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I am a firm believer in easing into exercise. First off, if you get too sore, then a person natural instinct then tends to be towards avoiding it. So my goals are to always go just a little farther than I feel like I can do. Like if once around the block is easy, then go 1 1/2 times around until that gets easy, then make it 2 times.
I also have to fight snacking - especially on weekends when my life is more my own. For 14 years my dh worked evenings while I was a sahm - so I found that if I ate in the morning, I tended to want to snack all day long - up until 11 pm - 1 am even! So to combat that, I wouldn't allow myself to eat until 4 pm - which still gave me 8-9 hours or so to have my meals in. So when I wanted to snack in the evening after the kids were done, I hadn't totally maxed out my caloric intake for the day. I don't really recommend that for most people and don't even really do it myself anymore, but I do work with what works best for me - I tend to eat the same thing day in & day out at times - so usually have a bagel each morning & take it with me to eat on the way to work rather than before I leave home. Then lunch is a frozen meal. Dinner depends somewhat on the season - summer, a salad with grilled chicken & a dressing. Winter tends to be more soups in the crockpot. Other people might find this boring and likely to cause them to over eat. But again - writing it down is going to help you be aware of what your trigger points are & such.
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From: luvmaerz
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 8:59 PM
Subject: [diet_buddies] First Day of ACTUALLY Trying!
Snack: handful of pretzels
Lunch: salad with 1/4 cup taco meat, light Catalina dressing, raw carrot
Snack: handful rice crackers, piece of colby jack, chunk of deer
bologna...THEN a bowl of raisin bran/skim milk. (OUCH!)
Supper: piece of a piece of steak, steamed cauliflower
Snack: glass of vegetable juice
Exercise: 20 minutes on eliptical (I have to ease into using it again
or I get sick/dizzy)
One big accomplishment: I drank LOTS of water!!! Usually I hardly
drink anything at all. I like water, and the Crystal Light packets
(lemonade) make it even better ☺
Obviously, my worst time of the day is always in the 1-3 pm range.
Lunch has worn off, it isn't quite supper time, and I just get so
darn "snacky"! If I eat something salty, then I want something sweet
to balance it out and vice versa. I need to work on this big time!!
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