It sounds dirty.
It sounds wrong.
And you know what, it is!
To me the word diet is about the way you eat. Everyday! It isn't a short or temporary way of eating. The dictionary says that diet = food or feed habitually eaten or provided. and that is the definition I like.
I'm making a habit of eating better and providing nutrition to my body.
My diet is about balance.
My diet is about health.
My diet is about me losing weight!
So i'm taking back the word diet, and making it a "good" word.
Showing posts with label exercise. Show all posts
Showing posts with label exercise. Show all posts
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
mirror mirror on the wall...
so i'm in a new place.
it's not my house, it's my brothers house.
and it has no mirrors. OK it has no full length mirrors. at least not in my room.
I'm not a super vain person. and I don't like looking at myself or my body in the mirror. or so i thought.
not having a mirror has made me realize how much i did look at myself...not obsessively or anything, but I would look at myself when i was getting dressed. That's right i would look at myself naked! and you know what? i miss seeing my body naked!
It's not that I think i have some great figure or anything, but I miss seeing the things about my body that I do like.
For instance, I love the swell of my hips. I think it's very sultry and feminine.
I miss seeing the bump of my butt. It's not in the J-Lo category but it looks nice, and a lot better than it did before.
But most of all, I miss looking in the mirror and reaffirming that my body is healthy, strong, feminine and getting better each day!
I hope that everyone takes a moment to look at and appreciate their bodies! love their shape! and notice all the benefits that the hard work of proper nutrition and exercise can have on your body!
it's not my house, it's my brothers house.
and it has no mirrors. OK it has no full length mirrors. at least not in my room.
I'm not a super vain person. and I don't like looking at myself or my body in the mirror. or so i thought.
not having a mirror has made me realize how much i did look at myself...not obsessively or anything, but I would look at myself when i was getting dressed. That's right i would look at myself naked! and you know what? i miss seeing my body naked!
It's not that I think i have some great figure or anything, but I miss seeing the things about my body that I do like.
For instance, I love the swell of my hips. I think it's very sultry and feminine.
I miss seeing the bump of my butt. It's not in the J-Lo category but it looks nice, and a lot better than it did before.
But most of all, I miss looking in the mirror and reaffirming that my body is healthy, strong, feminine and getting better each day!
I hope that everyone takes a moment to look at and appreciate their bodies! love their shape! and notice all the benefits that the hard work of proper nutrition and exercise can have on your body!
Friday, May 29, 2009
scales and moms
I have to start by saying that the most intense of warriors are moms!
They do battle everyday with their obligations, budgets, kids, and the list goes on.
I've got kids on the brain because I'm helping to take care of my nephew...an amazing 13 month old boy, who in his short time so far has had to face more obstacles than most adults will ever deal with. He is the most self adjusted, happy, curious and adventurous child. He is a word awe inspiring.
But taking care of him is work. Just like taking care of any child is work. And if you don't have kids around like me, well it's daunting!
There are schedules that you have to stick to. There are exercise and play time that has to be had. There are meals and snacks that have to be eaten. and there is nap times that has to be taken. I'm very grateful for naptime.
But all this is very similar to what we have to do to make the numbers on the scale reflect our reverse growth, if you will. In order to make a healthy lifestyle program work for you, you have to work it too!
You have to plan out your game plan. you need to know what you have to accomplish. You need to eat on a regular basis (every 2-3 hours). you have to stay active and move around everyday, and you have to rest! and then get up and do it all over again.
And if you ask any mom, she'll agree that it's a lot of work, but the end result is so amazing, that you just do see it work. So why can't we look at ourselves the same way. Sure it will take work, effort and some inner strength that we didn't know we had, to make a program like Medifast, or really any program, work...but the end result, the healthy happy lighter you is wonderful! So let's stop looking at it like drudgery and start looking at it like nurturing a new soul! Because I have to tell you that's it's pretty amazing.
They do battle everyday with their obligations, budgets, kids, and the list goes on.
I've got kids on the brain because I'm helping to take care of my nephew...an amazing 13 month old boy, who in his short time so far has had to face more obstacles than most adults will ever deal with. He is the most self adjusted, happy, curious and adventurous child. He is a word awe inspiring.
But taking care of him is work. Just like taking care of any child is work. And if you don't have kids around like me, well it's daunting!
There are schedules that you have to stick to. There are exercise and play time that has to be had. There are meals and snacks that have to be eaten. and there is nap times that has to be taken. I'm very grateful for naptime.
But all this is very similar to what we have to do to make the numbers on the scale reflect our reverse growth, if you will. In order to make a healthy lifestyle program work for you, you have to work it too!
You have to plan out your game plan. you need to know what you have to accomplish. You need to eat on a regular basis (every 2-3 hours). you have to stay active and move around everyday, and you have to rest! and then get up and do it all over again.
And if you ask any mom, she'll agree that it's a lot of work, but the end result is so amazing, that you just do see it work. So why can't we look at ourselves the same way. Sure it will take work, effort and some inner strength that we didn't know we had, to make a program like Medifast, or really any program, work...but the end result, the healthy happy lighter you is wonderful! So let's stop looking at it like drudgery and start looking at it like nurturing a new soul! Because I have to tell you that's it's pretty amazing.
Friday, May 22, 2009
when is enough enough
when is enough enough. it's a tough question, and it's also a tough answer.
it's personal.
When do you know that you are doing enough to lose weight?
when do you know you have lost enough weight?
when do you know it's time to give yourself a break?
I think as scale warriors this is the hardest lesson to learn. We have gotten so used to the constant dieting, the constant back and forth of the scale and then the emotional ups and downs that it can really have an emotional toll.
I've learned not to reveal a specific number of how much weight I need to lose. People get scared when you say anything more than 20. my husband doesn't know how much i weigh, or how much i need to lose, i just mention that I want to look like i did when we met, and he seems happy with that response.
when i lost the first 20 pounds on this journey, i remember feeling like i was floating! it was amazing. my ankles and knees felt like they hadn't in years! Every pound i lose just makes me feel that much lighter. I'll know when i get to the right size for me when i get there. I know that i don't want to be stick thin. I want to look healthy and i want to look attractive, but above all i want to look like me.
sometimes it feels like you are on this journey FOR EVER! and the truth is that, well, you are! this is a lifestyle. But every know and then you stumble. you eat something you shouldn't. and instead of giving into that negative thought process that tells you how you've blown it again and why bother, you need to realize that this was what it was...a brief moment. a minor blip. take a step back and realize that we are human, we stumble, we fall, but we get back up and keep on going.
That's what I'm doing ... i'm going to keep on going!
Scale day is on tuesday...i'll revise my battle plan then.
it's personal.
When do you know that you are doing enough to lose weight?
when do you know you have lost enough weight?
when do you know it's time to give yourself a break?
I think as scale warriors this is the hardest lesson to learn. We have gotten so used to the constant dieting, the constant back and forth of the scale and then the emotional ups and downs that it can really have an emotional toll.
I've learned not to reveal a specific number of how much weight I need to lose. People get scared when you say anything more than 20. my husband doesn't know how much i weigh, or how much i need to lose, i just mention that I want to look like i did when we met, and he seems happy with that response.
when i lost the first 20 pounds on this journey, i remember feeling like i was floating! it was amazing. my ankles and knees felt like they hadn't in years! Every pound i lose just makes me feel that much lighter. I'll know when i get to the right size for me when i get there. I know that i don't want to be stick thin. I want to look healthy and i want to look attractive, but above all i want to look like me.
sometimes it feels like you are on this journey FOR EVER! and the truth is that, well, you are! this is a lifestyle. But every know and then you stumble. you eat something you shouldn't. and instead of giving into that negative thought process that tells you how you've blown it again and why bother, you need to realize that this was what it was...a brief moment. a minor blip. take a step back and realize that we are human, we stumble, we fall, but we get back up and keep on going.
That's what I'm doing ... i'm going to keep on going!
Scale day is on tuesday...i'll revise my battle plan then.
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