Motivation for Monday
Per Pippa’s very flattering comment, I decided to make my Toastmaster’s speech this week’s Motivation for Monday. Be sure to adjust your sound. Enjoy.
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Day One Hundred and Ten
What a day! Finally I have gotten through the really busy two week period. Like I said the other day, I now have a slower week, but then the week of the 10th it picks back up again for a week. Once that week is over, it should go back to normal for a while.
I meant to do push ups again today, but it slipped my mind. I am going to do them tomorrow though. I also blew it this evening and overate on some non-South Beach Diet friendly food.
My South Beach Diet meal journal for the day is as follows:
- Breakfast – One serving of Uncle Sam cereal with a cup of ff milk and about ten Kashi Cinnamon Harvest biscuits. I also had one small turkey sausage.
- Mid-morning snack – One apple with two tablespoons of natural peanut butter.
- Lunch – One can of tuna, one sliced tomato, and two cups of steamed broccoli and cauliflower.
- Mid-afternoon snack – Two low-fat cheese sticks.
- Supper – Two bowls of homemade vegetable soup.
- Mid-evening snack – Three hot dogs (regular ones, no bun) and one apple. Grrr! I am so mad at myself!
- Miscellaneous – One cup of coffee and plenty of water.
I don’t know why I do this to myself. I have to do better tomorrow, but it will be hard, I am supposed to go out for breakfast with several friends in the morning and we are eating at a buffet.
Day One Hundred and Nine
Although I overate a bit, I still think I had a great day on the diet today. I also did push ups again – this time I did 40 consecutive push ups. Tomorrow I will try to do that again.
My South Beach Diet meal journal for the day is as follows:
- Breakfast – One serving of Uncle Sam cereal with 1/4 cup of Kashi Cinnamon Harvest cereal and a cup of ff milk. I did not eat all of this. I also had part of a tomato and a small turkey sausage.
- Mid-morning snack – One apple with three tablespoons of peanut butter.
- Lunch – A large bowl of homemade vegetable soup.
- Mid-afternoon snack – One apple and two low-fat cheese sticks.
- Supper – Two bowls of taco salad (meat, tomatoes, onions, reduced fat cheese, lettuce, and a little taco sauce). Even though it was two bowls, they were about half lettuce, so I don’t feel too bad about it.
- Mid-evening snack – A little more than a cup of plain, ff yogurt with 1/4 of blueberries, and lemon Jello powder.
- Miscellaneous – I had one piece of sugar-free gum and two cups of coffee with Splenda flavored sweetener.
Changing Your Habits
It’s hard to believe that I changed my way of eating to the South Beach Diet over 100 days ago. In some ways it seems like I have just started, but in other ways it seems like this is second nature and has been a part of my life for years. As I reflect back on the success (and failures) I have had, it comes to mind that the largest factor of success is simply changing habits – eliminating the bad habits from our life and replacing them with good habits. Unfortunately, we don’t often see these bad habits when we are committing them. Even when we do, we fool ourselves into thinking they aren’t having an effect on us.
As many of you know, I have not rid my life of all my bad habits. When it comes to eating, there is one that has a strangle hold on me – overeating. Even though I have had a respectable level of success with the South Beach Diet, it is not what it could be. I think this is a direct result of the volume of food I eat. I have tried to make a conscious effort to change this in the last couple of weeks, but I still battle it daily. I feel like once I beat this habit, my weight loss will slightly accelerate.
The second habit I have to work on is exercise. Up until a month or so ago I was doing very well with this. Then I got sick with bronchitis. Since that point I have hardly exercised at all, and now I can tell it is going to be a chore getting back in the habit of exercising. I don’t think you can have ideal success with dieting without the exercise component.
Ultimately, success in losing weight, or anything else for that matter, comes down to making a decision and changing your habits.
Day One Hundred and Eight
Dispite a long week at work, I feel like I am doing really well on the diet today. I finally started a little exercise back today. I know this sounds crazy, but I still don’t feel 100% over the bronchitis. All I did today was some pushups, and I only did 25. I am probably going to do 40 tomorrow.
My South Beach Diet meal journal for the day is as follows:
- Breakfast – One serving of Uncle Sam cereal with a cup of ff milk, one small turkey sausage, and one tomato. The fresh tomatoes are almost gone; I sure dread it.
- Mid-morning snack – Two boiled eggs.
- Lunch – Three small chicken breasts, one cup of green peas, and 1/2 a cup of white beans.
- Mid-afternoon snack – One apple with two tablespoons of natural peanut butter.
- Supper – One bowl of soup. I really, really wanted a second bowl, but I resisted.
- Mid-evening snack – I haven’t had this yet, and I may not. If I do, it will be a cup of ff, plain yogurt with lemon Jello powder and flax seed. I may even add some blueberries.
- Miscellaneous – I had plenty of water today and only one cup of white tea.
Tomorrow is the crux of the last two weeks of work. I have a second important meeting Friday, but tomorrow is the big one. I am really ready to get this week behind me. Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately since I have a job), I get one week of rest and then it all starts back again. The next busy spell is only for one week though. After that, I don’t have to deal with these issues again for a year.
Day One Hundred and Seven
Another long day at work, so this will be another short post.
- Breakfast – One serving of Uncle Sam cereal with ten Kashi Cinnamon Harvest biscuits and a cup of ff milk, and one small turkey sausage.
- Mid-morning snack – Two boiled eggs.
- Lunch – One can of tuna, one cup of broccoli, and two small tomatoes. I also had an Asian Pear.
- Mid-afternoon snack – One apple and two tablespoons of natural peanut butter.
- Supper – Two chicken breasts, one cup of green peas, and one cup of white beans.
- Mid-evening snack – One cup of ff, plain yogurt with 1/4 cup of blueberries, and lemon Jello powder.
- Miscellaneous – I had lots of water today and two cups of white tea.
Just a quick shout out to my South Beach Diet buddies – I am not trying to ignore you guys, but I am swamped with work right now. I’ll try to visit your journals this weekend.
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