There was a post on my facebook page this week from QuickChick. She said something to the tune of many people thinking that weight loss is 80% nutrition and 20% excercise. She had made the comment that she believes it to be 100% mental and I would have to agree.
Now that I have actually made the choice that this is what I want to do, it's almost easy. There is no decision...the exercise will happen today, the right food will be consumed in smaller quantities with very little guilt going on. There is no temptation when you mentally put the block up and tell yourself that going back isn't an option.
I didn't even consider anything other than a salad when we ate out in the city today. I didn't feel inclined to put a single processed item into our food cart. Skipping out on a workout just wasn't an option, there will be a time and a place for it, I am sure if my knee acts up, but for now, all is going good.
It's amazing how much better I feel better about myself and I am already feeling a positive change from the workouts. Squatting is easier and I have already been able to cinch the belt up one more hole. I need to keep this up!
What did I eat yesterday? I had some of the leftover meatloaf as a breakfast lunch. It was so yummy...I love meatloaf. I did have a couple bites of Kraft Dinner with it, which I almost hate to admit. We buy almost nothing processed, pasta being pretty much the only thing and that's only because I am too lazy to make it most days, even though I bake our bread and other things we avoid processed. Kraft Dinner is my weakness. I don't usually eat it myself but even though I know how horrible it is, I will often make it for the kids as a fast lunch when I am too busy for anything else. Yesterday was one of those days. There was preschool in the morning, which I came home form, got in the 30 minute biggest loser workout, a shower and 30 minutes with ice on my knee before it was time to head back and pick her up. Then it was a quick lunch and we loaded and off loaded three trailer fulls of garbage to the dump...about 120 bags of shaving and manure from mucking out my barn. Supper last night was spaghetti and jambalaya...the sauce consisted of meat balls, sausage, shrimp, and red peppers. I also steamed the last of the brocolli as a side and made a big salad. After drinking three glasses of water, eating a bowl of salad and a cup of steamed broccoli, I was able to keep the portion size of the pasta down to a cup and the sauce down to about a half a cup.
Today's diet consisted of an egg, scrambled with a bit of the leftover jambalaya sauce on top. We had a trip into the city today for more veggies and so lunch was a delicious Costco chicken apple pecan salad. Supper when we got home was just a leftover night. I had a cup of spaghetti with some jambalaya sauce on top. Dessert I did allow myself a frozen yogurt bar. Exercise today was pretty much nonexistent, but tomorrow is another biggest loser day. I will probably go do a couple daily 100's just to make sure I get something in today.
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