Getting Ready to Start!

After the decision yesterday to get started with a new and healthy lifestyle, I woke up this morning and was terrible — I ate pizza for breakfast.  It was there and it was just going to get thrown away, so that was my rationalization.

After eating it, I kicked myself for doing it and I realized that if I was going to actually be serious about this — I needed a plan.  I needed a health plan not just for my exercise routine, but also a food plan.

I cleaned out the entire refrigerator and threw out leftover birthday cake, frosting, cheeses, leftovers and bunch of things that just needed to go.  If it’s not in the house — I usually don’t think about it.  But if it’s here, I’ll probably end up eating it.

After I informed my husband that I wouldn’t be baking cookies or cakes until Christmas, he groaned and tried to ignore me.  I was determined though!

I sat down and made up a weekly food plan.  I actually charted out 10 days of meals – breakfast, lunch and dinner.  I also wrote down a list of snacks that I was allowed to have.  I decided to give myself up to 2 snacks per day.

I’m not the kind of person that waits and starts their lifestyle change tomorrow – I decided to start it NOW. 

After I was rotten for breakfast (which was really more of an earlier lunch), I had a mid-afternoon snack of low-fat blueberry yogurt.

For dinner, I made broiled tilapia with a small baked potato and a salad with fat-free dressing.  If I get those sugar cravings which I’m famous for later in the evening, I’ll probably indulge in a small glass of chocolate skim milk or grab one of my Weight Watchers Fudge Ice Cream Bars.

I have an appointment with a personal trainer tomorrow afternoon to find out my real body age.  I will post my starting weight, body fat percentage and all other information that he provides me.  I’ll be completely and brutally honest here and if I cheat, you’ll know it.  If I’m successful, you’ll know it.

I intend to post my daily meals, daily exercise and also any time I deviate from my plan.