As the title states I'm just not a shake person - I too believe that as a human I MUST chew my food...haha...I started my day with the morning white shake and it was great again and full of amazing nutrients. I then took the kids and dog for a 1 hour power walk/run through the fun trails of Gibbons Park. We had a great time and everyone was sweating by the time we were done. That took most of our morning so by the time we got home I was starving and just couldn't face a shake. So I made my healthy quinoa, veggie, chicken, olive oil and red wine vinegar salad. Unfortunately I also caved and had some doritos with it - those have gone straight to the garbage now. We spent the afternoon by the pool and at 300pm I had a healthy snack of 3 hardboiled egg whites and raw carrots. I'm getting hungry now but will hold off till 600pm for dinner. Dinner I have already prepped. I'm having a kale, spinach and swiss chard salad with chopped peppers, cukes, chick peas and cold shrimp (about 10 shrimp) with olive oil and balsamic vinegar as my dressing. I have about 10 stalks of asparagus to roast in the oven with coconut oil and about half a head of cauliflower to make mashed cauliflower with garlic salt.
I'm at 8500 steps so far today so knowing that I haven't hit my minimum of 10,000 that motivates me to take the kids walking right after supper before showers and then we can collapse on the couch knowing we hit all our goals today.
Coach Rita has asked me to start tracking my food on "My Fitness Pal" so I started that today. I think this will be an amazing tool for me. I then have to give her my numbers on the protein, fat, carb, sugar columns each evening for 2 days and she will then give me a guideline of what to eat and when. fitness pal gave me 1200 calories per day to get to my goal weight of 125lbs. By the time supper is done and providing I don't do any snacking which I don't think I will I should be on target for my goal even with my little oops of the doritos. However, I'm sure when she sees my numbers she will see that they aren't where they should be because of the chips. So I look forward to her feedback. And knowing that the chips added to my calories and I could have eaten something else better for me and more satisfying is interesting too.
Off to clean out Jack's closet and start to get it neat and tidy and ready for fall. That will keep me occupied until suppertime. That's what I need - to keep busy as much as possible. And when I start craving tonight I have my David's Tea leaves to drink - I love the White tea - Organic Gold Rush - delicious and it helps, don't get me wrong - bedtime will come early tonight to not be starving.
Funny... I had Doritos today too. One of those days! Fitbit gives me about the same amount of calories in order to reach my goal and I don't find it too bad. It's only when I mess up and have chips or pop that coming in under the limit is difficult. Awesome how the number of steps thing motivates huh?
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