In almost 24 hours I've had 170 views of my blog and 3 followers with 5 posts! Thanks GUYS! I'm super excited to hear all the positive and very motivational words you have shared with me. I feel so lucky to have you all cheering me on. Please remember to push me when I'm dragging a$$ and feeling lame-o!
Now... back to business. I've received QUITE a few questions already... Most of them are "What do you eat?" and "How did you start?" ... Here is the secret. Are you ready? I mean are you really READY to hear this??
I made a CHOICE, because dang folks... life is about CHOICES and you can PICK what you WANT to have happen. RIGHT? Everyday is a battle for me. Ummm... hell yes, I would love to have to McDonald's cheeseburgers and a milkshake. However, I'd rather try to rock a cute pair of jeans MORE! I still have those cheeeeezy burgers and shakes but NOT every day.... and really not even once a week... MAYBE once a month.. MAYBE! A girl has got to have her gut bomb foods, right?
The first thing that helped my diet was journal. Yeah, not glamorous but it works. I joined myfitnesspal.com (username: amhamlin.. find me). It is a online FREE tool that you journal your goals, food you eat, exercise you do. It's that simple but it keeps me going. I've learned so much from this simple little tool. I've learned TRUE portion sizes. I've learned how many calories I can waste on crap foods. I've learned running a mile will not erase my french fries.
myfitnesspal.com has EVERYTHING on it... even Elk steak. My dinner tonight was 472 calories and I was FULL.
Elk steak, tomato slices & fat free cottage cheese.The other thing I do is just try to be 'good' only for THAT day. You know... One day at a time. True-dat! ONE DAY ... I can be good at eating for ONE day... then tomorrow I'll have another ONE day. Easier said than done, but that logic works better for me then saying "I won't eat any junk food for 2 weeks". Really? Is that the person I wantta be? A chronic dieter? Nah...
Now..enough with the fluff.... I'm PRAYIN' for a great weigh-in tomorrow, but since I stepped on the scale this morning and saw NO movement, I'm certain to still be at 152. I wish I could just get into the 140's... I'd take 149.5! However, my crap-a$$ scale has NO give and I think I'm gonna have to work harder. I've read that I should increase my calories. NEGATIVE. That did NOT work last week. Any ideas folks?
Next.... I have my first race of the season... Saturday I'll be doing the Wenatchee 10k. I've never done a 10k but I plan on treating it like a training run since I'm supposed to be training for the 1/2 marathon in May. I was stoked that I'd get a finishers medal but after reading the info again... I only get a shirt. HELLLLOOOO don't these race people know I'm only doing this for the BLING of it? Damn. I'll be sure to do a recap on Sunday.
Again, thanks for all your kindness.
Love
M
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