I promise that I do have plans for this blog. In fact, I have a whole bunch of topics saved as drafts for future posts. But tonight it's late and I'm tired, so I am going to just give a quickie.
Today was technically my first day of the challenge, although I want to just do it for July, which meant today was a bit of a cheat day. But don't get me wrong, I did still have a good day!
I traveled to Manhattan, KS today, where I went to college, to see old friends. I knew it would be a challenge with sugar because I was eating out both meals. But I did manage to get something healthy and low-cal for lunch and a pretty fresh-type meal at dinner.
I had one downfall during the whole trip - A chocolate smoothie at the coffee shop with an old friend. I chose that shop because at one time they sold Gelato, and (if it's made in store) it doesn't fully go again my rules. Well apparently gelato is no more and thus I picked the smoothie. I know it had to have a fair amount of sugar, but I also knew that I had a very good day and I could treat myself.
I also had honey on my toast for breakfast, something I do every day, and a small bit of trailmix. The trailmix has sugar listed, but it is the last ingredient among all real foods.
Overall, I think I had a good day. My body felt pretty good after the healthy lunch and if I can keep doing things like that, I will be on a better path to a happier me.
Until tomorrow!
~Lisa
Tuesday, June 30, 2015
Monday, June 29, 2015
The One Month Challenge!
Welcome! My name is Lisa, and this is going to be my personal food diary for the next 31 days, and hopefully beyond.
Before I go into the details, I wanted to give a brief overview of myself and my food history. I am currently 24 and consider myself to be pretty healthy. I grew up in a family of five -my mom, dad, younger brother and younger sister. We weren't addicted to eating out, but we weren't shy of it either. Some of my favorite foods were ketchup, Dr. Pepper, nachos, and cookies - pretty much every kids' favorites. I definitely was not the skinniest kid at my school, or the most athletic. In fact, I look at photos from middle school and cannot believe how big I was.
High school is where things started to change. I began eating salads, bringing sacks and cutting out soda and treats, but I still could not resist temptation. It wasn't until recently that I really began thinking about what is in my food and worrying about what I am doing to my body.
About three years ago reality hit me hard when I realized the horrors of the things people put into our food. But that's another day's post. Basically what you need to know is that I started hitting the gym and watching my ingredients. I finally was getting the body I wanted, and have been relatively skinny ever since.
But nobody is perfect and I often find myself reverting to my old ways. This time around, I am conscious of the decisions I am making, and yet I am making them anyway. These past few weeks have definitely been the worst. I am working out 5-6 days a week and seeing no progress because I am consuming something sugary pretty much every day. I hit this revelation on the two-day road trip home I just took and all the sugar I consumed along the way.
Over a year ago I went about two weeks with no sugar (except honey) in my diet and those two weeks I felt amazing. Why I reverted, I do not know. I do know that I almost always regret eating something sugary and my stomach usually hates me.
Those two weeks have inspired me to try again. And this time, I am sticking to it. In order to do so, I have created a rule list for the next month and I plan to blog every day about the food decisions I am making as well as tips and helpful links.
So, if you are like me and worried about your sugar, please join me in a 30 day cleanse. I know you won't be sorry!
Before I go into the details, I wanted to give a brief overview of myself and my food history. I am currently 24 and consider myself to be pretty healthy. I grew up in a family of five -my mom, dad, younger brother and younger sister. We weren't addicted to eating out, but we weren't shy of it either. Some of my favorite foods were ketchup, Dr. Pepper, nachos, and cookies - pretty much every kids' favorites. I definitely was not the skinniest kid at my school, or the most athletic. In fact, I look at photos from middle school and cannot believe how big I was.
High school is where things started to change. I began eating salads, bringing sacks and cutting out soda and treats, but I still could not resist temptation. It wasn't until recently that I really began thinking about what is in my food and worrying about what I am doing to my body.
About three years ago reality hit me hard when I realized the horrors of the things people put into our food. But that's another day's post. Basically what you need to know is that I started hitting the gym and watching my ingredients. I finally was getting the body I wanted, and have been relatively skinny ever since.
But nobody is perfect and I often find myself reverting to my old ways. This time around, I am conscious of the decisions I am making, and yet I am making them anyway. These past few weeks have definitely been the worst. I am working out 5-6 days a week and seeing no progress because I am consuming something sugary pretty much every day. I hit this revelation on the two-day road trip home I just took and all the sugar I consumed along the way.
Over a year ago I went about two weeks with no sugar (except honey) in my diet and those two weeks I felt amazing. Why I reverted, I do not know. I do know that I almost always regret eating something sugary and my stomach usually hates me.
Those two weeks have inspired me to try again. And this time, I am sticking to it. In order to do so, I have created a rule list for the next month and I plan to blog every day about the food decisions I am making as well as tips and helpful links.
So, if you are like me and worried about your sugar, please join me in a 30 day cleanse. I know you won't be sorry!
This will be a challenge, especially for the next week (I'm at home with my parents and lots of temptations) but I am up for it and didn't want to wait another week to start. My personal goals are to get all the sugar out of my system so that I can loose a few pounds, shrink my stomach and feel better about myself.
Any and all encouragement during this time is welcomed, and if you offer me something sugary, please do not be offended when I turn you down. I am hoping that both my stomach and my wallet will thank me in the end.
~Lisa
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