What's on your plate?

Good Morning!

I didn’t walk yesterday. I had places to go and people to see after work and I didn’t have time for my walk, but it’s OK! It had been nearly 4 weeks and I hadn’t missed one day so I think my body needed a day off anyway. I’ll be back at it this evening though! Going forward my goal is to continue 7 days per week with 2 a day on the weekends. However, if I do feel I need a break I am going to give myself a max of 1 day off per week. That sounds reasonable, right?

The scale has not gone down and I have to be honest I am struggling with healthy choices. Mainly I think it’s because I just don’t know what to eat. I need things that are convenient but that are also good for you and those two things combined can be a challenge to find. I’m aiming for 168lbs by the end of July so if that is going to be attainable I really have to get my nutrition on track. I’ve considered counting weight watcher points because that program has always worked for me. The problem is that I start to gain as soon as I stop counting so I’m looking for more of a permanent change. I want to really change my lifestyle. 

Does anyone have any food suggestions or care to share with me what they are eating on an average day? I think it would help me to know what is on other bandster plates?

Scale & NSV Victory!!

Hey All! 

I hope you all had a wonderful Fourth of July! It poured here due to a hurricane in my area. Luckily I only saw rain from it and the rest of the weekend was beautiful! I couldn’t keep myself indoors. Thursday, Saturday & Sunday I took two 45 minute walks around the lake and Friday I was able to take 1 walk before the rain. I also hit a personal best of 18,000 steps in one day!

I am down to 174lbs now which is a 6lb weight loss of my 30lb regain! I lost those 6lbs in just about 2 weeks which is great in my opinion! Literally all I’ve done is walk and scale back on the amounts of food I’ve been eating. I haven’t even given up the foods I love; I’ve just cut down. I asked my things like “do I really need to eat the whole bag” LOL and usually the answer is “no”.  Plus when you’re working out so hard your mindset changes as you don’t really want to eat a lot of junk to undo all the hard work you just completed!

This week I am going to work on my water intake. Last week and throughout the long weekend I really didn’t drink much water. I am aiming for a bare minimum of 40 ounces but ideally I’d like to get 60 ounces in. I’m not a hot tea drinker but I do like some of the iced teas from Starbucks.  Do those count as part of your water intake? Anyone have any tips for getting all your water in?

ps. I changed my email address! It's now ladylapband09@gmail.com.