Diet: You know that last week, I found out how many calories I was eating before dinner and I made some changes to get my before dinner calories to right around 1500. This week, I started counting up our dinners and once again, I was shocked by how much we were eating! On Tuesday night, I made a pan of pasta that had 7,000 calories in it!!! 7,000!!!! We ate it for 3 nights but that is still not good. Anyway, it was eye opening and we won't be eating that again. Well, maybe we'll just save it for a "special occasion!"
I do want to be clear about something when it comes to my diet. I seriously love food. And I love GOOD food. I feel really strongly that food should taste good. I've started paying a lot of attention to what I'm eating and I've cut calories but I haven't sacrificed eating things that I actually LIKE. I just don't believe that you should have to eat things you don't like in order to eat healthy. Take those frozen diet meals for instance. I just don't get it. I tried to eat them once. I got so excited to see that they had mac 'n cheese as an option. Mac 'n cheese! Yeah right. They should rename that crap "Foam Packing Peanuts in a Creamy Nuclear Sludge Sauce." Those things just aren't edible. Those little meals leaving me feeling so empty that I always want to go get a real meal afterward.
With my new approach to be healthy, I still eat things that I like to eat. I just try to be smarter about my choices. I'm not eating cake every night but I eat lots of fresh veggies and Mike is a champ at grilling up a good chicken breast. I even get to eat carbs!!! But, instead of letting myself indulge whenever I feel like it, I save myself for a really great "cheat day." So, if I want that cake, I eat it on my cheat day. There's something about saving something for my cheat day that makes it a million times better.
Excercise: I did awesome this week! I am still getting my butt kicked daily by Jillian Michaels but I think I'm getting stronger every day. I'm feeling so great that I actually kind of look forward to my workout. It sucks that it's at 5 a.m. but it's nice to start the day that way.
This week, I was telling my friend Christina how ridiculous I look after I'm done working out. I mean, I am not one of those girls that wears the cute little workout clothes and never breaks a sweat. So, as promised (to Christina), here is a picture of me post-workout. That thing that looks like a shadow behind my head is not. It's my hair coming out of pony tail. Seriously, I'm super hot.
Thoughts/Reflections for the week: For the first time, I am finally taking my health seriously and it's paying off. I had no idea I would see success right away and it feels great. I am so proud of myself for doing this and I am feeling great! For so many years I have not really expected very much of myself. I've always made excuses for why I wasn't being healthy and I always thought, "Well, I deserve to eat this cake," or "I deserve to sleep in and miss my workout today." Deserve? Since when did I do anything to deserve to not take care of myself? That doesn't even make any sense! I deserve to be healthy and feel good.
Keeping my fingers crossed to see more good results on the scale next week!
Keep up the good work, Steph!! You look fantastic!! If you wanna go for a run, holler!! :)
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