**Unfortunately I haven't bought my scale yet so Katie's way ahead of me! But it doesn't mean that I'm letting myself get away with bad habits!**
What I have learned is that fruit is my savior. I am such a sugar addict that I've probably had way more servings of fruit than I should have, but oh well. Canteloupe, Strawberries, and Blueberries. I'm stocking up on my antioxidants. XD
I'll admit that I did overindulge on cupcakes for my boyfriends birthday, but if it makes it any better, I limited my general food portions too.
So I've only been drinking water during Lent, but I think I'm not going to start drinking sodas and coffees more than once or twice a week when it ends. When it does, I'm going to work on limiting consumption and low calorie options (Diet Cherry Sierra Mist ftw.)
I LOVE energy drinks but I'll limit myself to the no calorie, low caffiene Xyience, which honestly are my favorites, but are harder to come by. Coffee will also be difficult, but I'll ensure to eat something (healthy of course!) with it so the caffiene doesn't overwhelm my body.
* Two years ago I think I was getting heart palpitations from drinking a Rockstar Pomegranate everyday at work. I need to work on my caffiene tolerance.
Another thing I've noticed that I need to work on is the times of day I eat. Your body more effieciently digests breakfast (hence why it's most important!) and least efficiently digests dinner. Therefore, exponentially smaller meals, if at all possible. Then again, I had yogurt, fruit, granola, and my one-sweet-a-day for lunch. (I told you I was a sugar addict!)
Another thing I'm going to invest in are nuts. They have protiens and healthy fats which will be very effective for me. I'm realizing that as I watch my diet, I've been eating less meat, but there is no way in hell I'll be vegetarian... I just need to get some more protien in my diet! I had some peanut butter with my breakfast but I don't think that will be good enough.
Sadly, I wish I knew how close I was getting to my goal weight, however, in the past week (even with how crappy its been) I feel better about myself.
Somehow the sacrifice itself has made me feel better.
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Another thing to watch out with eating less meat is iron. A healthy (and delicious) thing to do is eat spinach (loaded with more iron than red meat) with strawberries or another food packed with Vitamin C because your body will not absorb Iron from a plant source without the Vitamin C to back it up. Food like broccoli has both Iron and Vitamin C so you wouldn't need to worry about it with that. Also, in my nutrition class, we were told to not really worry about protein too much as it has such a low risk for deficiency in America. I didn't know this before but there are other ways to combine foods to get your daily protein intake (below). I know you're not going complete veggie, but I just thought these tips would help, I've done a lot of research on nutrition needs in a diet with little meat ever since meat has been doing strange things to my body about a month ago. I think that you and I are what they would call "flexitarians" as of late(eating meat only occasionaly). Oh, and nuts are always a good idea =)
ReplyDeleteHere is a listing of combinations making a complete protein:
Legumes with Grains
Legumes with Nuts
Legumes with Seeds
Nuts/Seeds with Legumes
Grains with Dairy
Nuts/Seeds with Dairy
Legumes with Dairy
Dairy with Nuts/Seeds and Legumes
Hope this helps, girl!