Tuesday and Wednesday are basically interchangeable to me when it comes to diet and exercise. I always try to work out and eat clean on these days because I do start thinking about the weekend. Sometimes I try to meet a girlfriend for lunch or dinner to bring some excitement to the middle of the week. But even when I do go out, as I did this Wednesday evening, I try and keep my food and drink to a minimum. I always think about the food options available at a restaurant when I’m picking a place. There are some restaurants that have a lot of terrific options and I shy away from those that only offer wings and mozzarella sticks as appetizers.
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SUNDAY AND MONDAY FOOD JOURNAL
Sunday is my carb cheat day. I always have a bagel in the morning and pizza at night. The only changes I have made recently is that I hollow out the inside of the bagel and only eat half at a time. This way I can stretch my food and remain full enough. Also, I try to eat gluten free most of the time because gluten bloats me but on Sunday I allow myself the real thing. I also always do a cardio session at home before I eat. That’s not to say that there aren’t Sundays when I don’t exercise but I do try to make it the rule.
7 DAYS TO DIET AWARENESS: WOMEN OVER 50
Losing weight is hard, especially for women over fifty. I always hate when diet companies advertise that “losing the weight is not hard, it’s keeping it off that’s difficult”. I think both losing and maintaining are a struggle, especially for women during middle age. One major problem is that most of the time we eat without thinking — eating is more of a reflex than a controlled activity. For instance, if you work in an office and there’s a bowl of candy sitting on someone’s desk, most of us will just grab a handful and shove the food in our mouth. Nary a thought goes into it — the food is available and the reflex is just to eat it. And the worst part is that the action is usually not even remembered. That’s why it is so important to keep a food journal.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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hope that you all had a great holiday which hopefully included a little ME time. Wishing everybody a happy and healthy 2016 filled with joy, peace and love. I am so grateful for all the support you have given me as I embarked on my new website. I can’t wait to see what this year brings us all. Please connect with me; I love all the feedback and suggestions.
12 CHANGES TO IMPROVE MY 2016: REFLECTIONS ON RESOLUTIONS
Now that this year is coming to an end and a new one is about to begin, many of us start thinking about changes we need to make. The problem with resolutions is that they really are end goals without an action plan: I want to lose weight; I want to stop smoking; I want to get fit. And how do you plan on achieving these goals? Instead of making resolutions, I make a “to do” list that will aide me in achieving a desired result.
