Food:
Breakfast: egg beaters, hot chocolate
Snack #1: almonds
Lunch: turkey sandwich, cheese dip & sticks, banana
Snack #2: 1 serving of chips & homemade salsa
Dinner: salmon, cottage cheese, green beans, mushrooms, slice of bread
Snack #3: yogurt balls
Exercise: 1 hour walk
Weight Lost: 16.4 lbs (117.6 to go)
Monday went a lot better than the weekend. It was much easier staying on track with a structured schedule. Thanks again for all of the support!
I also wanted to talk a little about how I lost self-control this weekened. On Thursday night (New Year's Eve), we went to my dad's and had some friends over. They ordered pizza and sides, etc. I was all set to make myself a turkey sandwich, but when I saw that pizza - all self control went out the window. There were thoughts going through my head telling me that I shouldn't eat the pizza and how I was so happy when I was eating healthy, but I had this overwhelming feeling of "I don't care!" And I ate.. and ate.. and ate... almost like I was feeding an addiction. Every bite tasted wonderful, and each bite made me feel wonderful. I didn't care one bit that eating healthy improved every other aspect of my life, because I felt wonderful right then. That continued throughout the weekend.
I'm now trying to move on from the disappointment in myself. The thing I try to keep saying is "I'm worth it," however I have trouble believing that most of the time.... something to work on during this process. Today, my goal is to drink a lot of water.
CC- I'm not 100% sure how to do the quote thing without messing it up, so in response to your question about increasing while on the treadmill... I personally like to play mind games with myself. For example, if I'm walking comfortably at 3 mph and want to go to 3.5 mph, I will trick myself into going to 3.5 for a minute. Once that minute is over, I'll say just do it another minute. And before you know it, I've gone 10 minutes at that speed. Probably not the best way, but it works for me. Good luck with everything!