the goals i set in my last post and my progress on each one:
1) eat a healthy lunch every day: so far so good. i have been bringing the turkey sandwiches and eating also either soup or salad with fat free dressing.
2) work on portion control: i have been eating part of my lunch around 11:30 and part around 12:30. it's not that long between them, but it isn't bad either. i'm not starving the whole time. i do think a lot about the food i have waiting for me. maybe that will change when i'm busier.
3) no eating out all week (except the two nights when my friend is in town): on monday i took my lunch to eat with a friend at a cafe and really really really wanted to get something else instead. i stopped myself by checking out the fat content of the food i thought i wanted and then opted for a salad with fat free dressing instead. this morning i got a bagel for breakfast (something i normally wouldn't eat at home). in both cases i sort of needed the food (for lunch i needed a supplemet to the sandwich and i didn't have time eat breakfast today before leaving the house)
4) work out twice a week (tues and thurs night with my SIL): went to the gym today and did 20 min on the bike and messed around with the machines some so that i can figure out how they all work. now i want to make an actual plan for thursday so that when i go back whatever it is i do makes sense.
5) report my progress here at least twice: and....i'm posting here now, so that's good.
yay or something, right?
Trying to balance academic life with a healthy lifestyle.
2 comments:
Yea!
Yippee!!
Seriously though, these are great goals. I used to have a problem with ordering and eating out. My husband and I agreed to only do that once a week, usually on a Friday when we are too tired. It has worked really well. We just remind ourselves that the over-indulgence was how we got into a mess in the first place.
I have also found that eating smaller meals throughout the day keeps me from being ravenous later in the day. I am not as hungry and I definitely have more energy.
Cheers to you!!!!!
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