Breakfast - chocolate meal replacement shake, Spark energy drink
Morning snack: banana
Lunch - salad w/spinach, green peppers, sunflower seeds, cucumbers, turkey, and balsamic vinaigrette dressing
Afternoon Snack - carrots & broccoli, tuna salad w/whole wheat crackers
Dinner - Oatmeal w/peanut butter and brown sugar Splenda blend
Daily activity: 1/2 hour on the elliptical
Water: 93 oz.
Can you tell I cooked my own dinner, LOL? I loved it though! :)
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So, the trend I'm noticing is have chocolate meal replacement shake, Spark energy drink for breakfast and eat healthy the rest of the day?
How do you feel, physically and mentally?
Yep; that's pretty much it. I didn't have to do the shakes for the challenge but since I'm so bad at packing food for work, I knew that'd be easy and I'd be less tempted to deviate that way.
Physically I feel pretty good. Mentally...Hmm...how do I answer that? I'm not sure. I'm happy that I'm making better food choices and that I feel better but honestly, I get mad that I can't eat "regular food". But then again, I suppose that fast food, cake, chips, candy, and margaritas aren't exactly "regular food", LOL.
I met someone the other night who has done this program and she said that at the end of it, she didn't want anything bad because the thought made her nauseous. I know that it takes 21 days to make a habit out of something so I'm hoping this holds true for me and that I have the same reaction that others have had at the end of this challenge.
I kept reading that 21 days to habit thing, and that's one of the things that has kept me binge-free, but I really think it's bullshit because I know I can turn the binge on in a heartbeat.
I agree, but I think with binge eating it's only because it is a food addiction. Addictions are different and I don't think the 21-day thing applies much because of that. I know I've said it probably 50 times, but conquering binge eating is hard because you have to eat food to survive. With an alcoholic, they don't have to drink liquor to survive, KWIM?
Maybe the fact that I feel great will deter me from going back to where I started? Let's hope so.
"you have to eat food to survive. With an alcoholic, they don't have to drink liquor to survive, KWIM? "
The problem I have with this is that in the end, both cases are about choices. I need healthy food to survive. I don't need junk food to survive. Alcoholics need to drink healthy beverages. They do not need to drink alcohol.
Feeling great is excellent motivation!!!
You are exactly right!
I found an old friend from high school on FB recently and she has a blog that I just love! She is a personal trainer and thyroid cancer survivor. If you're interested, she's in my blog roll under "Road to the show".
One of her posts really hit the nail on the head. She was talking about how people make sure they take care of certain things like, for instance their hair, but don't give the same attention to their bodies. The same would go for, let's say...your car. I take better care of my car than I do my own body. How sad is that?!
NO more!!! I'm serious as a heart attack this time.
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