March 1st, the day after my real bday (i had one this year). Normally to celebrate bdays, we eat out instead of a party at home. Normally when I have a real bday (once every four years) I do something big. But not this year. This year I felt fat, lethargic, and not at all comfortable in my own skin nor clothes. Yesterday morning, however, after a fight with my daughter before sending her off to school, Richard took me to IHOP for breakfast. It definitely hit the spot in all its comfort food glory. Later we each had half of a Ben & Jerry’s ice cream…and then in the evening we each ate a whole Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. Needless to say, I was happy that this morning’s weight was still below 190 (though 189.6 is pushing it). So, in response, I’m canceling the bday dinner we were going to do with family members. It’s time to get back into the swing of things and alter my eating habits again.
I’ve already learned that I’m not ready for intuitive eating as it’s normally practiced. But I’m not interested in a temporary diet kind of thing either. It’s eating habit changing time. And, as mentioned before, increasing the fruits and vegetables I eat is the first habit to change. Thank goodness that the weather is finally warming up because that means that fresh F&V will be available soon. Until then, I’ll have to make do with frozen and canned.
With the pinhole glasses already shipped and hopefully arriving next week, my driving abilities will be drastically cut down. Which is good. It means that I’ll have to send Richard to pick up groceries after he gets off work, or do the shopping once a week when he can drive me into town. This means no stopping off at Shell station for a treat, nor snacking on foods while I’m driving and alone, etc.
I’m intending on Monday (cuz this weekend I’ll be helping manta declutter her room) that I’ll make a shopping list of fruits, vegetables, and proteins, and any other grocery items used that don’t fall into those three categories. Start keeping track of what I have in stock, and what is needed to buy. It might be easier making dinner choices if I’m looking at paper rather than cruising through the fridge/freezer/cabinets trying to figure out what I’m in the mood to cook/eat.
Current weight goal? less than 180 lbs. Supposedly this will take between 5-10 weeks. So at the soonest would be April 5th. And the latest would be May 10th.
How?
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Eating meals made up primarily of 2/3 vegetable/fruit + 1/3 protein.
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Step count of 7,500 steps per day.
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(I know I should include a strengthening program here, but I’ll be focusing extensively on decluttering the home which will require moving boxes and lifting a lot of light weights. Not particularly good, but for a restart, good enough for now.)
