Well, I did GREAT following THM yesterday...until dinner hit. I have realized my weakness is pizza....warm pizza straight from the oven. And it all went downhill from there...
Breakfast: (E) Eggwhite scramble with Laughing Cow Swiss Cheese and a Chocolate Fat-stripping Frappa (which I didn't finish eating)
Snack: (S) 1 hard-boiled egg with salt sprinkled on top.
Lunch: (S) Egg-salad on 1 small Joseph's pita, and green beans with a smidge of bacon grease melted on top for flavor. 1 Chocolate Chip Cookie in a mug with THM caramel sauce drizzled on top.
Dinner: (off plan) 2 slices pepperoni pizza and some whole wheat cutout cookies with no frosting. (I told ya I went off plan!)
Despite my sins yesterday, the scale said 169.0 today, so that means 1.2 lbs is gone! Woohoo!
Today I am assuming I will go off plan for lunch because I planning to go shopping with a friend and we will most likely eat fast food. But planning to stay on plan for breakfast and dinner!
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Monday, December 16, 2013
Becoming a Trim Heathly Mama
Last June or July I came across a book called Trim Healthy Mama Pearl Barrett and Serene Allison. It's a BIG book (over 600 pages!) and it took me awhile to read through it, but it really is an amazing book. It's not a diet book, but a book that encourages a lifestyle change. The authors spent 5 years writing the book and researching different eating styles. The book not only explains the what, how, and when to eat but also the WHY. They talk about how different foods affect your body. It truly was an enlightening book!
So I slowly started eating the THM way. And probably within the first month I lost 6 pounds quite easily! And at that point I think I was only eating on-plan for breakfast and lunch! Things got busy in the fall and I will admit that I was doing pretty good with staying on-plan for breakfast, but the rest of the day sort of fell off-plan. So my weight stayed the same, but I finally saw a number on the scale that I hadn't seen since before I was pregnant with my 9 yr old! 165!! Which meant I was only 15 lbs away from my goal weight of 150! I felt great and my clothes were fitting better than ever! Even my hubby said, "I can really notice a difference in your body since you've been eating the THM way!" I was stoked!
Enter: The Holidays. And my son's 13th birthday. And all the yummy snacks and goodies that come with both of them. I was eating less and less on-plan. And was feeling more and more terrible. When I eat the THM way, my stomach is no longer bloated and I feel great. So when I go back to eating the old way I feeling bloated and yucky. So why do I keep reverting to my old ways??!!
Today I am making it a goal to stay on plan as much as I possible can (because things WILL come up) and have been thinking of ways I can be successful. My ultimate goal is to reach my goal weight by our beach vacation in June. So here is my plan:
1. Plan ahead. This is soooo important, yet something I lack at doing. I need to plan out each day's meals. When I plan my meals ahead of time, the hard work is already done...I simply look at my plan and eat what it says. I would love to make a meal plan for a week at a time and shop accordingly so I have all the ingredients I need on hand.
2. Find some favorite on-plan dinners. I tend to fall off the plan at dinnertime. Usually what I make for dinner does not follow the THM guidelines and instead of making myself a separate meal, I just eat what my family is eating. I know it is possible to have THM dinners my whole family can eat and enjoy...I need to make a list of what they are instead of reverting to my old tried and true favorites.
3. Exercise. Since the weather turned frigid here in Ohio, I am exercising less and less. I just can't talk myself into going out into the cold to walk or run! What makes me the saddest is that I can really tell a difference in my muscle tone...aka I am starting to feel flabby. YUCK! So I am going to need to find ways to exercise indoors. I tried a belly dancing workout last week which was super hilarious...and NOT my gift at all. My treadmill is buried in our bedroom by all the tools and construction stuff we used for our master bathroom construction so I need to move some of that stuff around so I can actually unfold and use my treadmill! That is my goal for today. Even if I would get on it for 15 mins a day...that's more that what I have been doing! I am thinking I need to change my workout routine a bit and do it in the evenings instead of the morning. My hubby is working 2nd shift right now which means he is sleeping at the time I would normally work out. And since it's just me and the kids at night I could use that time to do a quick workout. I am working 4 days this week and just saw that 2 of those days it's supposed to be about 20 degrees warmer than it has been so I may use my lunch break those days to sneak in a quick 20 min walk!
4. Remind myself how good I feel when I stay on-plan and how great it will feel to reach my goal weight! When you're in the trenches, it is so easy to lose sight of the goal. Each time I go back to my old way of eating, I feel terrible physically and literally cannot weight to get back on plan! I need to keep my eyes on the prize of a thinner, healthier me and keep trudging on!
I am going to TRY to post on here when I workout and my weekly weigh-in results...but consistency has never been my friend so I apologize in advance if I don't follow through with that promise!
Current Weight: 170.2 (but I suspect this includes some extra pounds due to water gain.)
Today's Workout: 20 mins of cardio/weights
So I slowly started eating the THM way. And probably within the first month I lost 6 pounds quite easily! And at that point I think I was only eating on-plan for breakfast and lunch! Things got busy in the fall and I will admit that I was doing pretty good with staying on-plan for breakfast, but the rest of the day sort of fell off-plan. So my weight stayed the same, but I finally saw a number on the scale that I hadn't seen since before I was pregnant with my 9 yr old! 165!! Which meant I was only 15 lbs away from my goal weight of 150! I felt great and my clothes were fitting better than ever! Even my hubby said, "I can really notice a difference in your body since you've been eating the THM way!" I was stoked!Enter: The Holidays. And my son's 13th birthday. And all the yummy snacks and goodies that come with both of them. I was eating less and less on-plan. And was feeling more and more terrible. When I eat the THM way, my stomach is no longer bloated and I feel great. So when I go back to eating the old way I feeling bloated and yucky. So why do I keep reverting to my old ways??!!
Today I am making it a goal to stay on plan as much as I possible can (because things WILL come up) and have been thinking of ways I can be successful. My ultimate goal is to reach my goal weight by our beach vacation in June. So here is my plan:
1. Plan ahead. This is soooo important, yet something I lack at doing. I need to plan out each day's meals. When I plan my meals ahead of time, the hard work is already done...I simply look at my plan and eat what it says. I would love to make a meal plan for a week at a time and shop accordingly so I have all the ingredients I need on hand.
2. Find some favorite on-plan dinners. I tend to fall off the plan at dinnertime. Usually what I make for dinner does not follow the THM guidelines and instead of making myself a separate meal, I just eat what my family is eating. I know it is possible to have THM dinners my whole family can eat and enjoy...I need to make a list of what they are instead of reverting to my old tried and true favorites.
3. Exercise. Since the weather turned frigid here in Ohio, I am exercising less and less. I just can't talk myself into going out into the cold to walk or run! What makes me the saddest is that I can really tell a difference in my muscle tone...aka I am starting to feel flabby. YUCK! So I am going to need to find ways to exercise indoors. I tried a belly dancing workout last week which was super hilarious...and NOT my gift at all. My treadmill is buried in our bedroom by all the tools and construction stuff we used for our master bathroom construction so I need to move some of that stuff around so I can actually unfold and use my treadmill! That is my goal for today. Even if I would get on it for 15 mins a day...that's more that what I have been doing! I am thinking I need to change my workout routine a bit and do it in the evenings instead of the morning. My hubby is working 2nd shift right now which means he is sleeping at the time I would normally work out. And since it's just me and the kids at night I could use that time to do a quick workout. I am working 4 days this week and just saw that 2 of those days it's supposed to be about 20 degrees warmer than it has been so I may use my lunch break those days to sneak in a quick 20 min walk!
4. Remind myself how good I feel when I stay on-plan and how great it will feel to reach my goal weight! When you're in the trenches, it is so easy to lose sight of the goal. Each time I go back to my old way of eating, I feel terrible physically and literally cannot weight to get back on plan! I need to keep my eyes on the prize of a thinner, healthier me and keep trudging on!
I am going to TRY to post on here when I workout and my weekly weigh-in results...but consistency has never been my friend so I apologize in advance if I don't follow through with that promise!
Current Weight: 170.2 (but I suspect this includes some extra pounds due to water gain.)
Today's Workout: 20 mins of cardio/weights
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Choosing Joy
My mind is racing again. With all the things I need to do here at home. With those Christmas gifts that still need purchased (and in some cases thought up). With the holiday baking I should do with the kids. With all those Pinterest projects I have yet to do. With the yearning to draw and paint and to be artistic again. With the fact that I haven't been faithful in exercising lately and I am feeling a bit flabby. With issues concerning family members. With the fact that I have lost my joy in life.
There I said it. I have lost my joy. And I am trying hard to find it. To beckon it back to me. It's hard to find joy when my mind is full of an ever-growing to-do list. Expectations from those around me. My own expectations. And a sense that I am failing as a mother.
So I am praying that God helps to restore my joy. I have heard people say before that we must CHOOSE joy...but how? When you feel so completely and utterly drained from the demands of life HOW do you just choose to be joyful? I certainly don't want to be fake. I want to be joyful because, well, I AM joyful.
The definition of Joy is:
- great happiness: feelings of great happiness or pleasure, especially of an elevated or spiritual kind
- something that brings happiness: a pleasurable aspect of something or source of happiness
- to enjoy something: to delight in something
I went to Bible Gateway and did a search for the word Joy and here is what I found...
*There are 66 references to Joy in Psalms. And most of which have to do with shouting for joy and singing. I feel like I do enough shouting around here but not of the joyful sort. And I don't sing often enough but love to and need to more.
* Proverbs 12:20 tells us that those who promote peace have joy. Are my words promoting peace?
* Proverbs 15:30 says, "Light in a messenger’s eyes brings joy to the heart, and good news gives health to the bones." Is there light in my eyes when I am a messenger to my children? Or has the light grown dim and therefore brings no joy to my children's hearts or even those around me?
*Proverbs 29:3 says, "A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father" Do I love wisdom?
*John 15:10-12 reads "If you keep my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love. 11 I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. 12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you." Is God's love for others missing in my life?
These are just a few of MANY verses that sort of stuck out to me. And I think these verses provide enough insight for me to change my perspective on the journey to find joy once again.
I pray you have a day filled with JOY!
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