Healthy Journey Day 232

Be Your Best Self Today
  

Gratitudes:  Motivating books.    I started reading the book "State of Slim"   I am really liking it so far!  Sleep.  

 
Morning Blood Sugar: 100


Exercise:  walked on the treadmill for 90 mins.  4.5 miles!



Breakfast:
Time: 7:30
Hunger  Level *:
Ate:oatmeal, pumpkin chocolate chip bread
Comments:


Snack:
Time:noon
Hunger Level*:
Ate:pumpkin chocolate chip bread
Comments:

Lunch:
Time:1 pm
Hunger Level*:
Ate: kentucky fried chicken.   I had a couple small pieces...sans the skin, a few mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese and 2 biscuits (with honey sauce, how cheap to make honey sauce!)   
Comments:  I felt really good about this meal.  I sat down to eat, stopped when I was full and threw out the rest as I didn't think anyone would eat it.   There was a time I would have eaten the whole container of potatoes...this time I had maybe a third...But I didn't even eat all that I put on my plate.  All in all a victory!   We visited my hubby's office and took him lunch.  It was lots of fun. 

Snack:
Time:4
Hunger Level*:
Ate: pumpkin chocolate chip bread, a couple cookies. 
Comments:

Dinner:
Time: 7 pm
Hunger Level*:
Ate: bacon and pancakes with apricot syrup
Comments:  I am so in love with the apricot syrup!  Yum!!  I even compared it to the "maple"  It has less calories and carbs, so I feel it is a great choice.  :)


Water intake:  64 oz

Daily Wins:  Made dinner.  Feeling really motivated by this book I am reading.   I read while I was on the treadmill...I enjoyed walking and reading and talking on the phone.  :)

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--met!!

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.

 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 use a timer when I am on the computer.  I feel energetic and strong. I Feel 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.