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Showing posts with label Fitness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fitness. Show all posts
Monday, January 6, 2014

Day One...Success!

So, day one is pretty much over. I'm going to bed in a few hours & I'm done with everything I planned to do & eat today. I'm considering it a success. I cleaned for about an hour & a half and used the recumbent bike for 20 minutes...not perfect but, hey, it's the first day!

I consumed 895 calories and burned 346. I drank 10 glasses of water. And the last time I ate was at 6:30 pm, so win all the way around!

So, day one is over and I feel happy that I followed through with everything I wanted to...oh, and I showered AND lotioned! Here's to a good day two!

--Monika

The Green Smoothie




I'll update with the nutrition info soon...

The Green Drink
Makes 2 servings, 16 ounces each

Ingredients:
Handful of mint leaves (about 2 oz.)
Handful of baby spinach (about 2 oz.)
6 oz. Pineapple Juice or fresh pineapple with water
1 banana (frozen)
1 cup ice
1/4 cucumber, skin-on
1 stalk celery



Directions:
Cut up the banana, celery and cucumber into blender-friendly pieces and put into blender. Add the spinach, mint leaves, pineapple juice or fresh pineapple with water, mint leaves and ice. Blend all ingredients until smooth and serve.

Day One...duh, duh, duh!

So, day one. Scary & exciting. My weight loss goal is to lose 35 pounds, hopefully by my next birthday. I know it will be slow going, very slow, and I have to remember that & keep it in mind when I'm feeling discouraged, which I will.

I've set exercise goals at 4 times a week, which I think is realistic. If I start out being ridiculous with it, I'll never stick to it. I may even drop it to 3 times a week to start out with.

I've set my calorie intake at 1200, I think that's good and that's worked for me in the past. I also put down that I want to lose 2 pounds a week, that may be asking too much, because I know from last time that doing it the right way, the pounds come off SLOWLY!

I'm gonna try to only snack on fresh veggies the first week, starting tomorrow lol because we need groceries. 

And I think one of my most important rules is to cut out processed food as much as possible. Even frozen "diet" meals aren't as good as something fresh, with real ingredients. 

Oh and I just saw a green cleanse drink on the Today Show that I need to look at...I'll post it if it looks good. 

Another goal I want to try to stick to is to clean something, in the house obviously, once a day, no matter how small, but just something. Even when I get busy with making stuff, because I do! But it's no excuse really, I can throw in a load of laundry before I start working, that's not difficult.

So, here's to trying to eat better and, slowly, be a better me :)

--Monika