I Wanna Be the the Awesome After Picture!
Okay, so here is good news: the Doritos are officially out of the house. The Snapple is out the house. No more of that temptation! (And seriously, I don't even like Doritos that much.. why did I buy them??)
I'm going to consider this past week a failure, but from this point forward I'm going to work really hard to make progress. I'm really bummed about my knee because it means that, in order to lose weight, I really need to zero in on my diet since I'm kind of limited with the cardio. I'd rather pig out and then go for a nice long run, haha! I think I can pretty easily figure out how to make healthy breakfasts and dinners, but lunches and snacks are my weakness.
Maureen, any good, healthy, low-point lunch and snack ideas? In the past, I have snacked on oyster crackers, fruit, carrots, etc. Sometimes, though, when I snack I'm not really looking for a fruit or veggie. I know that's bad and I should just get used to it! But I'm always just wanting something else :/ And for lunch, I typically just take a sandwich with either an apple or some chips to school. The problem, as I have realized in looking back at some old entries, is that a ham and cheese sandwich can weigh in at a whopping 7 pts - that's a lot for a food that, theoretically, is healthy enough! So I guess I'm looking to avoid the sandwich route. Because here's the thing: I eat all day. It'd be one thing if I had three square meals that all totaled 7 or 8 points. That'd keep me in my goal range. However, I DON'T eat three square meals. I like to graze, I guess, all day. So if my primary meals are that point-heavy, how do I snack?? Uggghhhh, flabby people problems.
I thought maybe it might help my stick-to-itiveness (is that a word?) if I used visuals this time to help. So here is my before shot (Please ignore the mirror that needs to be cleaned. Ty has sticky fingers):
I'm going to consider this past week a failure, but from this point forward I'm going to work really hard to make progress. I'm really bummed about my knee because it means that, in order to lose weight, I really need to zero in on my diet since I'm kind of limited with the cardio. I'd rather pig out and then go for a nice long run, haha! I think I can pretty easily figure out how to make healthy breakfasts and dinners, but lunches and snacks are my weakness.
Maureen, any good, healthy, low-point lunch and snack ideas? In the past, I have snacked on oyster crackers, fruit, carrots, etc. Sometimes, though, when I snack I'm not really looking for a fruit or veggie. I know that's bad and I should just get used to it! But I'm always just wanting something else :/ And for lunch, I typically just take a sandwich with either an apple or some chips to school. The problem, as I have realized in looking back at some old entries, is that a ham and cheese sandwich can weigh in at a whopping 7 pts - that's a lot for a food that, theoretically, is healthy enough! So I guess I'm looking to avoid the sandwich route. Because here's the thing: I eat all day. It'd be one thing if I had three square meals that all totaled 7 or 8 points. That'd keep me in my goal range. However, I DON'T eat three square meals. I like to graze, I guess, all day. So if my primary meals are that point-heavy, how do I snack?? Uggghhhh, flabby people problems.
I thought maybe it might help my stick-to-itiveness (is that a word?) if I used visuals this time to help. So here is my before shot (Please ignore the mirror that needs to be cleaned. Ty has sticky fingers):
We'll consider this starting weight W. W also happens to be Pre-pregnancy weight + 6. I'd ideally like to be at least W-20. That's possible by the end of the year, right?
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I feel like, when I get back from NYC next week, we need to pick a saturday or sunday, hang out, and get ourselves seriously ready to do this. Are you game?
But yes, I am totally game!! We can meal plan and shop and share exercise ideas and all that fun stuff. So give me a jingle when you're back and we'll figure it out! :)