5/7/21

I’m putting in the work!

I completed my longest and toughest workout yet and had to take a quick selfie to document all that hard-earned sweat...

💪🏻💦

5/6/21

It’s so nice to go to bed at night and feel good about the healthy food choices I made during the day and know that I did everything in my power to lose weight.

And in the morning I look forward to getting up and getting my workout in and getting one day closer to my goals.

This is the best I’ve felt about my body in a long, long time because I’m actually putting the effort in and not just wishing I did.

What I Eat in a Day ~ 1500 Calorie Meal Plan

Even though I’m on a 1500 calorie meal plan, I seem to be having a hard time getting up over 1200. I don’t know where my appetite has gone (no complaints!)

My typical day of eating looks something like this:

BREAKFAST
Cereal and milk: 290

SNACK
1/2 apple (split with hubby): 50

LUNCH
Baked potato, steamed veggies, fish fillet: 260

SNACK
Strawberries and 1/2 banana: 90

DINNER
Slow Cooker Chicken Stroganoff and garlic bread: 610

🍋 Lots of yummy lemon water

TOTAL: 1300

That leaves some wiggle room for another snack or popcorn during movie night.

As long as we portion things out, I’m able to still eat my favorite Crock Pot meals and even add a slice of bread in here and there.

🍓🍞🍌🥔

5/4/21

I’ve got a little ways to go yet, but I am so looking forward to saying adios to my Just My Size wardrobe...

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Chapter 4: Small Steps Get You There Faster Than Standing Still

You don't have to go from being a couch potato to suddenly becoming a runner. And you don't have to completely change every aspect of your diet and cut out all the things that you enjoy.

Make small changes here and there to show yourself that it's doable. Do a ten minute workout for beginners and just move your body. Add more vegetables into your meals, swap out candy for fruit. Whatever you do, it's more than you did yesterday.

Try to think of getting healthy not as taking things away that you love, but adding things that are good for you!

Making small improvements is what it’s all about. Before you know it, all those little changes will become habit.

As long as you try to do better than yesterday, the sky is the limit!

5/2/21

I’m pretty much living in my workout clothes now.

I started putting them on right away when I wake up so that there’d be one less excuse not to workout and it’s working!

I actually enjoy working out now and can’t imagine going back to the old, lazy me.

Almost 3 weeks in and I’m still going strong...

💪🏻

5/1/21

I’ve decided not to weigh myself every week.

I’m doing everything differently this time around and sometimes the scale doesn’t reflect the hard work I put in and just ends up discouraging me.

So, I’m not going to give it the power to derail me. Because I have the control to do that. This is my weight loss program and I don’t have to include the things that have caused me anguish in the past.

Maybe I’ll weigh once a month to make sure I’m on the right track, but if working out and eating less doesn’t do the trick, then I don’t know how seeing a number on a scale is going to help!