Yesterday I procrastinated. I did it really well. However, I did manage to eat the majority of my meals. I am having a hard time fitting in my second last meal of the day. Apparently, my timing is just off. I am going to eat that meal today. In fact I am going to start my fish cooking right now!
Day 2 I felt tired and a little bit off and headachy. I really felt a strong urge for caffeine but did not give in the desire for Tim Hortons Coffee. I can already tell that I am going to really struggle with letting go of my daily caffeine fix. This isn’t unusual. Every single time I try to eat healthy, I have to go through breaking my caffeine addiction. So yesterday I spent about 2 hours napping on the couch. Then I went for a run with my DM. It was nice for me to push the pace a bit... but he was finding the cardiovascular part of it pretty difficult. We are hoping that over the next few weeks we can get over the: dear God I’m going to puke up my lungs while they are on fire feeling.
Day 3 So far today I have felt really good. I am finding that my breakfast keeps me feeling full for a significant portion of the morning. Where I start to fall apart is the afternoon. I am really hungry in the afternoon. So, I ate two snacks over the course of the afternoon. I had my apple and I had my celery with all natural peanut butter. My fish is cooking so that I can eat it before the girls come over to work out. – I’m also not sure they are coming, as I have not heard from them.
From all the emails, it looks like EF and HF are doing well also. I have to say I wish I had a better listing of the plan for my DM. I think his overall difficulty is that he doesn’t eat enough calories during a day. He’s been hard at work since about 12:30 doing physical labour.
That’s Kate’s clean report for the day...only 18 more days to go..
Monday, April 26, 2010
21 days... Day 1
In the beginning....
I am 34 years old and I have some serious body issues. I also have some serious food issues. Those who know me well, know that I often feel uncomfortable in my skin and have traumatic visits to the mall looking for a pair of pants that fit. I am what I would describe as a potentially athletic pear shape. I have worked hard with several girls over the winter to develop considerable muscle tone. However, I still have a stubborn layer of fat covering up my hard work. This is particularly true on my legs. I think I should be completely honest here and tell you that I feel significant fear at the thought of wearing shorts above the knee or a bathing suit in public. This tortures me, and limits my life.
My relationship with food is an emotional one. My parents often used food as a reward or as comfort. I’m not blaming them, food in our home was generally healthy as I was growing up. We were also active in sports both at school and during the summer months. However, when I am under stress or having a chaotic day my first instinct is to go out to eat. I LOVE to eat out. If I had unlimited cash and had opportunity I would eat out for every meal. I think the best illustration of this would be when I was in teacher’s college and I wrecked my car. When my friend came to pick me up at the hospital (I cracked a collarbone) she asked me if I wanted to go to McDonalds for lunch...I did, desperately. I know I am falling off the healthy food wagon when I start leaving work to go pick up food. This will be my biggest struggle. I am a lifetime WW member. Although I know the plan works, I feel that the reason it worked so well for me was that I bought in. My last two attempts at WW have not been satisfying and I can’t get the motivation I once had.
My current weight is 149 lbs. My goal in 21 days is actually not to reach a number...although anywhere in the early 140s would be nice. My goal in 21 days is to lessen the percentage of fat on my body, eat cleanly and feel better. I find when I eat clean I am better able to handle stress, my body generally works better and I have more energy.
There are three people joining me on this adventure: my devoted man, my excellent friend, and her friend. (Hereafter referred to as DM, EF and HF). I have read Tosca Reno’s book – The Eat Clean Diet. The 21 day plan we are following was found in a copy of Oxygen magazine which is also attached to Tosca. I believe that clean eating is the key to better overall health. The article suggests that a person can lose up to 10 pounds in 21 days. I believe that can happen, however, I also know that losing 10 pounds in 21 days is not always the healthiest pace to lose weight and keep it off. So I see this as a jumpstart to eating cleanly long term.
Yesterday was day 1. I was not able to eat everything on our plan in the perfect order. I missed the final evening meal of berries. However, I improvised by eating another piece of fruit. I feel good. But I know I need to better prepare for the week. So, today I am going to cook chicken breasts, rice and squash in order to have it ready over the week.
Wish me luck.
I am 34 years old and I have some serious body issues. I also have some serious food issues. Those who know me well, know that I often feel uncomfortable in my skin and have traumatic visits to the mall looking for a pair of pants that fit. I am what I would describe as a potentially athletic pear shape. I have worked hard with several girls over the winter to develop considerable muscle tone. However, I still have a stubborn layer of fat covering up my hard work. This is particularly true on my legs. I think I should be completely honest here and tell you that I feel significant fear at the thought of wearing shorts above the knee or a bathing suit in public. This tortures me, and limits my life.
My relationship with food is an emotional one. My parents often used food as a reward or as comfort. I’m not blaming them, food in our home was generally healthy as I was growing up. We were also active in sports both at school and during the summer months. However, when I am under stress or having a chaotic day my first instinct is to go out to eat. I LOVE to eat out. If I had unlimited cash and had opportunity I would eat out for every meal. I think the best illustration of this would be when I was in teacher’s college and I wrecked my car. When my friend came to pick me up at the hospital (I cracked a collarbone) she asked me if I wanted to go to McDonalds for lunch...I did, desperately. I know I am falling off the healthy food wagon when I start leaving work to go pick up food. This will be my biggest struggle. I am a lifetime WW member. Although I know the plan works, I feel that the reason it worked so well for me was that I bought in. My last two attempts at WW have not been satisfying and I can’t get the motivation I once had.
My current weight is 149 lbs. My goal in 21 days is actually not to reach a number...although anywhere in the early 140s would be nice. My goal in 21 days is to lessen the percentage of fat on my body, eat cleanly and feel better. I find when I eat clean I am better able to handle stress, my body generally works better and I have more energy.
There are three people joining me on this adventure: my devoted man, my excellent friend, and her friend. (Hereafter referred to as DM, EF and HF). I have read Tosca Reno’s book – The Eat Clean Diet. The 21 day plan we are following was found in a copy of Oxygen magazine which is also attached to Tosca. I believe that clean eating is the key to better overall health. The article suggests that a person can lose up to 10 pounds in 21 days. I believe that can happen, however, I also know that losing 10 pounds in 21 days is not always the healthiest pace to lose weight and keep it off. So I see this as a jumpstart to eating cleanly long term.
Yesterday was day 1. I was not able to eat everything on our plan in the perfect order. I missed the final evening meal of berries. However, I improvised by eating another piece of fruit. I feel good. But I know I need to better prepare for the week. So, today I am going to cook chicken breasts, rice and squash in order to have it ready over the week.
Wish me luck.
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