So last night I totally did not make it to the gym, but I'll tell you what I did instead: I walked around my neighborhood for about a half hour after work last night and then I did a half hour of pilates when I got home. Not bad, if I do say so myself.
Today has not been a great food day, in that I definitely ate too much for lunch and I've been eating chocolate with wreckless abandon. Honestly though, I am not going to freak out about it because it's already done. (Though it might not be a terrible idea to skip dindin.) All I can do is move on and focus on doing better tomorrow.
I am not sure what I'll do in the way of working out, but pilates is looking like a frontrunner, considering how much I usually enjoy it.
Oh god, y'all! I gotta tell you about this, as embarrassing as it may be. So, I've been eating mostly plant-based foods which can sometimes lead to pretty ruthless gas. Yesterday it was particularly awful and it seemed like it was only getting worse as the day wore on, so I did a quick google search to find natural remedies for terrible flatulence. I chose to chew on some raw ginger, because I don't like the licoricey flavor of fennel, and it was INTENSE, to say the least. But it completely worked and that is totally exciting.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
how quickly they forget
The day is nearing its end and it just occurred to me that I pledged to post in this bloggy every day. See post title. Whatever, at least I remembered, right? Maybe this is a useful reminder to be less critical towards myself.
Day 3 of eat-less-than-you-normally-would was not quite as successful as Days 1 and 2, in that I definitely ate too much for breakfast and lunch. A downfall of all three days has been relatively unbridled snacking. Granted, I've been noshing on hummus and gluten-free crackers and fruit, but still. I need to plan my snacking, as well as my meals (which I've been doing for the past few weeks. I used to resist it like the plague before, but now I can't imagine shopping and cooking any other way). I hereby forbid myself from eating straight out of the box/bag of anything. Except for dried apricots (no sugar added!)! They have what I will call a weird, not wholly unfamiliar, texture that makes them easy to resist/eat reasonably.
I kind of don't want to go to the gym tonight, even though I really need to. My resistance to going to the gym is not as great as it was last week, but due mostly to the fact that I have to make up some time I lost for an apartment-viewing I had to go to on Monday (gettin' rid of my cozy little place and moving in with ma boo:)). In other words, I will be at work kind of late and I am tired and grumpy and ready to take off my tights and watch Game of Thrones. I'll let you know tomorrow how it goes.
PS -- I am open to suggestions for how to refocus this blog and make it more readable. Hit me up if you have some ideas!
Day 3 of eat-less-than-you-normally-would was not quite as successful as Days 1 and 2, in that I definitely ate too much for breakfast and lunch. A downfall of all three days has been relatively unbridled snacking. Granted, I've been noshing on hummus and gluten-free crackers and fruit, but still. I need to plan my snacking, as well as my meals (which I've been doing for the past few weeks. I used to resist it like the plague before, but now I can't imagine shopping and cooking any other way). I hereby forbid myself from eating straight out of the box/bag of anything. Except for dried apricots (no sugar added!)! They have what I will call a weird, not wholly unfamiliar, texture that makes them easy to resist/eat reasonably.
I kind of don't want to go to the gym tonight, even though I really need to. My resistance to going to the gym is not as great as it was last week, but due mostly to the fact that I have to make up some time I lost for an apartment-viewing I had to go to on Monday (gettin' rid of my cozy little place and moving in with ma boo:)). In other words, I will be at work kind of late and I am tired and grumpy and ready to take off my tights and watch Game of Thrones. I'll let you know tomorrow how it goes.
PS -- I am open to suggestions for how to refocus this blog and make it more readable. Hit me up if you have some ideas!
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Steppin up my game
It has been a hot, hot minute since I've posted anything and, for that, I offer my sincerest apologies and regrets. A LOT has changed in my life over the past few months. For starters, I got myself a boo :) which is exciting, but has created some major upheaval in my day-to-day. Needless to say, the pieces are beginning to settle and fall into place.
A few weeks ago, I finished the same cleanse I did last year and I've been working on deciding what I want my diet to look like now that the next few weeks of meals aren't already laid out for me. So far, I've been eating a mostly plant-based diet and, this week, my primary focus is making sure my portions are healthy, which is to say not too big. Left to my own devices, I will serve myself too much food almost 100% of the time, so it's about training my eyes to "see" what a normal portion looks like.
Beyond that, I am working on ramping up my activity levels so that I am getting cardio 30 minutes a day, five days a week and strength-training at least 2 days a week. The good news is that I've been working out regularly for the past two months, but the truth is that I can stand to be doing more.
Finally, I've decided I want to ramp up the amount of writing I do, otherwise 1000 posts will basically never happen. So, here's my commitment to posting something every day. It might not always be lengthy and it will assuredly not always be compelling, but dammit it'll be there. Sure this is positive and healthy for me, but it is my hope that something I write touches someone or inspires them to take their health and happiness into their own hands!
*Virtual hugs*
A few weeks ago, I finished the same cleanse I did last year and I've been working on deciding what I want my diet to look like now that the next few weeks of meals aren't already laid out for me. So far, I've been eating a mostly plant-based diet and, this week, my primary focus is making sure my portions are healthy, which is to say not too big. Left to my own devices, I will serve myself too much food almost 100% of the time, so it's about training my eyes to "see" what a normal portion looks like.
Beyond that, I am working on ramping up my activity levels so that I am getting cardio 30 minutes a day, five days a week and strength-training at least 2 days a week. The good news is that I've been working out regularly for the past two months, but the truth is that I can stand to be doing more.
Finally, I've decided I want to ramp up the amount of writing I do, otherwise 1000 posts will basically never happen. So, here's my commitment to posting something every day. It might not always be lengthy and it will assuredly not always be compelling, but dammit it'll be there. Sure this is positive and healthy for me, but it is my hope that something I write touches someone or inspires them to take their health and happiness into their own hands!
*Virtual hugs*
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