Third Day

6:30 breakfast: one slice of bread with butter and honey; a cup of green tea with lemon, ginger and honey.
7:30 morning walk 1.79 miles.

WALKED 1.79 MI ON 8/31/15

DISTANCE

1.79mi

STEPS

4230

DURATION 

31:08

AVG PACE

17:22

8:15 snack: banana.
10:00 lunch: a pepperoni and cheese sandwich with a cucumber and a tomato as a side.
12:00 snack: one apple and 2 mini croissants,
4:00 dinner french fries with tomato, pepper, onion and cucumber salad.
5:00 - 8:00 mowed the loan and cleaned up the front and backyard.
21:00 snack: 1 slice of watermelon.

All my cabinets have now the reminder:

Old and New ME

Pretty hard to look at these two pictures. None of them extremely flattering but the new one could be considered awful.

Day Two

8:00 am breakfast: one tomato; one fibber; half of an avocado; a handful of baby arugula leaves; few drops of extra virgin olive oil; few drops of apple cider vinegar. I blended everything and drank.

10:00 am snack: one apple.

1:00 pm lunch: 3 slices of bread (sprouted grains) with eggplant spread (baked eggplants with onion, salt and olive oil).

4:00 pm snack: 1 slice of watermelon and 2 mini croissants with chocolate.
5:30 pm dinner: 2 cups homemade popcorn.

Will update with the dinner.

I found a picture of myself during a period when I loved how I looked like:

Now, I have to be brave enough and take of picture of myself today.

Day One

That was yesterday or I should say it has been until yesterday. Yesterday I went to the dollar store with my daughter to buy some supplies for a project at school. While searching for the supply we had to check the books area (as a side note, dollar stores sell books that many people might find useful if not great for $1). Anyway, yesterday I've found a new diet book. I don't like the whole book because the diet itself is not healthy in my opinion but I like its psychological insight.

Nevertheless, I bought the book. I bought it because while skimming it a little at the store, I've realized that the problem with my weight was actually my relationship with the food. Add in the picture an irregular meal schedule; stress; lack of sleep; lack of professional satisfaction; my work involves long hours of sitting, etc and you have the almost perfect image of what I must feel. To have the perfect representation of my situation, I need to mention that: my body carried two babies, I have switched continents about six years ago (the differences between European and American foods impacted my body in a dramatic manner; I used to walk for hours in Europe, but changing the continents meant having to drive instead of walk), and my exercise schedule is as irregular as my meal schedule. These being said, the only detail left out is the total of my extra pounds (50). I have been trying to avoid weight gain; I have been trying to lose weight; I have been trying to live with myself like this sadly, nothing worked.

So, yesterday I've come up with a plan; a combination of ideas coming from my education; my extracurricular readings, my life experience, and the book I've bought yesterday.

Therefore, this is my plan:

- take a picture of myself; find an old picture of myself; create a collage; print the collage and post it inside the cabinets in the house. This should serve as a reminder of what I am and where I want to be;

- fight my sugar addiction;

- learn how to control my emotions without food;

- log what, how much, and when I eat so I can determine the best meal schedule;

- write how I feel before and after each meal;

- exercise daily between 7:00 and 8:00 am (indoors or outdoors).

As a side note, I should say that my food is mostly organic, about 80% are whole foods that I prepare at home; I am already eating large amounts of fruits and vegetables. Accordingly, I only have to watch the intake amounts.

The last thing to say is that I've ended the day with a 1.61 miles bike ride.

RODE 1.61 MI ON 8/29/15

DISTANCE

1.61mi

DURATION 

20:11

AVG SPEED 

4.8 mph