One day

Yes! I started yesterday with a bowl of cereal, thinking about what I would eat the rest of the day. I wrote it in my food tracker. Ok, so I ate too many cookies at a meeting we attended, and didn't get in quite enough fruit, but I had one good day! I'm totally going to count that as a win! Yeah!!!

Picture This!

Hey! I was just reading my Oprah magazine, and just came across one of the best diet ideas I've ever seen. Take a picture of absolutely EVERYTHING you put in your mouth! It's even worse than journaling, because you have to look at the huge portions and unhealthy choices! One lady in the article said "like I'd want to take a picture of a jumbo bag of M &Ms!" The point being she'd rather not put it in her mouth if she has to digitally record it! I was blown away, and I even thought of taking it one step further and sharing it with a diet partner (Like you :) ) occasionally. This might work, in fact I'm certain it would change my behaivor for a while!

Isn't that crazy? Think about how we could implement this if you want. You might just start getting some funny photos from me, b/c I need to something radical like this to get motivated again!

On the move

Well, I can't seem to eat right, but I'm moving more! I took one walk last week, and have 2 scheduled this week. I'm not exactly hammering - my knee won't allow it - but I'm walking for an hour or so. That feels good. I'm very glad to be doing it. It is making me want to get on my bike, and that is a very good thing. 

I'm going to keep working on eating better. I'm going to keep my head above water. I am not going to give up. Your success is going to encourage me to do better!

Talk this week? I miss you! Love you!

Discouraged!

My dear friend, after that one good day, I've blown it each day since! Can't seem to get on the horse and stay on. But...as soon as I sign off here I'm going to go write out menus and meal choices for the next 7 days. I hope thinking it out ahead of time will give me a better focus. Sometimes I need very clear boundaries. I'm trying to not be discouraged. I can think of this as a long-term process. It has taken me a long time to develop these bad habits, so I guess I can't expect to break them right away. 

I love that we're doing this together. I will try to take a look at my recipes and send you low-fat ones. I have some very good ones!

Meanwhile, I'll do some meal planning, grocery shopping, and hope to have a good report to give later this week. I already have one hike planned with a friend. That, at least, is progress. 

Ditto

Hey! I'm glad you got some activity in. I would love to be able to run. It seems to be such a great way to keep the weight off. I admire my friends so much who are able to do that... By the way, I tried both of the recipes I sent you and they were so yummy! The tiramisu didn't taste low fat at all. Of course, I used some of Bill's flavorful home brew coffee, and that added a lot of dimension to it. The turkey manicotti was a big hit too. Bill even loved it! I did a little bit of spice and some mozzerella, just a sprinkle.

Please let me know if you run across some good low cal recipes. I need to attack this weight issue from many angles. Especially eating better and less since I don't work out much at all...

Good Monday!

I'm feeling good about this week! Yesterday, despite having a cold, I went for a 45 minute walk with a friend. It was difficult, let me tell you. I am so out of shape, and she is a runner. I was huffing and puffing up the hills, and she wasn't even breathing hard. A good reminder of just how out of shape I am. It also reminded me that I will profit by any activity I do. 

I also stuck to my food plan! Yeah! Thanks for sharing that website. I'll check it out for sure. Here we go...progress at last. ;-D

Cool Website

Hey Cindy! We have to keep our momentum going! I just looked at a website I think I already mentioned to you. Eat Better America.com. It has healthy redos of favorite recipes, nutrition advice, etc. And I was thrilled for you to see that they have the Food Pyramid stuff figured out for each recipe. I'm hoping you'll enjoy looking at it. I actually think I'm going to drop off the Best Life website b/c much of the same stuff is free at Eat Better America. I'll just need to journal on my own. Do you know of any good food databases out there that have nutrition breakdown on foods? I'm going to check out Eat Better a little closer, and see if they do that. There was also one I heard of that had lots of the restaurant nutrition info. Let me know if you are aware of any of these!

Enjoy the website!

Back to Reality

Hey you! I got the yuckiest cold last week. It's really zapped my energy. I don't think I gained anything, but I certainly lost focus due to medication and sleepiness. I'm still very tired, do you think antibiotics just do that to your system, or is it the cold fighting? Anyway, reading your positive and persistent entries is encouraging me to renew again. I've been craving lots of fruits and veggies lately, so I think I'll go with that. I'll try to call you soon! Sorry I didn't reach you last week when the cold hit...

Progress

Well, a baby step, at least! Today instead of going out to lunch while running errands, I ate leftovers at home...and measured everything! Since then, I've had a few M&Ms and cashews that were sitting around the kitchen, but when I realized I was hungry, I had a glass of milk instead of more nuts and chocolate! Yeah! One step at a time. xo