Our new healthy living style is going really well. I'm super proud of us.
John and I are (were) really unhealthy eaters. I mean, the stuff we were eating had little to no nutritional value or it would be really fatty. We would eat things like hot pockets, ramen noodles, and bean burritos for lunch; we would have alfredo pasta pretty often for dinner, store bought pizzas, or caseroles filled with cheese (cheese is our weakness).We would snack all the time on really fatty foods (like hangover nachos aka: nacho cheese doritos with cheddar cheese melted on top), and our portions were way too big (like Costco sized muffins). But today I went grocery shopping and got the stuff we had run out of, but as I looked at my cart I thought, "Wow! Look at me!" I had spinach, fruit, fat free yogurt (yoplait has really stepped up their game), 100% wheat bread, corn tortillas, fat free turkey breast, dark chocolate almond milk, fruit snacks (aka: gushers, yummy)....the list could go on cuz my cart was stacked, but 6 months ago I wouldn't have thought that I would be pushing that cart. While I was standing in line at the registers, the couple in front of me had food that we used to buy; I was looking for anything healthy in there and thought, "That's really unhealthy"....guys, I am not that person, or I wasn't that person. It made me realize how much my thought process has changed with food and I'm pretty darn proud.
Tonight at dinner it hit me again. I made tacos and a salad tonight...pretty typical right? But our meat was turkey burger, our tortillas were corn, my sour cream was actually fat free greek yogurt, and our salad was a spinach salad with dried berries and a vinaigrette. For a little dessert I had a Fiber One 90 calorie brownie. I'm not sure when the switch turned in my head, but I don't even really have to think hard about eating healthy anymore. Don't get me wrong, sometimes a king size kit kat bar looks and sounds amazing, but then I go home and eat chocolate pudding (fat free/sugar free) and I'm totally fine.
I'm glad we've finally learned how to eat healthy AND still have it be really delicious.
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Sunday, April 29, 2012
Sunday, April 22, 2012
First Hike of the Year
Today is another beautiful, sunny day! That's two in a row now!
Yesterday I took advantage of it by going on a nice run, today I took advantage of it by going on a hike with Tina and Duke. We went to a place called Peavy Arboretum just outside of Corvallis. The trail wasn't as challenging as I would have hoped, nor as long, but we hiked the 3 miles in a little over an hour and it was really pretty. I know I say this just about any time I go hiking or camping out here, but I just can't get over how green and beautiful everything is.
Tomorrow it's supposed to be cloudy here in the Valley, but John and I are going to the coast which is supposed to be sunny. Three days of sun in a row? Say whaaa?
Here are some pictures from our hike today
Yesterday I took advantage of it by going on a nice run, today I took advantage of it by going on a hike with Tina and Duke. We went to a place called Peavy Arboretum just outside of Corvallis. The trail wasn't as challenging as I would have hoped, nor as long, but we hiked the 3 miles in a little over an hour and it was really pretty. I know I say this just about any time I go hiking or camping out here, but I just can't get over how green and beautiful everything is.
Tomorrow it's supposed to be cloudy here in the Valley, but John and I are going to the coast which is supposed to be sunny. Three days of sun in a row? Say whaaa?
Here are some pictures from our hike today
Mr. Duke getting his exercise for the day
Ah, I love all the moss
Take I of trying to get a photo op with my baby
Take II- there we go <3
Saturday, April 21, 2012
The More I Do, The More I Want To Do
I've been feeling really productive lately.
My hours at work have increased (thank God) and so I'm working mostly 8-5, with some other shifts worked in there as well, and interestingly enough, the more I work at work the more productive I feel when I get home....most of the time. Some of you may be laughing at me because 8-5 are normal hours, but going from not many hours to a lot of hours, especially in a drug rehab, is pretty challenging. Sometimes I'm just incredibly drained, like Thursday when I worked 8-7, that was a long day so I came home and crashed, but lately I've been getting a lot done around the house even after my long days at work. I like that feeling. I feel like I deserve my sleep when I finally lie in bed at night.
Today is my day off and I told myself yesterday that I wasn't going to let myself sleep in too much because I want my body to get used to getting up early for work and I don't want to ruin that on the weekends, so I got up at 9:00 today. This is so not like me. I'd normally be wanting to sleep until 11 or sometimes even later. But I got up, had a healthy meal, went to the eye doctor, ran errands and then came home and went on a run. After my run I went out back and played with Duke, and now I'm resting because I'm hot and tired, but the moral of the story is that the more I do, the more I want to do.
My resolution for this year was to be more productive, and I think I'm becoming very productive with my days. I love this feeling!
My hours at work have increased (thank God) and so I'm working mostly 8-5, with some other shifts worked in there as well, and interestingly enough, the more I work at work the more productive I feel when I get home....most of the time. Some of you may be laughing at me because 8-5 are normal hours, but going from not many hours to a lot of hours, especially in a drug rehab, is pretty challenging. Sometimes I'm just incredibly drained, like Thursday when I worked 8-7, that was a long day so I came home and crashed, but lately I've been getting a lot done around the house even after my long days at work. I like that feeling. I feel like I deserve my sleep when I finally lie in bed at night.
Today is my day off and I told myself yesterday that I wasn't going to let myself sleep in too much because I want my body to get used to getting up early for work and I don't want to ruin that on the weekends, so I got up at 9:00 today. This is so not like me. I'd normally be wanting to sleep until 11 or sometimes even later. But I got up, had a healthy meal, went to the eye doctor, ran errands and then came home and went on a run. After my run I went out back and played with Duke, and now I'm resting because I'm hot and tired, but the moral of the story is that the more I do, the more I want to do.
My resolution for this year was to be more productive, and I think I'm becoming very productive with my days. I love this feeling!
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Healthy Living Revelation
I didn't tell you guys this, but last week I was extremely sick. I mean in my pajamas for 5 days, lost 10 pounds, had to miss Thanksgiving dinner sick. It was awful.
But they say that there's "always, always, always something to be thankful for". Before getting sick I had been eating better, working out, and hadn't lost a pound. For those of you who have been in my shoes you know how incredibly frustrating that is. While I was sick though, I couldn't stomach anything but saltines and liquids so I lost a lot of weight (in an unhealthy way but I didn't have a choice). I've put back on some of the pounds because I can eat again, but seeing the weight loss has re-encouraged me to get back on track with my good eating habits and exercise.
In the beginning I wanted to get back down to the weight I was at when John and I got married. Now, I'm only a couple pounds away from that goal, but now that I'm so close I've realized that's not really the goal that I wanted. Sure, it's what I thought I wanted, but what I really want is to be healthy and toned. So, even though the loss in the pounds have helped get me back on track, I'm excited to know that the number isn't what's important to me anymore- it's health. Some of you know my lifelong inner battle with health/weight/self-perception and all that jazz, so having this revelation makes me happy. I'm quite proud of myself.
But they say that there's "always, always, always something to be thankful for". Before getting sick I had been eating better, working out, and hadn't lost a pound. For those of you who have been in my shoes you know how incredibly frustrating that is. While I was sick though, I couldn't stomach anything but saltines and liquids so I lost a lot of weight (in an unhealthy way but I didn't have a choice). I've put back on some of the pounds because I can eat again, but seeing the weight loss has re-encouraged me to get back on track with my good eating habits and exercise.
In the beginning I wanted to get back down to the weight I was at when John and I got married. Now, I'm only a couple pounds away from that goal, but now that I'm so close I've realized that's not really the goal that I wanted. Sure, it's what I thought I wanted, but what I really want is to be healthy and toned. So, even though the loss in the pounds have helped get me back on track, I'm excited to know that the number isn't what's important to me anymore- it's health. Some of you know my lifelong inner battle with health/weight/self-perception and all that jazz, so having this revelation makes me happy. I'm quite proud of myself.
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