Day 11 - Better Day!!!

    Okay so I haven't completely given up on myself yet. With some gentle prodding from my bestie I did my first little bit of exercise today. Went on a mile walk with the puppies. It was great, didn't hurt, and I felt good afterwards. Gonna try to get up tomorrow and do it again.

     My eating wasn't the greatest but it wasn't bad. I'm running out of food to cook so that's leaving me with the tad bit unhealthier options at home. My snacks are completely out so I'm getting hungrier which I'm really not a fan of.

     This week has started off with me in more of a mental block though. I'm really struggling with my drive to do more. I can honestly say health wise I'm a very lazy individual and trying to stay full steam ahead has almost tapped me out. I will keep trying however. I have to meet with success. I can't stand this spare tire around my middle. I want to finally look and feel good about myself for like the first time...ever.

     Work. Work. Work.

     Nothing worth fighting for is easy. The roads are filled with pitfalls along this journey, and I think I'm finally coming out of the one I was in ready to race until I hit the next one. Maybe when that comes, I'll jump over it instead of falling face first.

Day 10 - Failing again...

     I knew this would happen, I've fallen into a slump. I know its ridiculous on how soon it is but I have. I haven't yet started to work out, my eating is better than my usual but not full of veggies as I need it to be. I'm just having a hard time right now with it.
 
     So I'm going to be trying something new my friend Brandi suggested. Picking one or two days a week to cook in bulk so I'm not cooking every dog on day AND I have no excuses to try and eat poorly because I already have something healthy at my finger tips.

     Now this will take me a little bit to implement because I'm starting to run low on my fresh veggies, I'm going to have to get some frozen ones and fresh ones from now on. What I really need to do is learn how to shop smart. This whole lifestyle things is harder than anticipated BUT I really hope its well worth it. Right now I'm just seeing all the things I can't do/enjoy...lets hope that outlook changes.

     Any help, love, recipes, ideas, ANYTHING would be appreciated. I know someone out there glances at my pitiful musing. Right?

Day 9 - Not Quite on Track But Tomorrow is Another Day

     So I'm still not doing the best. I skipped breakfast again today but...I wasn't having the best of days I do have to admit. I spent most of it in my pjs, in bed. I was up at 8 and didn't even leave my room until the pangs of hunger forced me to around 11 am. Then I didn't come out of my hole until I left to pick up my cousin from school. It was really one of those days for me. Harder than most and I'm still feeling really blah. That same motivation I was feeling last week is starting to waver I believe and I'm trying to reach back for it.

Must. Not. Be. FAT!

     After skipping my breakfast I had some vegetarian chili that I added some brown sugar to, then around 5 I had some ribs again (left overs from yesterday), and for dinner I had a bowl of Fiber One Cereal.

     So it wasn't the BEST day, there weren't enough veggies today but we'll try again tomorrow. Hopefully I manage to peel myself out of bed and actually be productive.

     I still didn't drink as much water as I needed to, nor did I attempt to exercise. Pushing my daily failings up to three today.

1. Not enough water
2. Not even green veggies
3. No work out

     I call these failings because I set up specific goals for myself and I'm not reaching them. This is a problem. Lets see what tomorrow will bring, hopefully some good news.

Good night!

Day 8 - Not a Success...

So I failed in three respects today but one of then was out of my hands. Goals for the day were

1. Drink 12-14 glasses of water
     Yeah....so that didn't happen. I did consume 48 oz of water and would have done at least another 24 oz but my handy dandy mug o' water dropped and I wasn't going to fill it back up again...I know that's lazy.

2. Go walking at least a mile
     This was not my fault. It was raining cats and dogs outside!  I refuse to feel guilt!

3. Continue eating well
     This was too hard today. Plus there was BBQ. So I ended up eating two pieces of chicken, about seven ribs (They were small though!!!), and some beans (which had brown sugar in them).

I was a little disappointed about my self control however I'm not going to let this be the excuse I always let it be. I'm going to keep on moving along. If I give up again...who knows how far I would let myself go before I try again.

I can say this blog does help me be more honest with myselfn I kind of like that.

Anyway no video tonight, my hubby has taken over my computer area for his bible studying. Have a great night!!!

Day 7 - A Mostly Sucessful Weekend, Week 2 coming up!

   Alright, alright, alright!!!

We have made it through seven days. Today wasn't the best of days. I did not eat three meals. In fact today I had one decent breakfast and for the rest of the day I had nuts, some fruit, and some more of that semi vegan chickpea peanut butter and chocolate chip bars (they taste better than they sound).  Tomorrow I completely plan on getting back on track so I can have my good three meals.

Another thing I plan to do tomorrow has to do with tonight's topic. WATER!!!

The Benefits of this Liquid Gold:

1. Better Complexion

2. Flushes out the system

3. Makes you just feel good

4.  Can generate energy

5. Increase metabolism

6.  Helps regulate digestive system

AND the list continues on and on...listen below to me ramble about W-A-T-E-R!!!

Day 6 - Almost a Week

There will be no video tonight sorry guys. This is my first weekend trying to maintain my healthy eating.

Weekends used to be my weakness I would crack under the pressure. However this time it was different.  I had a small cut about 4 oz of flank steak and sauteed zucchini and summer squash on the side. Breakfast was fruit and dinner was a small amount of sushi.

Water continues to be a major problem with me. I'm not drinking anything else but Im not really drinking water either. So starting on Monday I'm starting yet another personal challenge,  however we will hear more about water, benefits, how much you should drink, etc on Sunday. For now its good night!!!

Day 5 - Just Keep Swimming...Just Keep Swimming

   I'm having a hard time trying to keep my food from being boring. It seems I'm stuck with chicken, turkey meat, lean ground beef, and flank steak. Now I know that seems like a lit but I just don't know what to do with it! It is driving me insane!!!

 
   I look up recipes that seem like I have to climb Mt. Everest to make them. So I end up cooking things the same. Ugh...so then I've been trying to find different ways to flavor foods but EVERYTHING I desire includes foods I'm currently avoiding. 

 

   So while I'm dealing with that I'm also trying to make sure I can eat these things on about $15-25 dollars a week. YIKES! That's just the food for me. My poor hubby I haven't cooked for him much, but in my defense he started to juice for a bit so that relieved me of cooking duties.

I have to use most of my "spending" money on food but that's ok. As long as I have something to show for it.

 

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