After being frustrated last blog, I sent an email to my nutritional mentor who then looked at my food journal (www.myplate.com for anyone who needs a great way to journal). She called me and we discussed, at length, how even though my calories were under control, my fat intake was not. UGH. Can you believe this? Here I thought I was doing good. Well, I am doing good but just need to tweak a few things. So here's what those tweaks are:
- No more egg yolk-I am now eating an egg white every morning in place of the whole egg. My fat grams went from 4.5 to 0 and calories went from 70 to 16.
- CANNOT have my sugar free creamer anymore (oh MAN!). I have to switch to fat free creamer. I will do so as soon as I run out of the other. I have fat free creamer now but it's not sugar free. When I run out of that then I will do the switch to plain, fat free creamer. I'm truly crying b/c I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE my sugar free caramel creamer.
- No more sweet tea-This is gonna be HARD for me. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE my sweet tea (and I don't even use a ton of sugar)!
Ok, so Nicole (my mentor) and I decided I would do without these items until July 4th (Peachtree Road Race). That's approximately 9 weeks. I think I can last that long. I will miss my coffee w/the creamer and my sweet tea at lunch but if it means losing weight faster than I am now, then it will be worth it.
2 comments:
Go, go, GO! I am so PROUD of you! You can do this!
I (on the other hand) am blah. I can not get motivated. I have lost my mo-jo! Need to go back to square one and pray, pray, pray.
You are so inspiring! I wish I could get to where you are at! Keep up the great work! You keep me inspired! I wish we lived closer - UGH - because I think it would be so much easier - more BEARABLE - if you were here with me walking down this weight loss road!
Thanks girly. Yeah, it would be AWESOME if you were down the road. then you and i could go for walks in the evening or just go to the park. or we could join the same gym and work out there on the weekends...ah...in another world i am dreaming...
listen, this has been (as still is) the toughest journey that God is taking me on. Tougher than when I lost my job! I think it's the constant, everyday battles that so tiring. I still want what I can't have and I still have deny myself. I'm just determined to beat this. It's been too long since I got a hold of it like I do now. I couldn't continue on the road I was on. I feel like the I'm the road to better things now!
You can do it too...just take baby steps. Don't eat this here, walk this long there. Just do a little bit everyday and you'll see results!
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