I am one day in to trying to get myself turned around on the healthy diet, healthy weight efforts. I have to admit that I have not done well lately. I thought that I would steal DoriAnn's idea and set some goals here.
1. Get to bed no later than 11:00. I do not do well in any area if I do not do well here.
2. Walk at least 3 times a week, even if it is only for a few minutes.
3. Pack a lunch for work and work on eating cleaner - less sugar - no chocolate -. Plan an afternoon snack for my afternoon slump when all the sweets that float around the building don't look so inviting.
4. Drink more water.
5. Journal what I eat.
Life is crazy. I had to buy bigger pants for work. I am not pleased with myself. I do not want to put back on the weight I have lost. I have lost 85 lbs. I still have 21 left to go to get to my goal. That should be nothing - but I have been working on this last little bit of weight lose for ever! I need to find new motivation. Something to get me past the discouragement and complacency I feel. Thank you for starting this back up again, ladies. I am hoping that this will help.
Love,
Mom
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Monday, September 5, 2016
September Check-in
So! It's another new month! I'm really liking having this blog active again, and I'm liking this monthly interval, too.
Here's how I did in August:
First of all, I'm down about 2 1/2 pounds for the month! Which is pretty exciting -- let's see if I can keep that rolling, rather than finding it again. That would be really nice. Given the stress that we've got at our house right now, I feel particularly good about a small loss: it's way too easy to stress eat and sabotage yourself. I've done that plenty of times.
Checking in on my goals:
1. Find a whole wheat sourdough bread recipe: DONE. I blogged the whole saga, and the final recipe is here. The good news is, it's pretty easy to make with a stand mixer. Even better, when I want it to, the start will wait patiently in the fridge until I'm ready for it. And, if I'm not interested in going whole hog, then I can get a quick nutritional boost from something like zucchini bread or banana bread. Actually, just about any quick bread can be easily adapted to have some sourdough and wheat flour in it. If anyone wants some start, it's easy to mail.
2. Desserts no more than once a day: Doing pretty good, mostly. Even the chocolate chips. We'll see if I can maintain it; I like chocolate.
3. At least 1/2 quart of water daily: Still need work here. I usually have water every day, but too often it's not enough.
4. Weekly bike rides: Still doing pretty well. We started school this week, so we'll see how well I'm able to maintain it, now that we're busier.
5. Notebook tracking: Only did this about half the month, which is less than useful. But I've started again. I need to streamline the process or something.
Overall, I'm pretty happy with how things are going. But I'm worried about how well I'll be able to keep it up. Winter is harder than summer, and it's coming.
Here's how I did in August:
First of all, I'm down about 2 1/2 pounds for the month! Which is pretty exciting -- let's see if I can keep that rolling, rather than finding it again. That would be really nice. Given the stress that we've got at our house right now, I feel particularly good about a small loss: it's way too easy to stress eat and sabotage yourself. I've done that plenty of times.
Checking in on my goals:
1. Find a whole wheat sourdough bread recipe: DONE. I blogged the whole saga, and the final recipe is here. The good news is, it's pretty easy to make with a stand mixer. Even better, when I want it to, the start will wait patiently in the fridge until I'm ready for it. And, if I'm not interested in going whole hog, then I can get a quick nutritional boost from something like zucchini bread or banana bread. Actually, just about any quick bread can be easily adapted to have some sourdough and wheat flour in it. If anyone wants some start, it's easy to mail.
2. Desserts no more than once a day: Doing pretty good, mostly. Even the chocolate chips. We'll see if I can maintain it; I like chocolate.
3. At least 1/2 quart of water daily: Still need work here. I usually have water every day, but too often it's not enough.
4. Weekly bike rides: Still doing pretty well. We started school this week, so we'll see how well I'm able to maintain it, now that we're busier.
5. Notebook tracking: Only did this about half the month, which is less than useful. But I've started again. I need to streamline the process or something.
Overall, I'm pretty happy with how things are going. But I'm worried about how well I'll be able to keep it up. Winter is harder than summer, and it's coming.
Saturday, September 3, 2016
September is Here!
Alright! I guess summer's winding down. Ah well, bring on the jacket weather!
So, my check-in this month.. oi oi.
Eat veggies every day:
So, I totally fell off the wagon with this one. I think I might need to rearrange when I do my grocery shopping.. if I have time to chop up my broccoli and stuff as I'm unloading things, then it's a lot likelier that I do it, plus it's easier to get it cooked and eaten. But that didn't happen this month, and we kept running out of lettuce for salads (which at least means we were eating salads while we had the lettuce). So, I say C for this month.
Don't eat dessert every day:
Well, we did stop with the Costco sized everything, so that has helped. And I discovered a pretty tasty cake-in-a-mug recipe that is quite tasty and hits the spot (yay portion control). So, I still struggle to make good choices all the time, but I'm ok with this being an on-going process. Here, I give myself a C-.
Get up and move every day:
Along with my working to get outside more often for movement, I've been trying to work in incidental movement into my day as well. Stuff like chasing my boys around the living room more often, dancing while I'm making dinner (most often while holding Moon to keep him from following me around crying), stuff like that.
Also, just this week I've decided to do more exercising during our slow (read: grumpy) times of day.. Thus getting me moving a bit more and show the kids that exercises can be a fun activity. I just have to keep from squashing anyone while doing it - nothing more exciting to climb on (around, and under) than a mama doing leg lifts and planks!
So, I'll keep my C in this category and hopefully will have more progress to report next month!
However, I read this really great Confucius quote (from my September page of my zen calendar) that really resonates with me right now:
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."
So, my check-in this month.. oi oi.
Eat veggies every day:
So, I totally fell off the wagon with this one. I think I might need to rearrange when I do my grocery shopping.. if I have time to chop up my broccoli and stuff as I'm unloading things, then it's a lot likelier that I do it, plus it's easier to get it cooked and eaten. But that didn't happen this month, and we kept running out of lettuce for salads (which at least means we were eating salads while we had the lettuce). So, I say C for this month.
Don't eat dessert every day:
Well, we did stop with the Costco sized everything, so that has helped. And I discovered a pretty tasty cake-in-a-mug recipe that is quite tasty and hits the spot (yay portion control). So, I still struggle to make good choices all the time, but I'm ok with this being an on-going process. Here, I give myself a C-.
Get up and move every day:
Along with my working to get outside more often for movement, I've been trying to work in incidental movement into my day as well. Stuff like chasing my boys around the living room more often, dancing while I'm making dinner (most often while holding Moon to keep him from following me around crying), stuff like that.
Also, just this week I've decided to do more exercising during our slow (read: grumpy) times of day.. Thus getting me moving a bit more and show the kids that exercises can be a fun activity. I just have to keep from squashing anyone while doing it - nothing more exciting to climb on (around, and under) than a mama doing leg lifts and planks!
So, I'll keep my C in this category and hopefully will have more progress to report next month!
However, I read this really great Confucius quote (from my September page of my zen calendar) that really resonates with me right now:
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."
September is Here!
Alright! I guess summer's winding down. Ah well, bring on the jacket weather!
So, my check-in this month.. oi oi.
Eat veggies every day:
So, I totally fell off the wagon with this one. I think I might need to rearrange when I do my grocery shopping.. if I have time to chop up my broccoli and stuff as I'm unloading things, then it's a lot likelier that I do it, plus it's easier to get it cooked and eaten. But that didn't happen this month, and we kept running out of lettuce for salads (which at least means we were eating salads while we had the lettuce). So, I say C for this month.
Don't eat dessert every day:
Well, we did stop with the Costco sized everything, so that has helped. And I discovered a pretty tasty cake-in-a-mug recipe that is quite tasty and hits the spot (yay portion control). So, I still struggle to make good choices all the time, but I'm ok with this being an on-going process. Here, I give myself a C-.
Get up and move every day:
Along with my working to get outside more often for movement, I've been trying to work in incidental movement into my day as well. Stuff like chasing my boys around the living room more often, dancing while I'm making dinner (most often while holding Moon to keep him from following me around crying), stuff like that.
Also, just this week I've decided to do more exercising during our slow (read: grumpy) times of day.. Thus getting me moving a bit more and show the kids that exercises can be a fun activity. I just have to keep from squashing anyone while doing it - nothing more exciting to climb on (around, and under) than a mama doing leg lifts and planks!
So, I'll keep my C in this category and hopefully will have more progress to report next month!
However, I read this really great Confucius quote (from my September page of my zen calendar) that really resonates with me right now:
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."
So, my check-in this month.. oi oi.
Eat veggies every day:
So, I totally fell off the wagon with this one. I think I might need to rearrange when I do my grocery shopping.. if I have time to chop up my broccoli and stuff as I'm unloading things, then it's a lot likelier that I do it, plus it's easier to get it cooked and eaten. But that didn't happen this month, and we kept running out of lettuce for salads (which at least means we were eating salads while we had the lettuce). So, I say C for this month.
Don't eat dessert every day:
Well, we did stop with the Costco sized everything, so that has helped. And I discovered a pretty tasty cake-in-a-mug recipe that is quite tasty and hits the spot (yay portion control). So, I still struggle to make good choices all the time, but I'm ok with this being an on-going process. Here, I give myself a C-.
Get up and move every day:
Along with my working to get outside more often for movement, I've been trying to work in incidental movement into my day as well. Stuff like chasing my boys around the living room more often, dancing while I'm making dinner (most often while holding Moon to keep him from following me around crying), stuff like that.
Also, just this week I've decided to do more exercising during our slow (read: grumpy) times of day.. Thus getting me moving a bit more and show the kids that exercises can be a fun activity. I just have to keep from squashing anyone while doing it - nothing more exciting to climb on (around, and under) than a mama doing leg lifts and planks!
So, I'll keep my C in this category and hopefully will have more progress to report next month!
However, I read this really great Confucius quote (from my September page of my zen calendar) that really resonates with me right now:
"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."
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