Day 2 - 7 Day Slim Down

Today was CRAZY!! I had so much going on from 6:45 AM to now - 1:16 AM. I. am. pooped. And then I remembered I had to blog :)

So I woke up to head over to my parent's for their garage sale. I made a good $3, but also got a $1 Belgian waffle maker. Heck yes! ;)

So I tried a Kombucha drink this morning with an apple sprinkled with Stevia. It was yummy, but not enough! So after 5 hours of garage sale-ing in this Texas heat, I drove home and made a quick salad.

This salad was much better than yesterday's! I sprinkled lemon juice on it instead of balsamic vinegar, Mrs. Dash lemon pepper, tomatoes, onion, and spinach leaves. It was great and I actually caught myself thinking, "Wow, this tastes good! I like healthy food?!" So progress is happening. I loved that.

After my salad, me and the hubs went to my school so I could show him my speech room. It was neat to show him where I will be. He wanted to grab lunch for himself an hour later before we went to his classroom, so I failed to stick to the diet plan completely because I got broccoli & cheese soup and a small sandwich from Quizno's. Big boo boo, but I'm learning that as long as I watch my portions and keep an eye on the ingredients, all that matters is I'm making better choices than the old junk-food loving Krista.

For my final meal, I had honey-glazed chicken with mixed veggies. Overall, I'm pretty proud of myself! I'm excited to be sticking to it.

I didn't do an "official" workout, but I plan on doubling up tomorrow. I did do a lot of moving furniture and stuff today, so that counts for something :-)

Sorry if this is a boring post of my ramblings about healthy eating, but I'm finding that I almost need to do this (even if no one reads it) to keep myself accountable. So...

Dear self,

Please stick to eating healthy tomorrow. Don't give in to breakfast tacos your grandma makes, or non-healthy butter-filled waffles your husband plans on making. Work out, because you know you won't regret it. This time next year, you will hopefully reach your goal of losing 15-20 pounds! :) You won't unless you're consistent. So keep going. :-)

Love,

Your very motivated self

Little Things I Tell Myself

So, before I knew of my acceptance to the program, I was constantly using the excuse, "I could never have time" when it came to working out and eating right. Well, for the past week, I realized that the next two years are going to be full of potential for that one excuse, and I've decided to start tackling my workout problem now :-)

This week I started running again. For the week so far, I've ran 5.5 miles. I'm going to try to increase my runs by .5 mile each week until I get to at least 5 miles a day. I think once I'm there, I will feel like I can call myself an official runner. Right now I just feel silly logging my 1-2 mile runs. But hey, at least I'm not sitting at home making excuses. That was the old me. :-)

I've also been keeping track of my calorie intake with each meal and have decided to eat healthier. This is huge for me, because lately, I have been indulging in whatever I felt like eating. Not okay. So now I'm on the right road. For breakfast this week, I've had my Organic Blueberry Waffles, or a yogurt. For lunch, it's been lean microwavable food, like Lean Cuisines. For dinner, I've gone all about the veggies. Squash, bell peppers, YUM! Chicken has been my primary meat of choice, too.

I'll be signing up for Tone It Up soon to help me create a plan to stick to. If I can eat junk food, I can eat healthy food. So, here's to a healthier life!! :-)

Oh and I also re-designed the look of the blog :-)