The death of me....
...may just be sweet tea!
My Jesus I cannot stop drinking it to save my life. It's like it's my crack!!!
I have quietley observed myself these last 3 days being home (almost) all day and thought I'd just be cavalier and see how I did with eating and drinking. I did put in an extra effort to work out b/c I do have this "free time". So I worked out Monday afternoon. Goal was 1 hr on elliptical b/c I had missed it so much. I had eaten right before AND I was worried I had lost a bit of stamina not working out the last few months. I did 45 minutes and had to make myself push on the last 15. In that 45 mins I did 3.3 miles. Felt OK about that. Then Tuesday I did 1 hour on the elliptical and did 4.3 miles and decided to RUN a mile straight on the treadmill pushing myself to see what my best time was. I'm doing a 5k in Ark in August when we go out for our family vacay. My goal is to do it at 12 mins/mile. So I hopped on the treadmill and did a jog/run and got it done in 14.2 minutes. I didn't think that was too shabby. I couldn't really remember what my time was last time I had tried to run a mile straight through. I do remember 2 mths post op I got on the treadmill for the first time in years and did a walk/jog doing MY best and finished it in like 17.5 minutes. So obviously THAT is an improvement! So I have 5 wks to train to get down to a 12 min/mile. If I can beat that goal I'd love to b/c my sister is a fast runner I think she's at like 7 or 8 minutes/mile or maybe even less. And we are a bit competetive. But I just think 12 is realistic.
So I worked out twice this week sweating my butt off and I lost a pound so far. I'm going to try to get in a workout tomorrow, I should be able to. But I will be running errands out of town most of the day. But I did not workout Wed or today so I NEED to Friday.
My eating has been weird. I've gone like 8 hrs without eating one day, skipped breakfast one day (before a workout), and gorged myself on dinner one day. It's just been all over the map. And for some reason, though I've been home alot, I've eaten fast food like almost everyday this last week. I don't really know why.
So today I finally went to the grocery store and loaded up on good healthy stuff for me AND the kids.I'm most excited about the black eyed peas and chilli b/c of the protein. I got fruit for me to do my protein shakes when I "don't feel like eating" or forget. They're super quick and easy to make in my Magic Bullet AND my Protein Powder rocks so they are delish! Banana ones are my fav!!! I'm going to shoot for doing oatmeal for breakfast. I have a few different flavors just sitting in my pantry so I know it'd be a better alternative than skipping breakfast.
I've been working hard to NOT drink w/ my meals and my restriction has greatly surprised me. I am thankful for that though b/c considering I got fired Monday, yesterday was the last day of my Health Insurance. So no more cheap fills for me. I have no clue what it will cost me but I know I won't really be able to afford one on a regular basis. So I'll only get to go when desperation sets in. But right now, restriction is fabulous. Oh and I restocked up on my Cliff Bars and that is super exciting! I'd been out for a week and they are my absolute fav for a post workout energy refill without making you feel weighed down.
So since I've been eating (not horrible, but ) not wise I really put more thought into the groceries I bought and I know I have the time now to prepare some great, healthy stuff so I'm not going to let myself make excuses anymore. No ramen noodles for me!!! haha!
And the sweet tea thing...I dunno. It's awful! When I was working I'd really only have time for 1 glass in the evening, which was bad enough since I needed water. Now I'm drinking it ALL day and I like it sweet so I'm probably consuming way too much sugar. Only way for me to really CUT down is to NOT allow myself to make it. It's crazy I know, I have no control. I'm a dork! I just love sweet tea! But I'm gonna work on that! :)
xoxo,
Lizzle
P.S. Hope it doesn't bother anyone when I post a link to my articles on here. I'm not trying to push my column on anyone. Just want to give people access to it IF you choose to take the time to check it out! :D
My Jesus I cannot stop drinking it to save my life. It's like it's my crack!!!
I have quietley observed myself these last 3 days being home (almost) all day and thought I'd just be cavalier and see how I did with eating and drinking. I did put in an extra effort to work out b/c I do have this "free time". So I worked out Monday afternoon. Goal was 1 hr on elliptical b/c I had missed it so much. I had eaten right before AND I was worried I had lost a bit of stamina not working out the last few months. I did 45 minutes and had to make myself push on the last 15. In that 45 mins I did 3.3 miles. Felt OK about that. Then Tuesday I did 1 hour on the elliptical and did 4.3 miles and decided to RUN a mile straight on the treadmill pushing myself to see what my best time was. I'm doing a 5k in Ark in August when we go out for our family vacay. My goal is to do it at 12 mins/mile. So I hopped on the treadmill and did a jog/run and got it done in 14.2 minutes. I didn't think that was too shabby. I couldn't really remember what my time was last time I had tried to run a mile straight through. I do remember 2 mths post op I got on the treadmill for the first time in years and did a walk/jog doing MY best and finished it in like 17.5 minutes. So obviously THAT is an improvement! So I have 5 wks to train to get down to a 12 min/mile. If I can beat that goal I'd love to b/c my sister is a fast runner I think she's at like 7 or 8 minutes/mile or maybe even less. And we are a bit competetive. But I just think 12 is realistic.
So I worked out twice this week sweating my butt off and I lost a pound so far. I'm going to try to get in a workout tomorrow, I should be able to. But I will be running errands out of town most of the day. But I did not workout Wed or today so I NEED to Friday.
My eating has been weird. I've gone like 8 hrs without eating one day, skipped breakfast one day (before a workout), and gorged myself on dinner one day. It's just been all over the map. And for some reason, though I've been home alot, I've eaten fast food like almost everyday this last week. I don't really know why.
So today I finally went to the grocery store and loaded up on good healthy stuff for me AND the kids.I'm most excited about the black eyed peas and chilli b/c of the protein. I got fruit for me to do my protein shakes when I "don't feel like eating" or forget. They're super quick and easy to make in my Magic Bullet AND my Protein Powder rocks so they are delish! Banana ones are my fav!!! I'm going to shoot for doing oatmeal for breakfast. I have a few different flavors just sitting in my pantry so I know it'd be a better alternative than skipping breakfast.
I've been working hard to NOT drink w/ my meals and my restriction has greatly surprised me. I am thankful for that though b/c considering I got fired Monday, yesterday was the last day of my Health Insurance. So no more cheap fills for me. I have no clue what it will cost me but I know I won't really be able to afford one on a regular basis. So I'll only get to go when desperation sets in. But right now, restriction is fabulous. Oh and I restocked up on my Cliff Bars and that is super exciting! I'd been out for a week and they are my absolute fav for a post workout energy refill without making you feel weighed down.
So since I've been eating (not horrible, but ) not wise I really put more thought into the groceries I bought and I know I have the time now to prepare some great, healthy stuff so I'm not going to let myself make excuses anymore. No ramen noodles for me!!! haha!
And the sweet tea thing...I dunno. It's awful! When I was working I'd really only have time for 1 glass in the evening, which was bad enough since I needed water. Now I'm drinking it ALL day and I like it sweet so I'm probably consuming way too much sugar. Only way for me to really CUT down is to NOT allow myself to make it. It's crazy I know, I have no control. I'm a dork! I just love sweet tea! But I'm gonna work on that! :)
xoxo,
Lizzle
P.S. Hope it doesn't bother anyone when I post a link to my articles on here. I'm not trying to push my column on anyone. Just want to give people access to it IF you choose to take the time to check it out! :D
I have checked out your column a couple of times - good work, Lizzie.
ReplyDeleteIt's SO hard to get this eating/drinking etc caper to work for us. I feel for you. I think it depends so often whats going on in our lives. You will get there - the point is, you're aware of whats going on and that's the start of something good happening for you.
girl it's your blog, you post links to whatever the heck you want. there's no gun to people's head making them click :)
ReplyDeleteglad to hear you're getting your head in the right place regarding eating. you've come way to far to throw it away for old bad habits. maybe you have to do with the sweet tea what i had to do with my coke zero - kick it to the curb. i've read and found that when you allow sugar into your system the cravings for more start and you get caught in a vicious cycle of constantly needing more.
good luck and really.... fast food doesn't really taste that good.... really :)
Ok, so here's the thing, and when people tell me this sometimes it rubs me the wrong way, but there is truth to it. Expecting to just have/ develop self control over your vices is not going to work, especially not in the long run. As my tell it like it is doctor says, you wouldn't have had to get lap band if you had self control - doesn't that just feel like a blow to the gut??? Anywhoozle, You like your sweet tea, so try to make it with splenda or I think crystal light makes a tea version now. That way you can have your tea and drink it too :)
ReplyDeletePush away - we'd probably all do the same thing!
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