Only six more days and I'll be one third of the way through my 90-day challenge. I just wanted to give a progress report on where I'm at. Things are going well. I'm being good to myself, learning a lot about my habits and what triggers them. One thing that is really important for me right now is to focus on the positive. If I make a little mistake (like eat something oily or sweet), I have in the past completely blown that up and ignored all the great things I've been doing. Remember, whatever we focus on grows. So, I've allowed myself a couple of moments of relapse, but then moved on. I am really focusing on all of the positive things I'm doing for myself, and that is making all the difference in the world.
Diet:
My diet is getting better by the day. I'm sticking to my protein/superfood smoothie in the morning, a salad for lunch, and usually green juice for dinner (although I allow myself to have something solid every three days or so). One of the issues I've been having is snacking too much between meals, especially later in the day. This week, I've allowed myself to snack a little bit in the day, but cut it out at night. This actually isn't very hard since I'm more active in the evening. Also, if I'm hungry or feeling munchy, I try to drink water or tea, which can do the trick.
Exercise:
This is an area that I'm really excelling. I've been working out at least 5 days a week. On Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I continue my weight training. This is mostly large muscle group activities like assisted pull ups and dips, as well as ab work. The weight I am using to assist me keeps going down, so I'm gaining strength and losing weight. Today, I weighed in at 252, which means I've lost 7 pounds since I started and a total of 33 pounds (possibly 40 in fat). On Tuesday, I continue to run up the stairs and on Thursday, I plan on going back to Boot Camp. Woo Hoo!
One thing that happened this week is that I was able to fit into a shirt that wouldn't fit before. My mother sent me some nice Hawaiian shirts from the islands about a year ago, but they were XL, instead of 2XL. They were very tight and uncomfortable and put them aside. Earlier this week, I tried one on and it fit perfectly. Fitting into an XL is great news, because I've been wearing 2XL for several years now.
This is all amazing! It's so awesome what can happen to our health and our attitude with just a few changes in our lifestyle. The more little things we do, the more great things happen. Be healthy!
Mystic Merman
Diet:
My diet is getting better by the day. I'm sticking to my protein/superfood smoothie in the morning, a salad for lunch, and usually green juice for dinner (although I allow myself to have something solid every three days or so). One of the issues I've been having is snacking too much between meals, especially later in the day. This week, I've allowed myself to snack a little bit in the day, but cut it out at night. This actually isn't very hard since I'm more active in the evening. Also, if I'm hungry or feeling munchy, I try to drink water or tea, which can do the trick.
Exercise:
This is an area that I'm really excelling. I've been working out at least 5 days a week. On Monday, Wednesday and Friday, I continue my weight training. This is mostly large muscle group activities like assisted pull ups and dips, as well as ab work. The weight I am using to assist me keeps going down, so I'm gaining strength and losing weight. Today, I weighed in at 252, which means I've lost 7 pounds since I started and a total of 33 pounds (possibly 40 in fat). On Tuesday, I continue to run up the stairs and on Thursday, I plan on going back to Boot Camp. Woo Hoo!
One thing that happened this week is that I was able to fit into a shirt that wouldn't fit before. My mother sent me some nice Hawaiian shirts from the islands about a year ago, but they were XL, instead of 2XL. They were very tight and uncomfortable and put them aside. Earlier this week, I tried one on and it fit perfectly. Fitting into an XL is great news, because I've been wearing 2XL for several years now.
This is all amazing! It's so awesome what can happen to our health and our attitude with just a few changes in our lifestyle. The more little things we do, the more great things happen. Be healthy!
Mystic Merman
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