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Good Morning fellow goal makers!
This begins my 3rd week of setting some type of a goal that goes along with the previous week's goal. Some of you joined me that first week and I hope you're still here. Anyone can jump on though and begin this week.
Ive decided to weigh on Thursdays as I think it will reflect a truer weight for me than on Monday. The food I eat on the weekend is higher in sodium and therefore I would tend to hold on to more water. So Ive decided to let Thursday be my weigh in day. Ive been successful in keeping the goals of no pop and as of last week not buying candy from the gift shop. Im trying to decide what food item might make the next biggest impact on calories being eaten. Im waffling between cookies and ice cream. If I do cookies, I wouldnt give them up. They would have to be limited to no more than 1 a day and I think I could do that. For ice cream, it wouldnt include things like popsicles, frozen fruit bars etc. It would be that creamy stuff. I could only have ice cream or frozen yogurt if it was measured out and sugar free. At some point, Ill want to look at adding goals that arent focused on what Im removing from my program but what Im adding to itlike more vegetables and adding exercise back in.
Okay, Ive made a decision for my goal. Here are my goals for this week:
1. No ice cream unless it is sugar free and measured out.
Old Goals continued:
2. No pop (diet or regular) (Was week 1 goal)
3. No buying candy from the gift shop (Added this as part of week 2 goals)
4. Write everything I eat or drink Monday-Thursday (Was week 1 goal)
So how are you all doing? Have a great week, unless of course you have other plans! If I fail to plan, I plan to fail. Linda
This begins my 3rd week of setting some type of a goal that goes along with the previous week's goal. Some of you joined me that first week and I hope you're still here. Anyone can jump on though and begin this week.
Ive decided to weigh on Thursdays as I think it will reflect a truer weight for me than on Monday. The food I eat on the weekend is higher in sodium and therefore I would tend to hold on to more water. So Ive decided to let Thursday be my weigh in day. Ive been successful in keeping the goals of no pop and as of last week not buying candy from the gift shop. Im trying to decide what food item might make the next biggest impact on calories being eaten. Im waffling between cookies and ice cream. If I do cookies, I wouldnt give them up. They would have to be limited to no more than 1 a day and I think I could do that. For ice cream, it wouldnt include things like popsicles, frozen fruit bars etc. It would be that creamy stuff. I could only have ice cream or frozen yogurt if it was measured out and sugar free. At some point, Ill want to look at adding goals that arent focused on what Im removing from my program but what Im adding to itlike more vegetables and adding exercise back in.
Okay, Ive made a decision for my goal. Here are my goals for this week:
1. No ice cream unless it is sugar free and measured out.
Old Goals continued:
2. No pop (diet or regular) (Was week 1 goal)
3. No buying candy from the gift shop (Added this as part of week 2 goals)
4. Write everything I eat or drink Monday-Thursday (Was week 1 goal)
So how are you all doing? Have a great week, unless of course you have other plans! If I fail to plan, I plan to fail. Linda
I like what you said about how you want to look at adding goals that arent focused on what your removing from your program but what you're adding to it.
You should check out this slide show article from RealAge.com that lists 9 foods that actually help you lose belly fat when added to you're diet. Some of them are surprising!
Here's the link
http://www.realage.com/mens-health/9-foods-that-fight-belly-fat#fbIndex1
Make sure to check out the links on the last two slides (10,11) because there's some really good information there about exercise and stress, which are so important to keep in mind while setting weight loss goals.
Keep up the great work :-)