Before I get into the meat of things…. The weight for this week is 304.6. Three pounds down!!
And on to today’s entry:
Sergeant Sister (of the Fight or Flight gym plan) has given me a few rules to live by:
1) Don’t forget to eat breakfast, and do it within the first two hours of waking up. Set the course of your day by putting something healthy into your body.
2) 10 glasses of water (or tea) a day. Coffee and sodas don’t count.
3) No regular soda, no corn syrup. Really, try to stay away from soda altogether.
4) Avoid sweetening tea with non-natural sugars. No artificial sweeteners. In fact, try to stay away from regular sweeteners.
5) Have two snacks a day. It should be a fruit/ veggie and a protein, such as string cheese.
6) Meals should be the rule of three: a veggie/fruit, good carb (brown rice, oatmeal, sweet potatoes, barley) and protein.
7) Have 2-3 servings of fruit, 3-5 servings of veggies. If you are grabbing one serving of veggies, grab another. Lean towards berries for your fruits, as that can really help cut colds. If you don’t eat fresh fruits fast enough (you should!), then look for frozen fruits with no sugar added.
8 ) Get eight hours of sleep per day.
9) Have a cheat day once a week (I like this one).
I have highlighted the rules I think I can accomplish this week. Let it be known that two weeks ago I reached out to Mary o f A Merry Life via twitter, spazzing out a bit about creating a shopping list. She kindly told me that I should stop over analyzing and just get to creating.
I think with her advice, the above advice of my sister, and my WW plan I can come up with something.
Now, my sister is as fit as they come, having taught dance classes at some of the best gyms in Chicago. She knows her food and meticulously avoids poisoning her body with unnecessary things. You may remember her from the picture below, which really doesn’t do her body as much justice as it deserves.
My sister(left) and me at a cousin's wedding last October. This was taken a week before I finally got back into WW.
Anyway, she’s been a great wealth of knowledge. It’s time to take advantage of it and start making myself healthy. These all seem pretty reasonable, except for totally omitting soda and getting eight hours of sleep. On average I get 5-6 hours of sleep on weeknights (there is just so much to do) and, if I try really hard, 7 hours on weekends.
Oh, and as if the world were not already extremely confusing, David Zinczenko of Eat This, Not That fame has come up with a new list of food surprises (some in step my sis’, some not).
Well, it’s probably wise to tackle what I can for now and revisit the rest in a few weeks. Honestly, these lists seem pretty intimidating. I’ll let you know how this all works out.
Before I get into the meat of things…. The weight for this week is 304.6. Three pounds down!!
And on to today’s entry:
Sergeant Sister (of the Fight or Flight gym plan) has given me a few rules to live by:
1) Don’t forget to eat breakfast, and do it within the first two hours of waking up. Set the course of your day by putting something healthy into your body.
2) 10 glasses of water (or tea) a day. Coffee and sodas don’t count.
3) No regular soda, no corn syrup. Really, try to stay away from soda altogether.
4) Avoid sweetening tea with non-natural sugars. No artificial sweeteners. In fact, try to stay away from regular sweeteners.
5) Have two snacks a day. It should be a fruit/ veggie and a protein, such as string cheese.
6) Meals should be the rule of three: a veggie/fruit, good carb (brown rice, oatmeal, sweet potatoes, barley) and protein.
7) Have 2-3 servings of fruit, 3-5 servings of veggies. If you are grabbing one serving of veggies, grab another. Lean towards berries for your fruits, as that can really help cut colds. If you don’t eat fresh fruits fast enough (you should!), then look for frozen fruits with no sugar added.
8 ) Get eight hours of sleep per day.
9) Have a cheat day once a week (I like this one).
I have highlighted the rules I think I can accomplish this week. Let it be known that two weeks ago I reached out to Mary o f A Merry Life via twitter, spazzing out a bit about creating a shopping list. She kindly told me that I should stop over analyzing and just get to creating.
I think with her advice, the above advice of my sister, and my WW plan I can come up with something.
Now, my sister is as fit as they come, having taught dance classes at some of the best gyms in Chicago. She knows her food and meticulously avoids poisoning her body with unnecessary things. You may remember her from the picture below, which really doesn’t do her body as much justice as it deserves.
My sister(left) and me at a cousin's wedding last October. This was taken a week before I finally got back into WW.
Anyway, she’s been a great wealth of knowledge. It’s time to take advantage of it and start making myself healthy. These all seem pretty reasonable, except for totally omitting soda and getting eight hours of sleep. On average I get 5-6 hours of sleep on weeknights (there is just so much to do) and, if I try really hard, 7 hours on weekends.
Oh, and as if the world were not already extremely confusing, David Zinczenko of Eat This, Not That fame has come up with a new list of food surprises (some in step my sis’, some not).
Well, it’s probably wise to tackle what I can for now and revisit the rest in a few weeks. Honestly, these lists seem pretty intimidating. I’ll let you know how this all works out.