Eating Intuitively

I feel guilty.  I haven’t written anything on this blog since last Monday.  

When I started writing this blog again last June, I committed to writing everyday.  I wanted to keep myself focused on losing weight, and, at the same time, I hoped my words would help and encourage others to successfuly lose weight.

Somewhere along the way, I made a decision to give myself one day off each week.  I felt I deserved it.

I have been pretty consistent with my entries.  Sometimes I would get behind a day or two, and I would catch up within a couple days.  As long as I could capture something significant about each day, I was doing well.

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Last week, I had a much longer absence than I have had in the past.  I missed five days.  I feel terrible about that, mostly because it’s an indication of how my healthy eating and exercising plan is going.

I got a little side-tracked with my exercise.  I had difficulty exercising in the morning, so I moved it to the afternoon.  Afternoon exercise was hit or miss.  I’ve been absent from the gym for a few weeks.  

I have mostly stuck to the healthy eating plan with a few slip-ups here and there.  Yesterday was probably an extreme case, as I ate lots of delicious food my sister and I prepared for Mother’s Day.  Generally, however, I am eating according to the NutriSystem Select plan.

I feel good about writing an article today, because I feel I am back on track.  I woke up this morning at 5am and exercised.  I realized that I could exercise in the morning again, and I am so glad.  It feels great to exercise and get it out of the way for the day.

I will be getting on the bike five days this week, and I plan to increase my target heart rate each Friday until I am somewhere near 155 bpm.  Once I am successful riding the bike, I think it will be easy to return to the gym on Saturday.

Do you have a success story about getting back on track?  What helped you turn the corner and continue your healthy eating plan?

Breakfast:  Apple Strudel Bar; Egg; Banana; Bread, multigrain; Morning Coffee

Morning Snack:  Ham, low-fat; Banana

Lunch:  Pasta with Beef; Boiled or Baked Spaghetti Squash with Salt

Afternoon Snack:  Honey Mustard Pretzel Sticks

Dinner:  Chicken with Dumplings; Zucchini, cooked; Mandarin Oranges; Oil, canola, olive, peanut, safflower; Couscous, cooked

Dessert:  Chocolatey Nougat Bar with Peanuts and Caramel

Drinks:  Crystal Light

Exercise:  30 minutes on recumbent bike at 138 bpm.  16.67% of weekly exercise goal is complete.

Pedometer:  ?