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WOW!!!! It's MONDAY...I LOVE MONDAY!!! Had a great weekend! Lots of fun. Lots of activity...went hiking :) Up early w/ the time change - and got some housework done, kid to school, went to the gym - GREAT WORKOUT on the treadmill. Feeling good to be alive today!
Did a bit of thinking this weekend about the 90 / 10 Rule. You know, 90% of what you eat falls solely in the category of good, clean, healthy foods,... while 10% might be the occasional indulgence of not so 'healthy'...but yummy still.. so we make our allowances, now don't we?
Ok, so I was thinking... on the average I might consume aprox 20 Food Items in a given day. Between Bkfst, Lunch, Snack, Dinner and Nite Snack... 20 individual food items is probably right. That would mean that I have 2 of those items that could be slightly higher carbs, maybe even a 'treat'... but of that 10%... I need to consider portion control. And I need to consider if I am shooting for a goal of maintaining or trying to lose!!!
If I want to lose... and I do... than throwing off the body's mechanism of fat burning by consuming higher carbs or sugars and dumping myself out of fat burning mode... this does me no good. It keeps me in line w/ the 90/10 Rule, but I make no notible progress.
I think the 90/10 rule might be more effective once firmly in Maintenance... but for now I will stick with the 100% Healthy Rule (for me and my body) and see if I can't keep this progress train rolling.
I have mentally set a new group of goals for myself. I would like to eat clean at aprox 1500 calories / day, exercise in some manner shape or form each day, intake my 74 oz of water each day, and attempt to track everything again EACH DAY from now until Thanksgiving.
If I can manage another drop by then (of even one pound, which would be fine by me) I will fully committed to the next goal. If not, than I will be considering a complete and total change of what I am doing.
This is it folks...now or never... I will be literally using the next two weeks as a measuring stick of whether or not I can lose a pound by remaining low carb, exercising regularly, taking in my water - or NOT.
I loved what Sandy wrote about regarding complacency. And I haven't thought I was being complacent - but then I haven't had much progress in the past year. And it's time to make it work, or find something else that will. Period. Dot. End of Story. I'm not playing anymore. And I am not happy w/ the little roll that still lingers atop my pants, or the frustration of going back and forth between sizes while trying on clothes. I don't like this feeling of not being able to fully understand my body, it's nutritional needs, my hormones, or their impact to my metabolism... as it all seems to be controlling me by some internal intangible force. Well, no more.
I have said it before, and I will say it again... I will do whatever it takes. I will meet with another nutritionist. Spend money on another Dr.'s appt, I will commit my time to work out w/ a paid professional trainer if need be. I am just sick to death of making excuses...even when I don't know I am making them... but just lingering in the same place until I can't stand myself anymore!!! Enough already. I want this weight off and I am willing to make that happen. Kripes! Ten pounds should not be this hard. And I hope - for sure, I hope - this experience for me... helps at least one of you!
Take what you will from the ramblings of a 40something year old crazy woman... but don't sit in limbo too long - before you muster up the HUNGER to get the job done! It will force you to start to look at this journey with new eyes.
Hey Stef - if you are reading this... do you still use your fitbit? and if so... do you still feel you benefit from having it? (was thinking of asking for one early as a Christmas gift???)
Much Love, Have a great day!
View Diet Calendar, 07 November 2011:
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1609 kcal
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Fat: 123.52g | Prot: 93.96g | Carbs: 40.77g.
Breakfast: eggland's best eggs (9AM) (overeasy), coffee (8oz) black, hidden carbs, water (6-10 AM), extra virgin olive oil (serv=1Tbsp), Black Label Fully Cooked Bacon, Black Label Fully Cooked Bacon. Lunch: marie's blue cheese dressing, romaine lettuce, boneless pork country ribs. Dinner: sirloin steak, zucchini, water (4-6), apple cider vinegar, romaine, fresh parm cheese (1 oz.), cucumber, Lite Chunky Blue Cheese Dressing. Snacks/Other: dry roasted peanuts. more...
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1750 kcal
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Exercise:
Walking (exercise) - 5.5/kph - 10 minutes, Walking (brisk) - 6.5/kph - 25 minutes, Resting - 15 hours and 25 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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