Spending this time with my mother has prompted me to rethink my values. Maybe my own self reflection can help you figure out "what you're all about."
Thoughts on exercise and nutrition
I sometimes contradict myself with what I try to teach Buzzy. I want her to eat healthy yet I'm a major stress eater. I might go for a 3 mile run but when I'm stressed, I might eat 7 Snicker bars. That's a big contradiction and I have been working hard to make my behavior match my words.
So think about this a bit:
- What are your values with regard to health and exercise?
- Do you exercise so that you fit into your jeans? Do you do it because you want to live longer? Do you like to socialize with the group?
- What do you hope for your children's fitness?
- What do you hope to accomplish with your nutrition plans this year?
- Are you happy with your chidren's nutition and their accountability for their own health?
These are tough ones...but worth thinking about. Share your ideas - let's work it out together.
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I'll be honest. I exercise because I love to eat really bad things. I have a real problem with sweets - cookies, cupcakes, chocolate - you name it! I sometimes will snack several times during the day and then skip dinner so I don't add on more calories. I know - this is not good.
I have go to change my eating habits soon. I've gained about 4 pounds over the last few months that I haven't been too motivated to get off. I really want to do it - please help!!
I am back on the "incredible shrinking Emily" diet (well my amended version of it). I can always use support on staying on track.
The first week is definitely the hardest for me. After the first week I sort of resign myself to my prison sentence and it becomes much easier. So if anyone else would like to sign up for several weeks of looking longingly at the doughnuts in the office we can all suffer together.
Just think, you'll be skinny in time for all the compliments at Christmas from your friends and family.
Abi-
Do tell us more about this diet? I would love to "shrink"
This is Emily's "Incredible Shrinking Emily" Diet. If you are going to do it, I would reccomend sticking to it very strickly for the first week or two and then you can decide how you are feeling and make necessary changes. For example, I did this diet for two weeks and felt great the first week and during week two I started feeling really blah. So I changed it up a little. I eat veggie burgers instead of so much protein. Em can tell you about all the science behind why eating every two hours tells your body that "it is time to burn fat." All I know is that it works.
So Em always puts this little disclaimer out there - this is straight out of her e-mail so...
"I’m not a nutritionist – so I can’t give professional advice. However, I’ve found some things that work for me (when it’s time to drop fat quickly). When I get the urge to get back to an athletic weight, I just hop on a meal plan for a few weeks and voila, I shrink right up. I don’t even need to workout – I just adjust my diet and tada, I’m all set... Adjust the food and you’ll shrink like wool socks in a hot dryer. "
Ok So if your interested important things that you should know:
1. Missing a meal is the same as eating the bagels that your co-worker's brought in, eat as close to every two hours as possible. Yes its a pain in the butt... pack a cooler and bring it with you.
2. No condiments on anything, no seasoning. No salt (apparently Ms. Dash is ok bc it has no salt/msg), no dressing, ranch. You can use olive oil to cook the chiken in... no butter.
3. Drink lots of water. Em reccomends a gallon a day - whew! Yup its a lot. Jessica (our fitness friend) drinks 2 gallons a day. You can handle half of that. Just think how hydrated youll be to run!
4. You can substitue in an lean protein for the chicken, (i.e. turkey, tuna, etc). Good veggies - peppers, cucumbers, asparagus, tomatoes. Fresh is best, frozen is next, canned is the wrost.
Um - I think that's the important stuff. Write down everything that you eat/drink so that you can see what is making you lose/gain weight. It's really strict but I find that I work well with it being so strict. I'm good at following directions. Like I said the first week is really the hardest. Emily reccomended to me that I weigh myself every day so that I can see my progress and I also take my measurements one a week too. You really do just shrink right up!
There are other versions of the diet but they are all pretty much the same. 3 oz of protein, 1/4 up of this or that. Once you get used to it change it as you see fit! Enough talking, Drum Roll Please...
The Incredible Shrinking Emily Diet
7:30 a.m.
2 egg whites with one whole egg and
½ cooked cream of rice or ½ cup of
oatmeal with 3 strawberries
9:30
Low sugar protein shake
Noon
4 oz of chicken with lettuce/spinach with ½ cup of raw
veggies; no salad dressing/ you can
use olive oil
2:00
1 apple or ½ of a grapefruit
4:00
3 oz of tuna with ¼ cup of cooked
brown rice; ½ cup of veggies
6:30
4 oz of chicken with ½ cup of veggies
8:30
Handful of raw nuts
I am like you Katie, I love eating brownies, cookies (cookie dough will the cookies are baking) and I really eat when I am stressed out. I bought a pre-made tub of cookie dough at Sams and I make cookies for myself (2-3)almost nightly as I study. If I am stressed I might eat more like 4-6 cookies, but I do drink a glass of milk with it for good measure!
I have found that the older I get I have to exercise and watch what I eat, it can't be just one or the other. Which is why I am still carrying around my pregnancy weight. It absolutely disgust me too. I have never had a stomach before and now I get to look down at my unwanted friend all of the time.
I am getting used to the exercising part again, but need to have my eating habits fine tuned. I am desperate to have my stomach fit inside my pants again. Ugh
Hello All-
For those who are participating in the race on Sunday I just wanted to let you know that Julie Young graciously picked up everyone's race packets at CRC today. I was not aware that they should be picked up in advance until I called them. She will bring them for all on Sunday.
Hope everyone stayed dry today. I went out for my run and at about 1/2 mile the drizzle started. I made it around 1.3 miles today. Boy, you sure can run faster when it starts to rain!!]
Katie-enjoy the vacation and the warm SUNNY weather.
Way to go Vickie and thanks Julie for getting our packets.
I didn't run today like I was supposed to went to Dicks though. Got a dry fit long sleeve shirt and something to go around my ears.
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