5 down... woot!

Celebration time!

5 pds in 50 days!

I did this

1. Kept a food and exercise diary.
Wrote every bit i ate religiously and clocked every bit of workout.
All thanks to MyFitnessPal for making it easy peasy

2. I stuck to a work out program.
1 hr ... 5X a week that includes...
Half hour of speed walking at 4 mph
15 minutes of Bikram Yoga
5 minutes of free weights
10 minutes of aerobics

Overall I am eating about 1500 calories a day and burning about 250 cals via low impact work out.

that's all it took to drop 5 pounds... easy... breezy... cake walk

if i can... so can you :)

Take 20% off

from each meal... easy to do right?
and stretch each meal over 20 minutes.
and keep a food diary!

taking 20% off now will make your body thank you... when you get on that scale the next time...promise!

Savor each bite as the French do... stretch a meal out for 20 whole minutes.
I find that I end up eating less and enjoying more.

Also making a note of every morsel of food / drink that goes into my tummy helps... BIG time!
If you dont know the calorific value of a food you ate, try MyFitnessPal

its simply awesome... terrific and free! they even have a smart phone app to help you clock in while on the go

Train wreck

they happen... sometimes

more so on weekends...when its a party... followed by a pizza nite out with dear friends

a gazillion calories consumed! UGH

and the scale wasn't no kind to me either this morning... double ugh!

don't give up... keep up the good healthy eating and up the work out :)

btw... one slice of pizza on average has ~ 300 cals... n you need to walk at a 4 mph pace for ONE hour to burn it off!!!!!!!!!!!!
n how innocent n tempting that damn thing looks eh?!

so what would you choose? pizza / wlaking for an hour @ 4 MPH?!!!!!

Hands free...not

I find that when am busy, I forget to eat... even snack.
and am a HUGE evening binge snacker :)

You CAN control evening eating disasters.
Try these tips to normalize sleeping patterns and fend off hunger...

Plan activities to do throughout the evening, but don't make food a part of the activity

Take a bath
Walk the dog
Pay bills... balance the checkbook
Play board games with the kids
Call a friend
Keep your hands busy (play a video game, do the dishes, make a craft)
Play basketball, baseball, soccer
Read a book or magazine
Try a relaxing fitness video such as yoga or tai chi.
I got into making lanyards with my kid and find it extremely therapeutic. Picked up a kit from Jo Ann Fabrics.

You can buy them online too here ....
Fun Kid AND Adult Krafts
enjoy!