As far as my diet goes, I have managed to strip most fast
food from my diet; the only ‘fast’ food I eat these days is Subway and Chipotle.
I no longer like Taco Bell, it tastes disgusting! If you knew my prior eating
habits, Taco Bell was something I ate at least twice a week. I have only had 3
sodas since May 21, 2012: 1 Dr. Pepper as my Christmas present to me; 2 7ups
for an upset tummy that was caused by my pain pills prescribed for my dental
work. I still allow myself the occasional beer or glass of wine, Starbucks (now
nonfat and no whip) and an occasional ice cream treat.
I have acquired more of a taste for vegetables. I actually
crave them from time to time, which still astonishes my prior veggie hating
self. I truly believe that good habits inspire more good habits, i.e. a good
workout inspires good eating habits. Don’t get me wrong, there are days that I
LOVE an ice cold beer after a great run but that ice cold beer is typically
accompanied by a large salad and maybe an
entrée I share
with my hubby. All of these small
changes have helped me reach my 60 lb. weight loss!
I have been thinking over the past month or so that my diet
needed an overhaul. Everything I have been doing up to this point has been great
but the more weight you lose, the harder it is to get it off. I have not yet
reached my weight loss goal. I still want to lose at least another 15 lbs.
(that number changes all the time). Friends that I know and bloggers that I
follow have been working towards figure competitions or bodybuilding
competitions and I have witnessed what a change in diet can do for those
competitions. Most of them refer to their diet as shedding or cutting. I
recently saw a photo that stated ‘abs are made in the kitchen not the gym’. I
have witnessed my hubby doing rigorous ab workouts in the gym and yet he still
has the small remnants of a beer belly he once had 35lbs. ago. I needed to find
a way to help him reach his goal of six pack abs by summer. Also allow myself
to start toning up some of this loose skin I have hanging around after the 60
lbs. have melted off.
I recently bought ‘The Clean Eating Diet Recharged!’ by
Tosca Reno. If you haven’t read it, I highly recommend it. I think she should change the name of the
book because nothing about it is a ‘diet’. She refers to her ‘diet’ as I do-
It’s what I eat. This is all a lifestyle change. When you break it down, it’s
quite simple: avoid all the processed food and to focus on the basics, try to
eat as natural as possible and remove the white (refined sugar and flours),
saturated fats, preservatives, and sugar loaded beverages. Make each of your
meals consist of a lean protein and a complex carbohydrate. I have known for
quite some time that my dislike of fish and nuts where hindering my intake of
good fats and Omgea3s. Time to change this! I will be making homemade peanut
butter and almond butter to help with the intake of the good fats and I am
going to make myself like fish! It’s going to take a lot of trial and error to
find something that tastes good but I have faith that I will.
I have my meals planned for next week. Monday the 3rd
is officially day one (I need the weekend to grocery shop and prep). I have
purchased my cooler and all the containers and gizmos to go inside to make this
as easy as possible. I also will no longer leave work for my lunch breaks. I
plan to eat my lunch in the break room while reading then take a 20-30 minute
walk. This will save bucks on the restaurant bill, reduce my gas bill and burn a
few more calories each day! Yay! I will continue to post to share things I
learn along the way and the awesome recipes I discover.
