ideas?
What are your downfalls? And how do you cope? And do you have any training suggestions for someone who doesn’t do well on interval training schedules? Or android apps to make training schedules easier?
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I have no suggestions for training because - well, you really don't want me to even try. :) My downfalls are my cravings - I tend to crave things all the time and sometimes they are good for me (fresh veggies! Apples!) and sometimes they are not (cheese fries! chocolate cake! margaritas!) but lately I've been upping my water in-take and things have been better. It's also helping to just not have a lot of snacks that I eat in the house. I'm down 9 lbs from my pre-baby weight, but at 11 months pp that's not exactly stellar. But I'm proud nonetheless because I hate to exercise and I get cranky and depressed if I don't have the right foods (carbs, protein) at certain times.
That's exciting, MF! I have to tell you, I hate to train. I love how it makes me feel afterward though. I know you hate to exercise, but I guarantee you, if you powered through for 6 weeks you would feel so much better emotionally and physically that you would keep doing it even though you don't like it.
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