That being said the only things I really can do right now is make dietary changes and try to work out on the days I do regularly have off. This is not going to be easy and I need support. It's a good thing that I have awesome family that do support me in this endeavor. Just the other day I was talking to my sister who put it politely that I am still beautiful though over time and due to job and age I have gotten "plump". :) This made me happy to know because she is ten times thinner than I am and weighs what I wish I weighed or there about. Even if I weight 120-125 I'd be happy rather than a whopping 170 with belly fat. That is exactly where all my weight is accumulating. And so there are things that I have to alter. Speaking with my parents encourages me more that I'm on the right track and that I should eat better. My step mom spoke her son about me and apparently got encouraging remarks as well. He stated to her that eating past 8pm is not good, which I already knew however trying to perhaps switch my meals around so that perhaps a lighter meal is at that time and my larger meal is at my lunch break instead may help due to my working schedule. I think I will try this.
That and of course eating more leafy greens and such will help also along with drinking lots and lots more water. I really don't drink enough water and my water intake compared to when I was younger before college, has waned quite a bit. In fact to the point where there are days that I don't drink water officially at all. It might be in some part of my food somewhere but I don't drink it nearly as much and that can cause weight gain as well as my body is then not flushing out the toxins and instead accumulating it.
When I was younger too, about when I was 16-18 years old I actually had one summer where all I wanted to eat were fruits and veggies and salad. A ton of salad and drank water so much, like a cleansing. I prefer cold water and there are many times that I don't like the taste of city water. I prefer country wells and small town water with less chlorine in it. I also find at work I can't always drink cold water even from a bottle unless it's flavored. And even then I have a hard time not getting a Coke or Pepsi from the cafeteria.
So in light of all of this here are some of the goals for this week and upcoming starting essentially yesterday.
1. eat more at home meals rather that eat out
2. eat more veggies
3. drink more water and bring a water bottle or my special insulated capped glass with straw to work to fill it with water as it keeps it cold for longer
4. eat a larger meal at lunch or spread out my meals/snacks to eat smaller meals through out the day at breaks
5. eat granola bars/cereal bars rather than chocolate bars, or eat nuts and seeds
6. work out at least once a week to start + the walking that I do to and from work then up it to twice a week, then three times a week.
7. Get more proper sleep, so when sleepy go to bed!
8. use less tech and perhaps pull away from the computer when I get home
9. if I can stand at work during a call or stretch, do it!
This all being said my step mom, Rachel, had mentioned that she was very happy to see that I was going about this the right way. First of all you want to do this in increments for working out because then you build up to it. And you don't want to be taking diet pills! These fad diets and diet pills are a waste of money and time. I don't really want to spend my time counting calories and obsessing over the weight. I want to be healthy and feel healthy , mentally, emotionally and physically. My body was not meant to carry this much weight. Rachel also mentioned that when she was young there were a lot of young ladies that took diet pills and got high off them etc. and became obsessed and addicted to those things. It's not good for your physical or your mental health to take any drug like that. Not to mention that quite honestly a lot of people even now, think it's OK to smoke and take drugs to lose weight. It's not! Again I strongly suggest most people to read Terry Poulton's "No Fat Chicks" because it really is all about the media influence etc. and she makes some amazing points.
We encourage through media to be thin and why can't we love ourselves and the way we were made? Anyway I'm going to say... read that book! Canadian or American release doesn't matter, just read it! It's on Kobo for 7.99 Can in ebook format. I'm going to buy myself a copy since my hard copy has been lost to someone who borrowed it.
And this ends my entry for this week, for now. But, I must first leave you with the awesome salad recipe that we made yesterday for supper!
- Romaine lettuce
- fresh spinach
- mushrooms sliced
- strawberries sliced
- red onion sliced and chopped
- Kraft Raspberry Vinaigrette
- topped with shredded/crumbled feta cheese
Enjoy everyone!! :)
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