It’s day 9 of me changing my lifestyle and eating healthier and I wanted to share my thoughts and experiences over the past 9 days. I didn’t really get serious about tracking my food until day 7. I was tracking my breakfast, lunch & snacks but was slacking on the tracking at dinner. After yo-yo[ing] for a week plus with my eats I decided to post here what I have seen that needs changes.
1] My calorie range is between 1400-1600. I was going waaay over that budget. [uhm hello self if there isn't a deficit then there isn't weight loss]
2] Hydration: I was only drinking around 32 ounces a day. I am confused because some websites say that you should drink 64 oz a day and some say you should drink half of your body weight. So this would mean that I am supposed to be drinking 112.5 ounces of water per day. WOW. I love water but 112.5 ounces is a lot… I feel like I can only push so much water through my system per day!
3] The foods that I was eating were foods that were not whole and filling to me. Over the past 3 days I have begun eating more whole, filling foods and I feel full so much quicker now!
4] Fiber. So apparently according to various sources my fiber intake should be between 25-35 grams per day. Currently my intake is averaging around 15 grams per day. So I am going to try to eat more fiber rich foods.
5] I wasn’t moving a lot because I was out of energy…. Well I was out of energy because I wasn’t eating well or treating my body how it deserved to be treated. Now I am parking farther away and trying to get more walks and workouts in.
6] Sleep: in order to effectively lose weight you need to get at least 8 hours of sleep per night. I usually get somewhere in between 5-7 hours each night and I found that if I go to bed earlier and sleep for 8 hours that I wake up happier & have more energy for the coming day.
^These are just a few things that I have found that once they are improved have helped me. ^
A few days ago I took a trip to Albertson’s & Trader Joe’s and picked up a bunch of healthy filling foods & they have made meals very interesting. For example, my brown rice & stir fry comes in at 236 calories per serving [1 cup brown rice 1 cup stir fry veggies]! I am instantly full and since it is lower in calories if I am feeling very hungry I can have a double portion and be totally okay with it! I also picked up some of my favorite frozen pasta from Trader Joe’s. After consciously eating healthy I have felt so alive & energetic the past few days. I feel like I am in someone else’s body but I absolutely love feeling this change. This is a plan that I can continue living on as a lifestyle and not a “quick fix”. I am overjoyed with where this lifestyle change has taken me.
Here is what I ate yesterday on a normal day (:
Breakfast: 2 egg omelet with 1/4 cup shredded cheese and a vanilla yogurt [330 calories]
Lunch/Snacks: 2 cups Tomato Soup, 1/4 cup Mozzarella Cheese, 1 Chocolate Pudding cup, 1 Fiber Bar, 1 pre-packaged Starbucks Frappucino Mocha Light [610 calories]
Dinner: Stir fry Veggies with Brown Rice, 1 Skinny Cow Vanilla Ice Cream Sandwich [386 calories]
Snack: 2% Cottage Cheese [90 calories]
My total calories for yesterday was 1327. I was surprisingly under on my calories [completely by accident] but was full ALL day long! I never went hungry or wished I had eaten more. It’s ironic because some days I would be filling up on junk at around 2,000+ calories and still be hungry but I am consciously eating more whole foods and am stuffed at 1327 calories. It’s a good thing for me though (: I am looking forward to these next stages in life and I cannot wait to show off my weight loss to everyone!
