Health Snacks

As I sit here chopping on my little piece of beef jerky for my morning snack I thought I would share this link I found with some suggestions for healthy snacks. I was designed for the kiddos, but it is has some good ideas. I came across it on Parent Hacks it is a fun site with good ideas and tips for the kiddos.

New goals

Okay I think I have come to a decision about the diet sodas (and thanks to my blog buddies for their helpful comments). I think those are out for now. I have done it before and I can do it again.

The goals for this weekend and until my next Wednesday weigh in are:
1) To not drink any more diet sodas (or sodas of any kind).
2) To try and drink decaf. whenever possible.
3) Get in 3 days of exercise between now and Wednesday (hopefully this will include the season 1 BL DVD).

More credit...and thoughts on diet drinks

Today (or really yesterday and today) I get credit for walking 20+ mins and packing my walking clothes so I can do it again today. I feel like I'm back on track a little. My food choices have been OK...not horrible, not terrific...so all in all...OK.

The thing I'm dealing with now is whether to give up all caffeinated drinks or to just give up diet sodas. More secrets here, but we are trying to get pregnant. We might find out something soon. So the giving up caffeine is a part of that but I have this pull that I should be giving up diet sodas ...caffeine free or not all together. Then there is this other part of me that say....NO don't give up those too, you have already given up so much, what is the harm in a little diet soda now and then. I think my "give in" muscle is trying to test my "resistance" muscle and the "give in" muscle is winning.

Giving Credit and Biggest Loser

I think I will start keeping track of what I give myself credit for here. It will strengthen my "resistance" muscle.

Today I get credit for:
Making good food choices yesterday.
packing my workout clothes for a walk today.
making the conscious decision to think about what I eat and when I eat...not just grazing or eating to cover up emotions.


Now on to Biggest Loser! I love this show...have for 3 years. I love Bob!!! Jillian kicks butt. Nothing against Kim, but I have known Bob and Jillian longer. I just get so motivated by the stories and the progress you can see with just working out and eating right. Last night's "How are they doing now" show was great...because I have wondered if they kept the weight off.

I also want to know about Moe from year one...Maurice. I loved him and really hoped he made lots of progress. (edit...Maurice is running of Nashville City Council...gotta love Google).

I can't wait for the season to really start. I have read a couple of blogs mention the Biggest Loser workout DVD. I might have to pick that one up.

Challenge Accepted and keeping secrets

Christine issued a challenge to fellow weight loss bloggers. I'm accepting the challenge to be honest with myself and count the number of days I stayed on track and the number of days that I didn't. When you look back over your day it give you something to strive for...Overall did you make good, healthy choices, or did you make choices that could have been better. Thanks Christine!

The Beck Diet Solution talks about giving yourself credit and this is a great way to do that. The more you give yourself credit for the good decisions you make the more good decisions you will make. It is like strengthening your "resistance" muscle and weakening your "give in" muscle.

Now the other piece of today's post. Are you keeping a secret?? Do people know you are blogging about your weight loss and struggles to live a healthier lifestyle? I am.



Well you ladies and gents on the world wide web know...but my family doesn't know. Oh they know I blog on my family someplace else, but they don't know about this..yet. I have been thinking of telling my husband what I have started. Mainly just so he doesn't think I'm having an affair or looking at something on the web that I shouldn't be. Now when I'm blogging on this site and he steps over by the computer, I close everything down.

Oh he would be supportive, he always is. He has never struggled with weight issues. His issues are more about keeping weight on, not keeping it off. We both try to eat right and get exercise.

I like the privacy that this platform allows. I can say things and hash things out with myself and others going thru similar issues. People who have never been thru struggles like this don't always understand why I feel like I do....how the littlest comments will make me breakdown...how I take personal comments people make about other people "being fat" and then think to myself..."well if they think they are fat, then I must be a huge pig".

So I think I will be telling my husband but maybe just him for now. I think blogging and reading other's blogs helps keep me focused on my ultimate goal...living a healthy lifestyle forever. And really this blog is for me and living the healthier lifestyle is for me...not because other people think I need to loose weight.

So it will still be our little secret for now.

Weigh in day and more inspiration

I need to pick an official weigh in day. I don't do Weight Watcher (but I have in the past and really like it) so I don't have a certain day set as my weigh in day. I usually step on the scale every other day or so. When you do that you see daily highs and lows but it is harder to see concrete progress. I used to weigh on Monday's, but I don't like that because I'm not on my best behavior on weekends (usually). I liked it when I weighed in on Tuesday because I left like I had a little distance from the weekend and my body would adjust back to "normal". Fridays might be good because it would be pre-weekend...hmm that is a thought.

I think I will split the difference and try Wednesdays as weigh-in day. So next official weigh-in day will be September 5th.

Now on to a little more inspiration. I have little sayings or reminders posted all over my office. They serve as little reminders of what I am doing and what I am planning to accomplish.

Here is today's:

Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly (womanly) heart. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

This helps remind me that there will be times I "fall off the wagon" and not eat as well as I should, but every new day is a day to start over....put myself 1st again. This also reminds me to not fear the future. Everything changes over time and I can't control that. I just have to deal with what is before me.

I will be out of town for the weekend and I'm planning to really use my hunger scale this weekend and make the best food options that I can. Hope everyone has a great holiday weekend!

Inspiration

Just a few little inspirational thoughts for the day.


Impatience never commanded success. - Edwin H. Chapin


I like this because we can't be impatient about this process. It took me a long time to get to this weight and it won't just fall off tomorrow.


Convenience never built character (another Beth Moore bible study snippet)

This one tells me that this process will build my character because the hard stuff does that to you.

It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves - Francois De La Rochefoucauld

This ones tells me that I haven't been putting myself first and now is the time to do that.

Many only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people - Will Rogers

My new friends in the blogworld are smart people that set good examples, lend support, make me smile and some times shed a tear because you know you have been right where they are.