Slaying the Giant (that I've become)

[jweeks22]

Since this is a place for inspiration, and this time I will be sticking with it, I wanted to use a lyric from one of the songs I always find inspirational, Seize the Day, from the Newsies. Anyway, I am going to post anything and everything in here, drama? Check. mood? Check. Did I cheat and have that Twix like I wasn't supposed to? Check. This will be where I post things about my day, what I did for exercise, my food diary, so I can't fib like I do to myself. I feel self-conscious about lying to other people, even if I don't know them. Well, For now I have nothing much to say.. Starting all of this tomorrow.

The plan is to get up early and go for a walk when it is still cool. Then have a good healthy breakfast of oatmeal with fruit (I think frozen strawberries or blueberries) A healthy lunch of salad with some thin sliced turkey (no dressing, don't like it anyway). And Dinner... I have no idea yet. Snacks, probably fruit or vegetables, maybe some toast (whole wheat with honey) if I absolutely feel the need. No soda... which will be the hard part. Water or flavored water from here on out.

 

[jweeks22]

W-w-wipe Out!

Well that is how I feel, wiped out. To begin with... I woke up late. And not just one of those oh, it's thirty minutes late, no I had to wake up 5 hours late. Which meant: no morning exercise, no oatmeal with fruit, and rushing to the workshop I was due at. Oh what a start. So by the time 4:30 pm rolled around I was starving, had a caffeine headache, and wanted to crawl back in bed. So I ate two of those prepackaged beef, bean, and green chile chimichangas. Heh. But I have managed to avoid caffeine in all forms, and haven't let a donut or any other sweet pass through my lips. I drank flavored water today, which is that stuff that comes in a packet and you add it to a 16.9 fl oz bottle of water. At five calories a pack, It sure beats me soda addiction. Little changes that are acceptable, right? Then for dinner I ate two small pieces of pizza, one supreme and one meat lovers (which grossed me out because I don't even like meat, but when money is tight and someone else is buying the food you eat what you get, right?) I have had four bottles of flavored water, three 8 oz glasses of regular water, and one of the bottles of regular water.

Now. I thought I was going to be hauling hay, which I was going to call my exercise for the day. That didn't happen. So I just got back from a 40 minute walk, well more like hour walk, but 40 minutes at between 60 and 80% of my maximum heart rate. The other was warm up and cool down. I am drinking yet another glass of water. Tomorrow I am getting up.

I decided to get a ringtone of Seize the Day, since I use my phone as an alarm clock, and that is going to be my alarm. It is so inspiring, I am sure not to hit the snooze .

As for how I feel, my legs hurt, I am covered in sweat, I am out of breath....... I guess all in all pretty good. I mean that is what you should feel like right? Actually, I can't wait to do it tomorrow. On top of the moving and packing and cleaning that I need to get done tomorrow. We're moving out to the property! Yay! Not. I won't have internet for who knows how long.... Which annoys me because that is part of my rent, but my rent isn't going down any. Lame.

Goals for food tomorrow: I will eat that oatmeal with fruit. I will have salad for lunch. I have no idea what dinner will be, possibly macaroni and cheese. Just because it is in the house and I might be lazy with everything else going on. my goal is at least 6 bottles of water tomorrow, and at least 4 of them must be just plain old aqua.

Half an hour, at least, of exercise in the morning, before it gets hot.. and half an hour at least at night. Walking the park should be good enough.

Not that it was really COOL outside, even though it is almost eleven at night. Ugh.

See you all tomorrow!

 

[ecky1]

Hi, although your day didn't go the way you planned it it still probably went a lot better than it would have done if you hadn't made the commitment to do something about the weight. See every day as a new day and what ever you did the day before doesn't matter as you can't do anything about that. What you do today is what counts as that is still in your control.
Good luck, you can do it.