So I was planning to write this blog yesterday morning, but that just didn't happen. I was feeling so happy and great yesterday morning (hence the name/definition) and it's not that I am not feeling that way now. I am just not AS happy or great feeling as I was yesterday. I find as the day goes on I tend to get a little more blah. I think that is because I haven't been working out lately and just been lazing around (when not at work, and having to go to work is just another reason that my day goes from yeehaw to blah!) haha! Anyway I got to meet a few celebrities Thursday night that I was pretty excited to meet. I had pictures taken with them, and posted them to my personal Facebook page. I was actually shocked when I looked at the picture to see how much my face has thinned out with having lost 20 pounds! That made me feel pretty great, then OTHER people started commenting on how I looked great. Now I wouldn't have used the word great, by any means, but definitely am looking better than I was. It is amazing what 20 pounds can do, but I guess it is because I have such a small body that it really does make a big difference!
So I thought I would take this time to share with you just how I have managed to stick to my diet (with very few slip ups) and have also managed to do so with very little negativity or even hunger! This is what a typical day as far as meals go -
• Breakfast - usually two pieces of cracked wheat toast and raspberry jam (250 cal)
• Snack - granny smith apple, or medium sized orange, AND some almonds (150 cal)
• Lunch - chunky chicken noodle soup (280 cal)
• Snack - Triscuit parmesan garlic whole wheat crackers (90 cal) YUMM!
• Dinner - some lean meat (chicken or pork usually), and LOTS of steamed veggies (Under 300 cal)
• Snack - half bag President's choice natural popcorn (150 cal)
I never really manage to go hungry, I mean how could I with all of this food?!! Take a look at this picture... you cannot tell me that I am not getting enough food at dinner... and guess how many calories is on this plate?... a whopping 227 calories! I know right?! It's really amazing. I don't cook my meat in any kind of butter or oil, so there is no added calories there, and there are no seasonings, or anything on my veggies. This is all well and good for me because I absolutely love the taste of vegetables. I really would not know what to tell someone who wasn't a vegetable lover, how to diet on a calorie count type diet. It also really helps that I have a food weight scale. I recommend anyone who plans to diet via calorie counting to go get one. I bought mine from Walmart for only $12 and I absolutely love it. I know the exact calories of everything I eat because I know the exact weight of the foods I am eating! I also try, and try being the operative word, to drink my necessary 8 glasses of water per day but this does not always happen. Actually to be completely honest, there are more days that I drink less than half of that than there are days that I reach that goal. Although if I drink half of that, it means that I drink 4 glasses more than I used to. I am not a big fan of water, so I have to drink it with Crystal Light to even get those 4 glasses, but before I would never drink water... so it is an improvement!
Two more days until weight in. I am not expecting a huge drop as I have had quite the week. When I went into Toronto I was starving by the time we left, and we stopped and ate out at a place in the Yorkdale Shopping Center. So needless to say I am pretty sure I was just eating at maintenance calories that day! We shall see! I would really love it if people would start posting their stats too, I love to see and cheer on other people as they make progress too! Hope you all have/had a fantastic weekend!
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