As of Monday, I had done reverse progress on my fitness/wellness goals.
Then yesterday, I attended a luncheon on wellness and nutrition given by a member of Trinity who is a retired biology teacher and the leader of Trinity's Earth Stewards team. It was a good reminder of goals I need to set for myself as far as nutrition, which will give me more energy for the physical fitness portion of operation fabulous.
And as I took stock, I realized that though there are days in which I don't hit the mark in terms of eating well, on the whole Chris and I do a pretty good job of incorporating whole foods into our diet as much as we can. I still really wish that a cheeseburger had the same caloric count and nutrition value as kale, though.
My other helper in this quest is the myfitnesspal app on my iphone. Again, though I'm finding it SUPER hard to stick with the daily calorie count they suggest (this part will be easier when I find more time to exercise), I do find it helpful to be told by this app that I am doing really well on keeping fat intake down and natural vitamin intake up (Side note: did you know how much vitamin C is in cauliflower?? 1 cup contains 77% of your daily recommended intake...and that 1 cup only costs you 25 calories. I say that again: 77% recommended daily value of Vitamin C for only 25 calories! and it's amazing when roasted in a little bit of extra virgin olive oil and some lemon juice...yummm)
So we press on, trying not to be too hard on myself for Sunday's dinner from Freddy's (side note: the once a month splurge on chili cheese fries or something like that is enough to motivate me to stay on track) and instead focusing on the wins like yesterday, when I ate 10 servings of vegetables.
Stats:
Weight - 167.2 (ouch! pass the veggies, please)
Miles since start - 9
Goals:
Increase walking
Re-introduce portions of P90x (not ready to go full blown yet, but there are 4 workouts I love)
Continue to increase whole food intake
Positive thinking!
Try more healthy recipes (my turkey meatloaf recipe rocks, btw)
Good for you, Pastor. You're an inspiration!
ReplyDeleteWe had to totally give up Freddy's. We found The Burger Stand and Orange Leaf, instead. Lower calorie count, and you can split a burger at TBS. After a while, Freddy's just didn't taste good. It's way too salty for me.
That's the other thing. I'm finding as I go on, my taste for things like salt and fat are returning to what they were before I gained weight (I blame babies. LOL!).