Often times the hardest part about dieting is imagining how long it will take to get where you want to be. But, the journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step. So try starting small; cook dinner 3 nights a week, or take lunch to work. But big steps or small, commit today to the most important thing you've got...your health.
"Breakfast and lunch was the same as yesterday except;
- I had a punnet of strawberries and a punnet of blueberries instead of frozen mixed berries for breakfast
- I swapped my steam veggies around for lunch"
"Well yesterday Sunday was 1900 calories and no exercise. We went to the game. Had lunch with Julia. I did walk a bit down to the farmers market and at the game. I ate some of Julia’s tater tots and peanuts at the game and my steak salad was over my lunch allowance but I still wasn’t too bad. Had water. No alcohol so I feel great. Back at it today. "
"1 dinosaurus, 2 percy pigs, some crisps -but not binged! All in a civilized manner (breakfast superfood muesli at beckworth was not substantial enough to keep me going...)"
"Woke up on time, a bit cold this morning, been more tired than normal, but hopefully body will adjust to new routine soon.
Getting in more meditation and exercise time as a result of the new schedule, so I've got reasons to keep going. This schedule worked before, and I have even more reasons to be at my best now than I did then, so lots of reasons to keep pushing forward.
If at the end of the commitment period I'm still struggling with feeling well rested will simply reassess the plan."
"Another very bright day!!! Cooked breakfast instead of grain appears to be a good choice. Have committed to do this for 40 days until 30 October so that I can get an accurate reading on how it is affecting me."
"I walked for an hour and did 45 minutes of tonal. The tonal workout was hard! I logged all my food and I was at 1450. I felt snacky yesterday so I had some popcorn but popped it with out oil. Scott and I went to dark horse for dinner and I had tomato bisque and a house salad with vinegarette and soda water with lime. About 450 calories total. Changing my diet while we go out is helping me a lot. It’s still satisfying. I’m focusing on the experience of going out and being with scott instead of solely focused on food. "
"Hard to comprehend that I am so far into my commitment successfully!! Feeling great and confident and determined to continue till the very end and after!"
"It hasn’t been too bad actually - I’ve found when I eat right at lunch that I don’t have indigestion in the afternoon which is nice.
Still working on tracking everything and working out of my “habits”, but I’m consciously aware now so that’s been a huge change"
"Omitting grains seems to be agreeing with my gut. Will continue for 40 days in total to see if it continues to make a difference. On track with my commitment. Hard to believe I am up to day 56!"
"When doing level 2 performing arts and it comes to dancing it's jazz, contemporary and ballet. I am going to be doing a lot of revision on those subjects then I can become a really good expert at all those subjects."
"Yesterday was tough. I drank my shake but I had two cups of cottage cheese. I just kept feeling hungry. Plus I had my dinner for lunch and dinner at the CSI event. I only drank water at the event and had grilled chicken and veggies no pasta or bread but I ate three small pieces of chocolate candy. All in all it wasn’t that bad and it could have been much worse. I logged all my food. "
"Breakfast - usual chocolate porridge with 100g frozen mixed berries
Lunch - brown rice and lentils with 300g steamed veg (Heinz corn, carrot and broccoli)"
"3 days of replacing grain with sweet potato/veggies for breakfast all BLE compliant. Will see how I go for a while and if I notice a difference in the way I feel and also my hunger level as grains at breakfast carry me through to lunch without any food chatter. So far good with the cooked breakfast, haven't felt hungry through the morning."
"Exercised 6 days (3 boxing workouts, 1 lifting workout, 1 hike, 1 walk), drank all my water, tracked my food, kept my caloric deficit. And I hit my lowest weight yet (156.3) on Friday! Down from 168 just 6 weeks ago."
"Yes I did. I ate about 1500 calories. I did intermittent fasting 16/8. I ate from 9am to 5pm and fasted for 16 hours. I also walked 69 minutes and Dodd 45 minutes on the tonal. "
"Woke up on time.
Was a little hard, because woke up in the middle of the night, thinking about stuff.
Stuff couldn't do anything about in the middle of the night, and which no amount of thinking was likely to provide with a good solution in the middle of the night. "
"Last 2 mornings changed my grain at breakfast to 4 oz sweet potato, compliant with BLE plan as I have been reading about grains and digestive issues. Giving grain a break for 40 days as recommended to see if it helps with my acid reflux. Slept really well last night, only got up once at 2.15am which I can't even remember when I did that last time!"
"I ate 1450 calories yesterday. I did 60 minutes walking and 30 minutes tonal. I logged all my food. Felt more hungry yesterday than usual probably from eating carbs on Sunday. "
"I had some beer this week, so I failed.. I also realized that last week I should have reported a fail for drinking at Ehrich and Alyx's wedding. This is by far the hardest of my goals because there is so much social pressure around it. I will do better this week!"
