Healthy Journey Day 156

Gratitudes: A nice front yard,  We planted flowers and weeded yesterday.  It looks very nice!   April, it's almost over, but I love the weather, the flowers that bloom, the rain!  Sprinkler systems.  I'm so glad I don't have to water by hand!

Intentions for the day: Exercise, plan menus, run errands


I am 34 inches thinner from my bust/waist and hips and a size 8's measurements of 36/28/38 on October 7, 2015.  I am following the trainers workout and food plans drink 64 oz of water a day and getting 8 hours of sleep every night.
I track this by completing my measurements every 4 weeks and weighing in weekly. My expectation is to see a decrease of approximately 5 inches per month.


Morning Blood Sugar: 98,  nice!!




Exercise:   Erik's from yesterday.   Turns out he is leaving boot camp.  So very sad!   We will be doing his workout tomorrow too.   Then we went outside...ladders 3,2 and 1 with 20 pushups, 2 min wall sit and 90 sec plank in between each set.  Killer!

Breakfast:
Time:8 am
Hunger  Level *: 2
Ate: milk and mini chocolate chip muffins.  
Comments: a fun recipe! 


Snack:
Time: 10:30
Hunger Level*:
Ate: chocolate chip muffins, chocolate protein milk
Comments:

Lunch:
Time:1200
Hunger Level*:
Ate: mini muffin and watermelon
Comments:

Snack:
Time:3 pm
Hunger Level*:
Ate: bacon
Comments:  Prepping dinner...The bacon was tasty!

Dinner:
Time:6
Hunger Level*:
Ate: Beans and Rice, cucumber slices.
Comments:  Made in an attempt to feed my middle child more beans.   He loves sausage and bacon.  It was worth a shot.  The only part of the meal he doesn't like are the beans.   He ate a few bites.  That's better than nothing.   I thought it was really good.  We will see what my blood sugar says in the morning.


Water intake: 64

Daily Wins:  Workout,  dinner made.  Kitchen cleaned.

Daily goal:
Drink 64 oz water  Complete.   Continue to strive for daily. 
1 fruit, 1 Veg. 
One load of laundry to completion:  wash-dry-fold-put away

2015 Goals:

1.  Post a total of 365 days on the blog

2.  Run a 10 min mile
3.  Squat 95 lbs

4.  Complete morning and evening routines on a daily basis.

5.  Weekly meal planning

6.  Run a Half Marathon in October
7.  The Amy stretch!
8.  Brenda Vance Stairs
9.  10 full pushups

I am 2 lbs lighter each week and am 30 lbs lighter on 6/15/15. (From 198 to 168) I am completing my daily trainer workouts, planning my meals, eating as I am hungry and listening to my fullness cues. I get in 10000 steps 6 times a week. I measure my progress with Sunday Morning weigh ins and document it on my blog. I stick to a regular bedtime and only be on the computer/electronics with a timer. My aim is to feel energetic and strong. Feeling good in my own skin.

**Hunger Scale is from 0-10 with zero being absolutely empty, ravenous and 10 being so stuffed that you are absolutely sick.
0--Empty
1--Ravenous
3--Set
4--Pangs
5--Neutral
6.5--Satisfied
8--Full
9--Stuffed
10--Sick
"Every time you start to eat, check your hunger level.  Ideally, aim for around a level of 3 to begin eating.  If you are at a 5 or above, you are not biologically hungry.  If you are at 2 or lower, you're likely over hungry and at risk for overeating."  Scale and comments taken from the book "Intuitive Eating" by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch.