I started my diet plan just this Monday and am not off to a good start. My fitness goals are simply to be more fit and not necessarily to lose weight. When you have a goal like this, and I’m sure other ’sistas’ with the same goals would agree, it’s not terribly motivating to just not eat the piece of chocolate cake.
I work out for 45 minutes to 1 hour on the stair mill at my gym four days a week, do upper body weights two days a week and do pilates two days a week.
I started Sunday night with eating the vegetables only and let me tell you, stair mill and vegetables only just don’t mix. I had to quit at 30 minutes or pass out due to malnutrition. So…. several nachos later I was officially derailed from day 1 of my diet and I’m not really a get back on the horse kind of sista. I’m more like a “have a martini and think about it” kind of a sista. Ha!
Day two was a bit better, I didn’t eat anything bad, I just ate a lot of everything. I got a lot of veggies in though so I felt a bit better.
Day three (today) I’m off to a good start. I however didn’t have time to do my shake this morning (bigsista says it’s nasty so I’m not highly encouraged to put out the effort just yet). Thought I might make it tonight as a test run so I’m not thoroughly disappointed at breakfast tomorrow. I’m off to lunch as we speak and crossing my fingers that the special doesn’t involve anything chocolate.
I got a good laugh out of this post! You would feel much better if you insert protein into your diet. Large breakfast, eggs are good protein and so is oatmeal. Small snack between meals, almonds, yogurt, smoothie something along those lines. Mid size lunch, turkey sandwhich, grilled chicken breast with vegetables or a salad with chicken on top (dressing in moderation). Small snack between meals again. Dinner should be your smallest meal of the day. Your metabolism slows down at night before bed as your body shuts down for sleep. Starving your body of what it needs only makes you hungry and gain weight! Portion control, stay away from the junk food of bad carbs. There are good carbs out there which your body needs to exercise. Replinish with protein when your done exercising. Watch your sugar and sodium intake. Good luck ladies!