Hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's Day and President's weekend! Yeah, I love the holidays!
I know I ate a lot of chocolate over the weekend and my waistline is starting to show all the holiday indulgences. I am not gaining weight (maybe a pound or 2) but becoming a little flabby around the middle. This morning, while I was eating my loaded Raisin bran and reading the label of the yogurt I was about to eat, it hit me, an idea. An aside,the yogurt label had 37g of sugar in 1 cup and was 200 calories! Wow! I mentioned in another posting to not be tricked by the fat free label and this is a great example of that warning.
Ok, back to my idea, I want to commit myself here to cutting back on the junk food and exercising more regularly (at least 3x's a week). I plan to keep a daily food log and blog about the experience here. I don't plan to use any special diets, just to make good everyday choices and I'll tell you about what I eat and any great recipes along the way. If any of you want to make a similar commitment whether it's to lose weight, feel better or for health reasons, share your commitment and experiences here.
My husband is an attorney and works in a large office with lots of women. In such an environment, he hears about all the dieting plans of many of the women there. So many of these diet plans are just so far-fetched fad diets that will only serve to frustrate them more than ever. They all require major calorie restrictions, cutting out major food groups and adding weird food rituals to daily habits. I'm predicting none of these women will stick to any of these diets. They may see some minor results especially at the beginning but they won't last and they may do more harm than good. I would like to show with my commitment that you can eat a balanced diet with all the food groups including some fats and sugar (sparingly) and still see results. Of course, the addition of exercise along with a good diet will increase the results.
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i'm with you, Heidi. i will be on a specific diet, the swank diet, which is not a weight-loss diet, but one to help with multiple sclerosis. it is sort of the same idea, though. a very low-fat, word of wisdom type of plan. i made a good dinner last night. i boiled and shredded boneless/skinless chicken breasts. i sauteed onion and garlic (in a little olive oil) and added that to the chicken. i then added about half a bottle of barbeque sauce and mixed it all up and spread it on whole wheat rolls. it was very good and very low-fat, though i'm sure the sodium content of the sauce was impressive :).
ReplyDeleteThanks Hil. I'm excited someone is joining me. That recipe sounds good!
ReplyDeleteThis is so me...I think this is a healthy way to do it :)
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