Last night I was within my caloric limits when I found myself hugry again. It was after my run and I was starving. Instead of eating healthy I grabbed two nutty bars from the fridge and ate those. Earler in the day I had two swiss rolls. That is four deserts! I can not keep doing this! Becides, they are not even vegan deserts.
Today I have started the day with a new resolve. One chocolate desert is all I will have. If I crave sugar later on I will reach for fruit. If I get hungry I will reach for something healthy. I had another nutty bar today. However, for breakfast I had oatmeal. I plan on eating healthy vegan items the rest of the day. It is fine. I will not give myself too much of a hard time.
The problem is that I like chocolate and sweets. I tend to reach for chocolate and sweets before I reach for something healthy to eat. When I get hungry I tend to crave desert instead of fruits and vegetables. I am quite embarrassed to talk about it.
I need to focus on snacking on fresh fruits and vegetables when I am hungry. I bought carrots and we have canned vegetables. I have some low sodium v-8 juice still. It is better to reach for those. However, eating a carrot is like having a tooth filled with me. I would rather have my cake and eat it too. It is going to be a big change for me.
My primarily goal today is to snack on something healthy between meals. That way I do not get as hungry and want to binge on sweets. I will try carrots today. I was going to buy hummus to dip them in. However, we did not have the money.
I have to remember to log my run today at the http://www.self.com/ lose eight pounds web page. I also need to do the toning exercises they suggest. I was tired yesterday. I was so tired I could not make a thirty minute run. I stopped at twenty four minutes. Today I have more energy. I should be able to run longer. However, yesterday I could not make myself do the toning moves from the program. I could not make myself do yoga. I was exhausted. Today, it should be easier.
It is the second day of the http://www.self.com/ lose eight pounds program. Allready I am learning more about some of the poor eating habits. I mean that in a good way, By keeping a food log you learn more about how you eat and why you eat then by doing anything else. I think after I am done with the program here in four weeks I will go to http://www.shape.com/ and use their virtual trainer to keep my food and training log. It is easier for me to do it if it is online then in a notebook. If I keep my notes in a notebook I just forget about it.
Hopefully, by the end of next week I will have lost two or three pounds. To lose eight pounds in a month you must lose two pounds per week. That seems a bit extreem to me. That is why I am mainly focusing on how I want to eat and exercise. I want to maitain the weight loss after the program ends.
Now that I have eaten one healthier meal of oatmeal and an orange I feel much more energetic. I like the feeling. Now, I definitly want to eat a healthy lunch so that I still feel energetic all afternoon.
I will be eating three vegan meals and one vegan snack today. I looked over all of the food we have. If I eat small portion sizes I will have enough food to last. It is mostly going to be veggie burgers and brown rice and beans until the first. The brown rice and beans is actually one of my favorite meals. I top it with a serving of vegetables and then add kimchi to it. I love the taste. I started making it back when I was in culinary school and I was hooked. Which is funny. It is beans, brown rice,a vegetable and kimchi. That is all. However, I still love it.
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