One thing that works well for me is having accountability. I use to do this via vlogging, but I simply don't have the time to maintain that...then I get discouraged and just quit all together. So, this is what my menu looked like today; well, at least part of it - allow me to explain.
For breakfast I had 1/2 of a sausage and cheese biscuit and a hash brown from McD's. I can honestly say this was not the intention when I woke up this morning. Before I knew it I was at McD's and ordered out of habit, paid, got the meal, drove off...then it hit me...WTF did I just do?! The intention was to get an oatmeal and a yogurt parfait, NOT a sausage biscuit. So I ate only half of it. I realize that fast food is nowhere near as good for me as home cooked stuff but I was taking my sister to an appointment this morning and the routine got thrown out of whack, which will happen from time to time, so I had good intentions. I dropped her off then stopped by...excuses, excuses...poor planning (although this came up last minute that she needed a ride) is what it was. I will be making some quick "pop 'em in the microwave" breakfast meals over this weekend and freezing them so I have no excuses next time something pops up!
Lunch was great! I had a grilled chicken salad with organic Mixed Baby Greens, some shredded cheese, banana peppers, and Ken's light honey-mustard dressing.
Dinner was a homemade burrito with 80/20 lean ground beef, fat free refried beans, tiny bit of shredded cheese, and 1tbsp light sour cream. (No pic)
For snack today I had 5 very large strawberries. They were SO good!
If I get hungry again before bedtime, I will make me another, smaller, salad - minus the chicken. So before I get negative comments, I want to say, yes, I know this is not the greatest meal day with the way it started, but LOOK at how I turned it around. AND, I also tracked all of my food AND measured it instead of just fixing a plate.
I also have to say...I was a little happy to see that the way I make my homemade burrito without measuring stuff is actually less amount of calories so that was kinda cool!
I wasn't worried about trying to re-calculate my calorie intake or weighing myself for today or tomorrow because I plan to get measured, weighed, and figure out how many calories are recommended for me while doing CF when we hit the gym tomorrow night after work.
Can I just tell you how excited I am to start this?! I wonder if everyone feels this way, or if they dread it. I know come tomorrow night I will be tired as hell, but I am so excited about starting it tomorrow. I didn't go into this before (I don't think), but we're doing this as a family as well. Myself (morbidly obese) and my husband (slightly overweight) and then my teenagers, a son 16 (already has some awesome ab's but hey, family time!), a son 14 (overweight and pretty lazy like his mom and step-dad), and my 13 yr old daughter (overweight as well) will be there as well, but our gym has a 14 and older policy so I told her she can work on jumping rope and other things while we work out. Our hopes are that they will have little things she can do to help improve her health as well - but we'll see how it goes tomorrow. I know this particular gym is really family centered, so even if she can't participate she can learn a lot by watching.
Anyways, I guess that is enough for today. I know a few of my friends are reading and not replying on here, but thank you for the support and encouragement I've gotten privately! It's much appreciated! This time tomorrow I'll be huffing and puffing - eeeee!!
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