We had tacos for dinner tonight and they were super delicious. Since I could have 2 corn shells as 1 yellow, I made myself 2 tacos with 1 red of lean ground beef, 1 blue of shredded cheese, and 1 green of lettuce & tomato and it was way too much for me! I used to be able to eat 3 tacos! That is no joke! Truth be told, I should have stopped half way through the 2nd taco, but I did not listen to my stomach and I was way too full when it was all said and done. Ok, remember that feeling. I don’t like it. I don’t like to feel stuffed. A friend of mine’s husband said yesterday, the key to transforming your health is to make better decisions more often. I really liked that. You don’t have to eat perfectly to change your health, just start making better choices more often and more consistently. The 21 day fix is really helping me do that!
“You are getting sleeeeeeepppppppy…” Yesterday I felt like Dorothy in a field of poppies! I just couldn’t keep my eyes open all day. I’m not sure what it was because I have kept to the plan and have been drinking my Shakeology every morning and have not felt tired until yesterday (Day 10). Mid-morning I felt my eyes getting heavy so I chewed a piece of mint gum. That always seems to help a little. Then again, about 2:00 in the afternoon, I was getting so sleepy and I really wanted to go get a cup of coffee. I only drink 1 cup in the mornings, so I was really fighting with myself about having a 2nd cup in the middle of the afternoon. My body didn’t feel tired, just my eyes. Could have been the space heater I had cranked up because I work in an office that believes in freezing their employees to death. Or maybe it was the dozens of incentive letters I was typing all afternoon that was making me wooooozy. I called on my accountability group to give me some suggestions to keep me away from the coffee pot… I went in an empty office and did 50 squats. Now my legs were tired, ha! Someone else suggested putting on my headphones and turning up some good workout music. I did that and it worked! Seriously I couldn’t believe how it jolted me into major feel good mode! I cranked through those letter’s like nobody’s business! Music! Why didn’t I think of that?! Not only did it give me an energy jolt, it distracted me from thinking about that cup of coffee too! Ah, distractions. Not gonna lie, as I’m trying to consistently make healthier choices, I sometimes need to distract myself. Like at the grocery store. When I’m standing in line next to all those candy bars. I swear they sing my name. And it’s all over the place now, have you noticed that? They even have to stick bags of mini kit-kats right by where you swipe your card! Whhhhyyyy? It’s just cruel. And then there is the bakery you have to walk through to get to all that healthy produce! But do you notice that when you go into whole foods, you are hit immediately with fruit and veggies. Isn’t that interesting? But, I digress. I also admit, this post is going to be very random and all over the place. Yesterday someone stopped at my desk and upon seeing my motivational pictures on my desktop said, “You’re never going to look like those girls. Those fitness models have very strict diets and spend all their time working out. Not to discourage you, I just don’t want you to get your hopes up.” Well, thanks for that vote of confidence Debbie. #2, I’m pretty sure that’s not my goal to get ripped like a fitness model, but thanks for playing. I just want to be the best me I can be. #3mindyourbusiness. Haters. You are bound to run into them. How do you deal with negative people? Before, I probably would have turned to a snickers bar or a nice big bag of sweedish fish. But now I’m taking the “I’ll show you” attitude instead of the “whoa is me” attitude. Honestly I felt sorry for her. I think it takes a very sad person to rain on someone’s parade. If you are trying to make positive changes in your life, no matter how big or how little, surround yourself with supporters because…haters gonna hate. So yesterday I completed round 2 of Lower Fix which I just love and today was Pilates which I just don’t. I also completed 5 minutes of the 10 minutes ab fix. After the first 5 minutes she said “ok let’s do it all again” and I was pretty sure I was going to throw up. Ha! My abs are what need the most work, but they are so weak that even 5 minutes straight of non stop crunches was too much for me. I will put it in again tomorrow and keep trying to build up to the full 10 minutes.
We had tacos for dinner tonight and they were super delicious. Since I could have 2 corn shells as 1 yellow, I made myself 2 tacos with 1 red of lean ground beef, 1 blue of shredded cheese, and 1 green of lettuce & tomato and it was way too much for me! I used to be able to eat 3 tacos! That is no joke! Truth be told, I should have stopped half way through the 2nd taco, but I did not listen to my stomach and I was way too full when it was all said and done. Ok, remember that feeling. I don’t like it. I don’t like to feel stuffed. A friend of mine’s husband said yesterday, the key to transforming your health is to make better decisions more often. I really liked that. You don’t have to eat perfectly to change your health, just start making better choices more often and more consistently. The 21 day fix is really helping me do that!
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Katie
5/22/2014 09:51:02 pm
My 21 Day fix program arrived today! I love your posts. They are very encouraging. I've been trying to make better choices each day. The past 2 days I was in the city for work. Day 1 succumbed to eating a cookie and then "tucked" one way. The change? I threw the 2nd cookie away. Day 2 "tucked" 2 cookies away to take home with me.... The change? Got home and threw them away. Yippeee!! Here I go!
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Nat
5/23/2014 01:22:24 am
So excited for you to give this a shot! Ok, here is my take on the cookies because that is EXACTLY something I would do (tuck one away for later that is)...it's okay if I want to have a cookie. IF I really feel I can eat just one and walk away. Depending on the size, maybe 2 small cookies. But for me, that triggers my sweet tooth so I have to be really careful. One thing that really helps me is saying out loud if I have to - those are so unhealthy for me. I literally have to look at the cookie as if it's a drug. That probably sounds really extreme to a lot of people. I don't care what it sounds like to others. It works for me. I know myself better than anyone and I know what can trigger a binge for me. If history repeats itself, which it typically can, if I take some cookies home for later, I will feel this deep burning to go get more and i'll wind up at the CVS down the street in the cookie or candy aisle. One thing that also helps me is to know I have other goodies stashed away - like my hard boiled eggs and grapes, or my yogurt parfait w/ fresh berries, or if you're traveling maybe it's a medley of dried fruits and nuts! My body is actually starting to crave these things now that I'm 3 weeks in! So proud of you - it's those little changes made consistently over a long period of time that will give us the best results!
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