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Showing posts with label diet plans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label diet plans. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
What I Ate Yesterday #2
Hey Guys!
Did you check out the video from yesterday? Please read that post. It will definitely give you something to think about!
How is your week going? I am busy over here as usual. I was supposed to go to the running shoe store yesterday, but decided time wise today would be better. Wish me luck on not having to spend my entire savings of my poor little allowance!!!
I decided to take some time to make another food summary post. This one includes everything I ate yesterday. Do you guys like these? Should I do something like a weekly summary maybe? That might be better than an everyday one since I don’t eat that differently each day. Let me know in the comments!
Brandi also asked about my food/exercise journal. I am working on a post all about that, so stay tuned!
Anyways, here’s my food summary. Got questions? Leave me a comment!
In other news: check it out! As of my last weigh-in, I am no longer in the obese category! Wahoo! Officially I am simply overweight. As weird as excitement over this sounds….progress is progress!
Thanks for reading,
Monique
Did you check out the video from yesterday? Please read that post. It will definitely give you something to think about!
How is your week going? I am busy over here as usual. I was supposed to go to the running shoe store yesterday, but decided time wise today would be better. Wish me luck on not having to spend my entire savings of my poor little allowance!!!
I decided to take some time to make another food summary post. This one includes everything I ate yesterday. Do you guys like these? Should I do something like a weekly summary maybe? That might be better than an everyday one since I don’t eat that differently each day. Let me know in the comments!
Brandi also asked about my food/exercise journal. I am working on a post all about that, so stay tuned!
Anyways, here’s my food summary. Got questions? Leave me a comment!
Thanks for reading,
Monique
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
What I Ate Yesterday
I hate to title a blog post so simple like that, but I have never really been asked for something on my blog before. I guess I just want to make sure that my loyal readers get what they want!
I stopped posting what I eat, like I was doing in the beginning because it became very frustrating and I felt like I had to come up with something creative every single day in order to please my readers and make it interesting for them. The problem with that was that I simply do not have THAT much variety in my diet, let alone the time to do so. I do not eat the very same things everyday, but I do eat a rotation of the same sort of foods everyday. I am finding that this is working for me, and combined with my gym time I am losing more weight than ever before on my own.
Here is a summary of what I ate yesterday. Yes, everything I ate.
So there you have it. Usually I switch out the veggies as snacks, eating them raw. I switch out the carbs, sometimes having a sweet potato, sometimes brown rice. I switch out the protein, sometimes having chicken, sometimes salmon. I also switch out my treat for the day. Sometimes I have real kettle corn, which WHOA is not a diety type food, but you can have like 2 CUPS for only 130 calories! It depends on how much time I have for the day. You guys know how busy I am. I also drink a lot….no wait, A TON of water every day. I have a bottle that is 32oz. and I fill it up AT LEAST 4 to 5 times a day. This may not be true for everyone, but let me say that for me, drinking water gives me energy. I need all that I can get with my sleep schedule.
Oh, and I finally updated my movement page for last week! Check it out!
OK guys! Got anymore questions? I’m going to answer them tonight!
Hope you’re having a great day!
Thanks for reading,
Monique
I stopped posting what I eat, like I was doing in the beginning because it became very frustrating and I felt like I had to come up with something creative every single day in order to please my readers and make it interesting for them. The problem with that was that I simply do not have THAT much variety in my diet, let alone the time to do so. I do not eat the very same things everyday, but I do eat a rotation of the same sort of foods everyday. I am finding that this is working for me, and combined with my gym time I am losing more weight than ever before on my own.
Here is a summary of what I ate yesterday. Yes, everything I ate.
So there you have it. Usually I switch out the veggies as snacks, eating them raw. I switch out the carbs, sometimes having a sweet potato, sometimes brown rice. I switch out the protein, sometimes having chicken, sometimes salmon. I also switch out my treat for the day. Sometimes I have real kettle corn, which WHOA is not a diety type food, but you can have like 2 CUPS for only 130 calories! It depends on how much time I have for the day. You guys know how busy I am. I also drink a lot….no wait, A TON of water every day. I have a bottle that is 32oz. and I fill it up AT LEAST 4 to 5 times a day. This may not be true for everyone, but let me say that for me, drinking water gives me energy. I need all that I can get with my sleep schedule.
Oh, and I finally updated my movement page for last week! Check it out!
OK guys! Got anymore questions? I’m going to answer them tonight!
Hope you’re having a great day!
Thanks for reading,
Monique
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Starting Fresh
Good morning Peeps!
Well, I guess I should let you in on a little secret. It's not morning for me, it's really nighttime because I work from 10PM to 8AM. So, I shall post and yawn at the same time flexing those multitasking skills!
Today I wanted to reflect on starting my journey just recently to lose 60 lbs. My husband and I tried Jenny Craig about 2 years ago. It worked wonders, and then it didn't work anymore once we were not eating their food. I swear the food is like magic. No joke. You eat it and you lose weight. Here is the most magical part about it....the way the money disappears from your wallet while you're eating it. I lost about 30lbs in 6 months. We had to quit for financial reasons obviously, and I kept not a single pound of it off for not even half of that time. This year I tried Weight Watchers, lost about 12lbs and decided that I could do it on my own without the meetings because after you learn how to count points, I started to feel like it was getting expensive to just go and weight in. I lost 12lbs in about 6 weeks. I have kept that off, but got tired of counting points. So....we arrive at my conclusion. The thing that they both have in common is calories and portion control. I decided that I should just count calories, basically because it is free. It is going ok, yet it is pretty time consuming and kinda hard to do combined in an attempt to eat whole foods. I know this is going to sound silly, but fruits and veggies have no label! I am always sitting at the kitchen table with my head buried in a calorie counting book trying to add it all up. I know it'll be worth it someday soon, and it's kinda fun and educational in a way! :-)
The other thing that has changed besides me trying diet plan after diet plan is my eating habits. When I found food blogs, I immediately began to try new foods! It is super fun to me, and my husband has jumped on the band wagon. I am pretty excited about that, as it is a huge step for him to give up certain things. We no longer have to buy Baked Lays and Coke Zero. My Sweetie is just fine now with carrots and hummus. Thank God that changed, cuz the prior habits get pretty expensive!
Well, I guess I should let you in on a little secret. It's not morning for me, it's really nighttime because I work from 10PM to 8AM. So, I shall post and yawn at the same time flexing those multitasking skills!
Today I wanted to reflect on starting my journey just recently to lose 60 lbs. My husband and I tried Jenny Craig about 2 years ago. It worked wonders, and then it didn't work anymore once we were not eating their food. I swear the food is like magic. No joke. You eat it and you lose weight. Here is the most magical part about it....the way the money disappears from your wallet while you're eating it. I lost about 30lbs in 6 months. We had to quit for financial reasons obviously, and I kept not a single pound of it off for not even half of that time. This year I tried Weight Watchers, lost about 12lbs and decided that I could do it on my own without the meetings because after you learn how to count points, I started to feel like it was getting expensive to just go and weight in. I lost 12lbs in about 6 weeks. I have kept that off, but got tired of counting points. So....we arrive at my conclusion. The thing that they both have in common is calories and portion control. I decided that I should just count calories, basically because it is free. It is going ok, yet it is pretty time consuming and kinda hard to do combined in an attempt to eat whole foods. I know this is going to sound silly, but fruits and veggies have no label! I am always sitting at the kitchen table with my head buried in a calorie counting book trying to add it all up. I know it'll be worth it someday soon, and it's kinda fun and educational in a way! :-)
The other thing that has changed besides me trying diet plan after diet plan is my eating habits. When I found food blogs, I immediately began to try new foods! It is super fun to me, and my husband has jumped on the band wagon. I am pretty excited about that, as it is a huge step for him to give up certain things. We no longer have to buy Baked Lays and Coke Zero. My Sweetie is just fine now with carrots and hummus. Thank God that changed, cuz the prior habits get pretty expensive!
One of the first new health food things that I tried was a Green Monster recipe from Caitlin that I modified just a little because of what I had.
Here is the finished product...not very green, too banana-y...must've done something wrong. there's always next time!
Something else that has changed is my lunch. I am gone from my house for almost 12 hours a day, so I need proper fuel for the entire time. Obviously the bulk of my calories must come from my lunches.
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I also tried out shopping at Trader Joe's. Have you ever been there? I immediately loved it, because they have an enormous amount of things that I have never tried. And around here, it's much cheaper at Trader Joe's to try and buy organic than anywhere else. So I have been on a weekly crusade to try one thing new every trip!
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| Verdict: pretty good, not super buttery or greasy. |
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| Verdict: Not quite so sure trying eggplant for the first time frozen was the best choice. Need recipes. |
My Question For You: What diet plans have you tried, if any? What did you change first in the beginning of your journey?
Have an amazing day!
~Monique
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