(These are my new running shoes- my reward for running so much!)Hi girls!
Can you believe it?! I made it to week two! Week one was very successful. I tracked *all* my eating, stayed pretty much within my food plan, and exercised 5 out of 6 days! I am feeling very motivated, and am excited that I was able to keep it up all week without slacking off. I think something that is helpful is that it is a 16 week program, and there is an end in sight. Previously, I had the perspective that trying to exercise and eat better would be forever, because I'll always be kinda working at it with no real results, but it's better than gaining. (Like when I told my sister Cheryl that I've forsaken ice cream in an attempt to lose weight, and she asked "For how long?" I was confused why she would ask me that, because I had this eternal-trying-to lose-weight perspective). But now whenever I am tempted to stray from my food plan, I just think that I'll let myself eat that in 16 weeks, and it doesn't have to be never again. In the meantime, I'm developing great healthy eating habits that will prevent me from returning to not-so-good habits of eating. It's been a stretch to fit protein in to 5 small meals a day, but I'm getting a feel for what I like and when I have time to make certain foods. I also recalculated my daily caloric intake, which is now 1,115. A couple of friends helped me figure out my BMR, and then I took 2/3 of that for my new daily calorie goal. With what I actually have time to eat from my P90X food plan it's a perfect fit! This week I want to do better at adding up the calories. I totally tweaked my back at the beginning of the week from a Jillian Michaels DVD (squats and lunges with hand weights) and/or a funky sleeping position, but it got better quickly. Now, however, I have a pinched nerve thing going on with my right leg which sends a pulsing pain shooting down from my hip to my calf. It's pretty annoying! But I'm keeping up with my workouts and stretching a lot. Okay, vent over. I had chicken and steamed vegetables for dinner tonight after a 3 mile run (I thought of you Genine!), and I just did some arms/shoulders Pilates. Time for bed!
3 comments:
good job!!! I am really proud of you. I know that you can keep it all up. Just continue to drink water and the stretching is SO important! love ya.
Impressive, impressive, impressive!!!
Awesome!! I just got new shoes too! I'm so impressed you did the run, dinner then a video too! Also your calories/day number is impressive! Best of luck! It's all in your head! I had a hard time around week 8. But I think I'm revamped for the last 4 weeks of my 12 week dieting stint. But like you say, I think some habits have been made that will continue past the "diet" timeframe.
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