Good morning. Another busy weekend, but fun too. Saturday morning I went to HEAT. I had been planning to do 2 classes but I overslept and missed the first one. I went down for the 945 turbofire class. Its not as choregraphed as turbokick, but uses many of the same moves. I really enjoy this class. I started out feeling a bit flared up from asthma, but that seemed to settle down and I did it. Then home, ran kids around, groceries, kevin had a show in Cornwall, back down town with Mariah for her Cuda 'pshyche" nite, and home again; then down to pick them up at midnite. I was pooped. Up today at about 830. I plan to roast a huge chicken for a family meal; Mariah has a birthday party from 4 to 8. The sun is out and I am going to have a good day with family.
Instead of blogging my food (and I had a good food day yesterday); i will share a few tips that I have done to encourage weight loss and have incorporated into lifestyle eating changes. Really; to lose and maintain; you have to keep at it. Diets dont work, you do some fad crazy plan; and hit goal weight and then go back to the old ways of eating. The weight creeps back up. I had maintained my weight loss for aobut 2 years and then got lazy this past winter and ate whatever I wanted; let stress get the better of me and then didn't workout much. Lesson learned.
So a few tips to help cut those calories:
1. switch from regular peanut butter to all natural peanut butter = less sugar
2. switch to whole grain breads from white bread = less sugar, more dense carbs, better for you
3. Lose the sugar in your coffee = less spikes in insulin (this was HUGE for me back in 2006) I used to drink 3 coffee in the morning at work with sugar and could not understand why i was hungry all the time.
3. no pop = less sugar; replace pop with water (I didn't drink much pop but every little bit helps)
4. treats - eliminate chocolate bars, cookies, cake, pie = no brainer! Fats and sugar, high calories. Replace with healthy options (I love vanilla Activia yogurt)
5. when you can, use wraps instead of bread
6. no eating after supper (this is what got me in trouble in this past winter)
7. exercise more - another no brainer
8. Have a partner to motivate and support you (Mark's my blog buddy)
9. Set a goal, either a time frame or a weight goal or in my case BOTH; have a goal dress or new outfit in a particular size. I ordered my dress for Monique's wedding in one size smaller. I could not even get it on without help in April. Now I can wear it, and I am just fine tuning the tummy area
10. make it a lifestyle change; permanent changes; not temporary ones
These are a few things I have done to move me along in my journey. Thanks for following my blog.
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All is good D...but I don't agree with not eating after supper. That means that you starve your body 12 hours of the day. Exercise daily and burn the fat and keep fueling the body with good foods. Just high protein in the evenings.
ReplyDeleteFor me, I'd remove grains completely: no rice, no bread, no pasta. Unfortunately, it's extremely difficult to do.
ReplyDeleteBut this is sound advice.
I think you could eat a small snack before bed (Paul feeds the kids 'bedlunch'. It usually involves fruit, or yogurt, but they sometimes get something a bit naughtier. Their metabolisms can handle it better.)
Maybe watermelon before bed? Banana? Green apple, or blueberries? Just a thought.