Greetings Friends~
Here are the eagerly awaited results for last week. As you can see, we are still moving in the right direction.
Kudos to this week's Biggest Loser, Rebecca, who joined last week and is definitely in this for real. (By the way, she's my cute, much younger, sister). Congratulations to our 2nd place finisher Ken who is the winner of 5 pounds of frozen Black River Blues blueberries.
Today I'd like to touch on eating right.
I'm obviously not too smart when it comes to making food choices...well, maybe the choices have been okay, in some ways, but the quantities are obscene. Anyone that has seen me tear through the lunch buffet at The Rock can attest to that. I lovingly refer to the aftermath as my pizza/olive coma. The Rock manager calls my visit Black Tuesday.
Recently I rediscovered an aid to assist me in learning about my eating habits. You should check it out. It is called FitDay. I love it because; IT'S FREE, you can track your food intake, daily calorie burn and it will add in any activity you tell it. Then it gives you a total for the day. The website is http://www.fitday.com/
Why do I think FitDay, or other programs like it, are important? Because I am disappointed in my loss for this week and knowing that I didn't cheat made me wonder why the result was a low number. Yes, I am well aware that patience isn't one of my strong points. But since I am extremely careful about what I am eating...working out everyday...and still climbing those dreaded stairs...I really thought I could do better. Then as I was working out last night, I wondered what my calorie/food intake was for today. I try to shoot for 1200 to 1500 calories with limited carbs (20) a day.
When I got home, I logged in and sure enough, I am averaging around 1000 calories the last few days. In my efforts to eat less, I have dropped below what I should. This isn't good. The body loses muscle and it goes into starvation mode. When that happens, weight loss slows significantly.
By tracking my food intake, I can better balance the mix of fats, carbs and protein as well as my caloric intake. I plan on eating my regular breakfast, have a snack at 10, eat my shrimp salad for lunch, have a snack at 3, and finish with dinner (after some exercise). This should place me in the correct range.
So, if you are interested in seeing how the food you eat adds up over the course of the day, check out the website or do a Google search for other alternatives. There are quite a few free sites out there. It can be a VERY eye opening experience.
Inspiration of the Day
Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. – John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963, 35th President of the United States
Lighter Recipes
Many easy and tasty recipes can be found at http://www.recipezaar.com/
Here is one for Oven Roasted Asparagus that I am hoping to try very soon; http://www.recipezaar.com/Roasted-Asparagus-50847
Please take the time this week to drink plenty of water, pre-plan and prepare your meals and get active. It is important that we take things One Step at a Time.
Also, Jon is wondering if there is any interest in a walking group that would meet weekly to go for a walk around Capitol Lake. Please post your thoughts and comments.
Happy Trails!
3 comments:
Yea! Finally Tuesday has arrived. Again...YOU GUYS ROCK! If you have been in this for more than a week and are feeling a bit down 'cuz of your progress this week, do yourself justice and look at your weight loss percentage. Numbers don't lie and those numbers are fantastic! I want to thank all of the members for putting yourselves out there. It takes guts. I am proud to call you my friends and hope to meet the rest of on this journey too...by the way I have experienced the "pizza/olive" buffet with Chip and I can confirm that the manager calls his visits "Black Tuesday" but I call them "Black Olive Tuesday".
Getting ready to watch Biggest Loser tonight. I'm proud that I made a very healthy seared Ahi Tuna and artichokes for dinner tonight. No carbs :) Last week was not my greatest, but I'm still in the game! Thanks Chip and everyone here for workin' it!
Day by day, week by week. One Step at a Time. I went to the gym tonight to play racquetball...my first opponent was a buff 20 something GI named Pete...it was pretty even...then Bruce gave me another lesson...finally Kat decided she wanted to play...I won but I was so tired and sore that I had to come right home to ice my whole body. Thank the Lord that Kat cleaned the kitchen tonight. She must have seen how beat I looked. All in all, it was a good fun workout. You guys and gals continue to motivate me. My A1C came back at 7.1 -- down from 8.5. My blood sugar this morning was
97. I'm going to keep this up.
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