Friday, August 1st got off to a horrible start with drinking my first glass of water at 11am. I didn't sleep in until 11am, I just didn't drink anything until then. The first thing I ate was at 1pm. Old habits die hard.
- 11am 16 oz water
- 1pm BBQ pork, baked potato (butter & sour cream), yellow squash, 8 oz water, 1 oatmeal raisin choc. chip cookie (ww, sucanat)
- 6:30pm grilled hamburgers (ketchup, lettuce, tomato, vidalia onion), corn on the cob, baked beans,
Saturday wasn't much better. I drank a glass of water and had half a cinamon roll before rushing out the door at 10am, and didn't eat again until 2:30pm.
- 10am: 1/2 cinamon roll
- 2:30pm 1/2 corned beef sandwhich w/ provolone cheese on flax seed bread
- 4pm small piece zucchini cake (whole wheat flower & sucanat)
- 6:30pm grilled pork loin ribs w/ Soayki, wild rice, green beans, cucumbers, pineapple, roll,
Sunday, I tried to start out better with a half a grapefruit, but I only managed to take a few bites before we had to head to church and say good-bye to friends who were visting from out of town. I drank a big glass of water when we got home from church at noon, and ate lunch at about 1pm. We had friends over for lunch who brought brownies and cookies. I had more than my fair share of brownies over the course of the next couple of days. Bad bad bad. That evening we went on a bike ride to get ice cream. I only got a small chocolate dipped vanilla cone. That was dinner.
- 9:45am 8oz water, 3 bites of grapefruit
- 1pm 12 oz water, ham, corned beef, turkey sandwich w/cucumbers, lettuce, & tomato, potato salad, chips and salsa & cheese sauce, brownies,
- 6:30pm 45 minute bike ride, small chocolate dipped vanilla ice cream cone, water
Monday was another mediocre day. No exercise, no breakfast, not enough water oh and brownies . Brilliant! Typical of my life before I started this blog. Leftover chinese food for lunch, tacos for dinner (ground beef, refried beans, sour cream, lettuce, tomato, onions, taco sauce, dorittos, guacamole). Kettle corn.
Tuesday was the same. No exercise. No breakfast, not enough water, and a fudgsicle (sp?). I did weed in the garden in the evening, and as sweaty as I got doing that, I know I was burning some calories.
- 12pm 1 slice banana bread (whole wheat w/ honey)
- 2:30pm leftover BBQ pork, beans, cucumber slices, brownie
- 5:30pm stir-fry (wild rice, pork, zucchini, carrots, peas, Soyaki)
- 10pm banana split (2 scoops chocolate crackle ice cream, hot fudge, butterscotch/caramel sauce, 1/2 banana)
Today is Wenesday, and I got up early to go on a 20 minute bike ride (I got to see the sunrise!), then I worked in the garden for another 30 minutes or so. And believe me, attacking the forest of weeds definitely counts as exercise! I had a banana after my bike ride, and I've had about 24oz. of water, but I need to get off the computer and go have something more for breakfast and another glass of water.
I'm trying not to get discouraged. I've established years of bad habits that won't be corrected overnight, but I had really hoped I could at least make it through the first week without falling back into my old ways of skipping meals and not drinking enough water or exercising oh and brownies. I can tell physically that I felt much better the days that I was exercising and eating well throughout the day. The days I skipped meals, ate sweets, and didn't exercise, I felt weak and shaky. I almost think I put my body into shock by eating right and drinking plenty of water for a few days and then reverting back to my bad habits. Getting up early in the morning to exercise is really key, but then I have to be careful to sit down and eat before I get busy with other things. Take now for example.
Anyway, hopefully I can get back on track again and not just feel discouraged and throw in the towel. (That's kinda what I felt like doing earlier this week, but I'm ready to begin afresh.)
Grace and Peace,
Angel
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