I had a plate of grapes, cheese and wheat thins for a snack. It was good. I realize that I can have a lot more food when I make healthier food choices. That's a good thing to know. I'd rather have more food and have it be goof for me than to choose cereal and ice cream and be hungry. And I still have 4 points left for today.
My groin is sore now not in pain. It's let up quite a bit. I just took some ibuprofen so that will help too. I don't know why it's so sore. I didn't think that biking would cause any problems. It could be that banked track though and not the bike. It sucks to be so out of shape that just 30 minutes of exercise can cause such problems for me. I look forward to the day when this kind of workout is easy peasy. I have to remind myself that I'm just starting and I can't expect perfection now or ever. I'm going to have to take it easy until I can build up some muscles. I'm just a bunch of flab right now. My muscles haven't had to work at doing anything so doing the bike today probably is just freaking them out. lol It'll be okay. Maybe just one workout a day for now and no two workout days. No need to over do.
Only 4 days until weigh in again. I'm hoping that I have some noticeable loss. If not that's okay too. I can't lose weight every week. I'm hoping that a pound or two will have come off though this week. I was glad to have weight loss show when I weighed in with Dr. Fouss. That was encouraging. I'll see him again in April (unless something comes up) and I hope that I can lose at least 40 pounds by then. I want the weight loss to be noticeable. I bet I'll feel so much better then. I'll have been working out and losing weight and will be feeling so good (just projecting positive thoughts). It will be great. I can't even imagine how much less pain I'll have then too. That will be really nice. For now though I just have to cope with what is and what is is soreness.
On to happier thoughts. I wonder what the new topic will be for next week. I know someone said they would be talking about getting through all the holidays, beginning with Halloween and all the candy. I just won't be buying anything. Candy corn has been calling my name but I've been resisting it. It's hard though because candy is EVERYWHERE right now and it will only continue through December. I hope they come up with some strategies for us to cope with all of the temptations that will be out there. I did check the flyer for tomorrow's event and they are having food there. So I'm thinking that having lunch first should be the thing to do. That way I won't be hungry when I get there. I thought about holding off on lunch until after we go there but I realized that would be a bad idea. I'd be hungry and eat more. I think I'll allow myself just so many points so I have a limit ahead of time. I don't want to go thinking I can have anything I want. That's not realistic. It's better to have a plan. I should put a snack in the car too (fruit) so if I'm craving something when I leave there I won't feel a need to stop at the store to get one. Again, it's good to plan ahead.
I'm pleasantly surprised that I've been able to give up the junk food as easily as I have. I was up to getting 3 candy bars, the king size ones, a night along with a Cherry Coke or two. The trick is not to go to the 7-Eleven for anything. It's like yesterday when I stopped in to the Load 'n Jug to get gas and decided to go in "just for a drink". I knew I wanted to get a snack. Walking out with an apple was huge. I really wanted a muffin or donut but resisted the urge to get one. I need to figure out some snacks I can have in the car that will take care of cravings but have low point values. I should bag up some stuff and have it portioned out and ready to take with me. I'll check the power foods list and choose some things that would stay in the car okay. I can work on that tomorrow.
More later.
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