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My Goal: |
To fit into my size 8 clothes comfortably. Fitting into my size 6 clothes would be heavenly, but first things first. To be honest, I haven't kept very many of either of those sizes (more 8s than 6s), but I have a few. And hey -- I could go shopping!
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About me: |
I'm 47, WOH full time as a youth services librarian, have two great daughters, and have been married to a deputy sheriff since 1995.
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Diets I like: |
I've never met a diet I liked. Diets usually make me obsessive and unhappy. I've never actually stuck to a diet for longer than two weeks. I'm currently trying to use the hunger scale to eat when hungry and stop before I'm "full", though to be totally honest, I joined Weight Watchers in December 2011 and I kind of like it so far. I don't like fake food and try to avoid aritifical sweetener because it gives me headaches.
I'm trying to move toward a vegan diet. I don't eat meat or eggs much anymore, use unsweetened almond milk when I need milk, and have cut out yogurt, most cheese, but giving up things made with dairy (like cookies! cake! ice cream! cheesecake!) is proving to be my undoing.
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Workout of choice: |
I exercise daily. I usually bike, ride a stationary bike, or use an elliptical, as well as trying to get at least 10,000 steps on my pedometer.
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My plan: |
Exercise a healthy amount and eat mindfully when hungry. I want to eat mostly REAL food, not 100-calorie packages of empty carbs, but I don't want to get in the mindset that I can never again have an ice cream cone. I'm trying to stay within my WW points, but not wig out if I go over. Since life is one long 80+ years of a calorie continuum, "giving up" and deciding to eat everything in the house after a "slip" is rather pointless and frankly, stupid. My life goal is to stop that ridiculous behavior forever.
My hunger scale:
10: OMG, I ate way too much, I think I might puke and then take a nap/Bloated and very uncomfortable
9: I ate too much/Very Full and a bit uncomfortable
8: I think I ate a few more bites than I needed/Full
7: I am content, I feel comfortably full; easily distracted from the food/The first sensation of food in my stomach; sometimes a second sigh
6: I think I am still hungry/Not quite satisfied…but almost; sometimes a sigh
5: I am thinking of something other than food/Neutral
4: mmmm…food, what do I want to eat/A sense of emptiness but still OK
3: I am hungry and ready to eat/Empty
2: I am pretty hungry/Starting to growl
1: I am starving, my only thought process is food/Growling non stop, I may feel a bit shaky and probably irritable
0: I would eat anything offered to me…anything/ravenous, primal hunger
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I need the most help with: |
Not eating sweets twice a day!
Eating when I'm hungry and not waiting until I'm ravenous.
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