Its seems the Sunday morning "ughs" have arrived. I had too much vino last night so now I'm craving food, food and more food...and of course Diet Coke! I also attended an afternoon party on Saturday so of course, I munched on just about everything within reach! I basically had no self control! My "planned" eating for the day went right out the door! My plan of "eat a little something before you go" really backfired since not only did I eat before the party... I ate during the party... and then after the party too! While at the party, I drank water and didn't drink frosty fluffy high calorie drinks ALL day....just a jug of wine in the evening...oh soooo much better, right?
The good news is I have lost 3 pounds since starting this blog...I started it in August...its now September 12! Many committed dieters would have lost that in a week! (Think Biggest Loser where they lose 15 pounds in a week! By the way, The Biggest Loser is scheduled to start Tuesday, September 21! I'm going to DVR the show to keep myself motivated!) Thus far, I've only succeeded in working out regularly! I'm very happy about that but I can't seem to get a handle on the "eating side"of dieting!
Since its September 12 and a perfect "in between time"-no big EATING holidays coming up-I've decided to bring out "the Big Guns"! Bringing out the BIG GUNS means several things to me. First and foremost, adhering to a diet! I'm going to follow a "version" of South Beach and incorporate a bit of Jillian Michaels' Master Your Metabolism. I'll eat organic and stay away from "flake foods. I'll even work to drink water and not Diet Coke! I'll be thrilled if I can keep my Diet Coke consumption to one a day. I'll follow the Phase I of the South Beach Diet EXCEPT for fresh fruit. I just think organic fresh fruit is good for you regardless of the carbs!
Second, I'll document everything I eat... faithfully! I've found a great app on the IPAD for calculating the amount of calories needed to reach your goal weight. The app/site is called My Fitness Pal. Check it out! You can access the site using any computer too so updating is easy. You can use it to list every item you eat along with the nutritional info for each. It also allows you to post your daily exercise and the amount of calories you "worked off" for a particular exercise. Third. My goal to run another road race, a 5K. The race I'm planning to run is in early October, that should be "do able". I'll do several 5 Ks to prepare for an 8K. So I'll have a "long term" plan for running.
According to the My Fitness Pal, my target calorie per day, to lose 1.5 pounds per week, is 1200 total calories...that's not much! So exercise will be imperative for me to keep my daily calorie intake to 1200! Also, I must admit that when I'm blogging, my resolve is firm. I truly get motivated by writing this blog. So, I must continue to document my struggles on a regular basis. My blog plan was to post once or twice a week. I'm going to TRY to post twice a week, once mid week and once on the weekend. That way, I'll be motivating myself mid week which is when my "diet resolve" becomes weak. Of course the weekends are tough due to lure of wine. So the South Beach Phase I no alcohol will be good for me if I can adhere!
So everyone, anyone, please send "good support vibs" because I'm going to need it! I'll keep you "posted" on my results!
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