Here's my current weight. I haven't eaten breakfast yet. Aren't my feet gorgeous? HA. Too bad my heels get dry so fast. Hate that.Anyway, to a lot of people this might not seem like I weigh too much. But, for me it is. My happy weight is around 115. And I just feel blah. My thighs are more jiggly, shirts aren't fitting right, tummy pooch is more noticeable than usual. After Lizzie was born and my swelling went down, I was 113. That was nice. My body has since gotten used to breastfeeding (I'm trying to stop actually), I've been eating more sweets than normal (which is already too much) and I don't go to the gym anymore. Thankfully, Alex got me an elliptical that I use at night, otherwise I'd probably be 10 pounds heavier. And, our apts have a little gym with a treadmill that I hope to start going on once or twice a week.
But, the food intake. That is where I need the most work. What am I going to do?
-Eat real meals. Dinner can no longer consist of snack foods like animal cookies with mini Twix, M&Ms, trail mix, etc. Yep, that's what I do. It's so easy when Alex has been at work and I use that as reason not to cook.
- Sugar. Oh my, is my sweet tooth out of control. Even though I have the baking bug, if I only ate those sweets, I'd be much better off. Lately, I've buying pre-made treats/cookies and feel the need to finish the bag off in a couple of sittings. My excuse is that when they're gone, I won't buy more. But, somehow I always end up at the store with another bag in the cart. Time to stop that. NOW.
- Fruits and veggies. I used to eat tons of veggies. Now, hardly ever. And I want to start replacing the processed sugars with fruit. Berkeley Bowl is so close to us and we have all these wonderful California produce available. It's so tasty! I need to remember that and eat. Once I read somewhere that nobody ever gets fat from eating too many apples. True enough.
So, what did I eat today? Didn't eat until 1pm. Just wasn't hungry until then, thanks to my candy attack yesterday.
First, I had deli ham and a Safeway yogurt. This has always been my favorite yogurt. No matter how hard I try, I can't get myself to stomach greek yogurt. And at least this kind doesn't have HFCS. Splenda (prob not any better) instead!
Then, a La Tortilla Factory tortilla with 1/2 freshly ground Berkeley Bowl pb and 1/2 almond butter. I finished off the almond butter, it's ok, but peanut butter is much tastier. These tortillas are amazing- only 80 cals and 12g fiber.I had some Diet Mountain Dew throughout the afternoon. Dinner was a Trader Joe's salmon patty, baked, steamed brussels sprouts and a sliced apple. Then another pb tortilla, one mini banana muffin, and a handful of mixed M&Ms.
I'm not going to take photos of everything, just whenever I think about it. But, I'll try to write as much as possible. It feels good to be healthily full! Hoping to remember that when my sweet tooth eats at me :)
