Relaxed and learning
I love the option to write a blog but not post it. I so had to vent this weekend, but did not feel the need to have a portion of the over weight population that visits here read it so, I just kept it private and did I feel unloaded. Sweet! Anyways, we all have stress. Well it is life and not at all something I worried about excessively over the weekend or am doing so now. Progress! I was a tad “relaxed” with some meals over the weekend and that felt pretty good. But like they say, it is good to get back to the old.
But now it is back to being focussed. Anyways I am sharing my food today here as I want to get back to my plan. What is my plan? Oh yeh, what is it? Well, not recording has been working pretty good for the last couple weeks. But what I do is think of about how many points I want for each meal or snack. So it goes like this 7-3-7-3-6. Well that is 26, not 24. Well when I work out as much as I have and only consume about 1200-1300 calories I feel a little ill. So I upped it and I am still under 1400. But if I need 1600 to feel healthy then so bit it. If I know I am going out, I just have a smaller or free (veggies and maybe a little hummus) snack and tack it on to that meal. Anyways after much freedom in my mind and with my hands this weekend, my whole being welcomes the light eating back.
Something I told myself a long long time ago when I was thinking more about how to reach a healthy weight was this. Food is not a happy pill, but rather it is energy/fuel. But it sure can be fun to put yummy things in. I think treats do actually taste better when they are had only once in awhile. Fruits and veggies actually taste better when they are consumed in their truest unaltered form. Is this girl in love with good nutrition? Well perhaps. But that does not always mean I do it well. But it is like a very good relationship I think. You just work at it and have fun the rest of the time. Ha! Nope I did not put any magic mushrooms in this mornings breakfast shake. Hehe…
Something else I know. I make the best salads. I went to a restaurant last night and we picked a good one thinking it would be satisfying. I ordered this raspberry feta shrimp salad and it would have been to die for had the dressing been less like raspberry water and had the LETTUCE NOT BEEN ICEBURG. I am a food snob now. This body is a temple and when I want yummy, I want something yummy. My lesson is stay at home…lol ! I told the waitress that salad was amazing, but that this lettuce is flavourless and not my favorite. Vitamin-less lettuce in my opinion and flavorless. Well, I guess it pays to ask questions before you order. That is a better learning lesson I suppose. That is cool, it just confirmed that I know best for me and should not be so lazy too.
Well I feel I have much to do today, but I am still going to record my food here. Just to keep me focussed. I do not want to stray after a long weekend of “relaxation”. I am back to a plan of simple whole foods for the most part. Tea. This is not an ideal menu of course, but it is an “I’m busy and just need to get something into me” menu.
MONDAY:
1/2 banana, heaping T. of crushed walnuts (first thing when I get up)
Shake (I just threw things into the blender and it worked *shocking*) - Strawberries, pineapple, small piece of ginger, flowering kale leaves (less strong then the other kind I have had ??? ok), water and 2 dashes of cinnamon (YUM) (B6)
1/2 c. quinoa, 1/2 c. unsweetened soymilk, cinnamon, 1 T. hempseeds, Green tea with lemongrass
Grapefruit, broccoli and small Vega & water
Sprouted grain sandwich with light herbed (dill, basil, chives, lemon thyme) cream cheese and lemon dill salmon steak, cucumber and tomato salad, Matcha tea
Elliptical (45) and light weights - I did 30 and no weights. I think I pulled a little muscle at some point. Best to take it easy.
Hamburger soup with lots of veggies, extra lean ground beef and broken multi grain spaghetti, Earl grey chai
3/4 c. Mochaccino Frozen yogurt and Maltesers (10ish) - I said to myself, I will record and get back, but I had treats. Oh well. I wanted and did not fight. Tomorrow I fight the fight a bit better…hehe.
I think you said it all and perfectly. Our desires do change with practice and learning. I, too, hate iceberg lettuce. Just water and no vitamins. i have been so busy lately I have let my calories get too low. The weight does not come off any faster, and at times I wake in the middle of the night HUNGRY. Have to plan better. Off to the cardio Dr. for a checkup! He will be so happy for my 15 lb, loss, 60 mins a day exercise, and best, NO CHEST PAIN! Calling a taxi and going out and play in traffic! Love, Marge
You sound like you are in a good spot Jennifer. Happy, healthy, and having fun with food… experimenting with different things, etc. Love it. However, you can HAVE the kale. I’ll probably never put another bite in my mouth. LOL
Like you and Marge, I don’t bother with iceberg lettuce any longer. After eating the greener stuff, I now crave it as a salad staple.
Now I did NOT know I could keep my blogs private. That’s cool, and I WILL be utilizing this option. I type faster than I can write in my journal.
I’ve never tried soymilk? I LOVE cow’s milk. Used to drinks gallons of it. Does soymilk taste similar?
Keep up your most excellent attitude buddy. Always love reading your blogs.
Huggggggggggggggggs,
Shan
I think you have every right to be a food snob! Heck, if we are count every calorie or point, we should be able to actually enjoy the ones we eat, right?
To me, I am much more careful to eat what I like, if I know that I have to count it!
While I was waiting for my comment to load, I sat there staring at how close you are to your goal!
Hooray for you! What an accomplishment!
I love cow’s milk but find it too addicting. I LOVE STEAMED MILK. So it is a treat. When I consume it too much I feel bloated, actually have a distended stomach and sometimes feel crampy with some milk products. Not all
I like Natura unsweetened milk (Walmart) because it is not offensive at all. No 2 soymilks are created equal. MOST have too much sugar.
I like soymilk because mine has 1 gram of sugar per cup where as cow’s milk has over 12 grams of sugar (naturally occurring, but sugar nonetheless. My soymilk has 2 grams of fiber and cow’s milk has no fiber. Both have 30% of the recommended daily intake of Calcium. Anyways…..
I think if you do not have issues with foods it is a good idea to have all kinds of different foods so the body does not develop allergies. Even I am trying to not have soy all the time.
Charisse
Cheers to us food snobs!!!
Man, this is all so healthy!!!!!
You know yourself very well, Jenn, and I find that admirable and inspiring. I’m more in the process of still finding what suits me best. I’m just happy to have established a rhytm with my meals nad exercise.
Have a lovely day!
That is Natura unsweetened soy milk BY THE WAY…. I forgot a word. My apologies!