Eating Intuitively

Sometimes getting from one place to another is easy.  There are no barriers, and you glide easily to your destination.

Other times, there can be major roadblocks between you and your goal.  To get around those obstacles, you may have to adjust your path or your strategy.  The same is true with attaining your health goals.

Eating the right food is important.  Exercising helps even more.  If you create a calorie-deficit, you may begin to lose weight. 

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Depending how much weight you have to lose, consistently burning more calories than you consume is necessary to reach your goal weight.  It could be weeks or months before you reach your goal weight. 

When the road gets rocky, it is very important to find a smoother path to your destination.  It could be a small adjustment to your diet.  It may be a change in the exercise you do or when you exercise.

I am on a rocky road now.  I missed my exercise this morning.  I ate a couple things not on my healthy eating plan.  I am working to get myself on a smooth path again.

I have already implemented some changes to my food.  I have replaced salad vegetables with cooked vegetables at lunch.  I’m also trying to determine if I am adding extra calories inadvertently.

Although I like finishing my exercise in the morning, it has been too easy for my obligations to my job to sidetrack my exercise.  I cannot let this happen any longer.  I really want to start the day successfully finishing my exercise.  It could mean I wake up earlier.  I don’t know yet.

I’m open to ideas.  I just want to get things running smoothly again real soon.  What ideas do you have?

Breakfast:  Cinnamon Bun Bar; Egg; Banana; Bread, whole-wheat; Morning Coffee

Morning Snack:  Ham, low-fat; Banana

Lunch:  Beans & Ham Soup; Zucchini, cooked

Afternoon Snack:  Zesty Herb Snack Mix

Dinner:  Rotini with Meatballs and Tomato Sauce; Zucchini, cooked; Mandarin Oranges; Oil, canola, olive, peanut, safflower; Barley, cooked

Dessert:  Chocolate Peanut Butter Bar

Drinks:  Crystal Light

Exercise:  none today.

Pedometer:  ?

I committed to starting over today and to focusing on my weight-loss goals again.  I felt that I had slipped a little, and I needed to renew my healthy eating and exercising plan.

I woke up this morning at 4:45am as planned.  My routine has become logging into my work computer to check other computers at work.  For many days, I have checked the computers and all was okay.  Recently, however, the computers have been having problems.

So, instead of checking the computers and then getting on the exercise bike, I feel obligated to work on the computers at work and try to fix them.  Since my morning schedule is already pretty tight, an issue at work can easily impact my exercise routine.

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I used to exercise in the afternoon.  I was pretty good at coming home and getting on the bike.  Issues with computers at work would rarely interfere with my afternoon exercise.

So, I am tempted to move my exercise back from the morning to the afternoon.  At the same time, I have gotten used to getting my exercise out of the way.  Plus, I am optimistic I can get the morning computer issues under control.  I am not ready to make a change now.

Tomorrow is a new day.  I’m hoping I will wake up and check the computers, then get on the exercise bike and finish my exercise for the day.  If not, I’ll seriously need to consider a change to the exercise plan.

What challenges have you had with your exercise plan?  Has an unexpected change in your schedule negatively affected your exercise routine?

Breakfast:  Lemon Poppyseed Muffin; Egg; Banana; Bread, oatmeal; Morning Coffee

Morning Snack:  Ham, low-fat; Banana

Lunch:  Chicken A la King; Boiled or Baked Spaghetti Squash with Salt

Afternoon Snack:  Honey Mustard Pretzel Sticks

Dinner:  HomeStyle Chicken Noodles with Gravy; Cauliflower, cooked; Mandarin Oranges; Oil, canola, olive, peanut, safflower; Sweet Potato

Dessert:  Golden Pound Cake

Drinks:  Crystal Light

Exercise:  none today.

Pedometer:  ?

It’s the third day in a row without exercise.  Stress is high, because the computer problem persists.  I think I am close to a solution, but the damage to my exercise plan this week is done.

Unfortunately, there is not much left of this week to salvage.  I can exercise tomorrow, and then I “Climb Miami” on Saturday.  I was caught off guard without a real good “Plan B”. 

This is a critical moment, however.  Although I am not on track to accomplish my exercise goal for the week, I cannot let this one missed weekly goal distract me from the big goal.  Next week is a new week.  I can start fresh and achieve my weekly exercise goal.

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The big goal is to lose more weight.  Yes, I have lost ninety pounds or so, but I have many more to lose.  Another ninety pounds would not be out of the question.  I want to lose sixty-five more pounds at a minimum.

I haven’t been to the gym for strength-building exercise for a few weeks either.  The training for “Climb Miami” became the focus, but I do expect to return to the gym on May 2nd.

Hopefully, by acknowledging my shortcomings in my healthy eating and exercise plan, I will be able to move past them.  It is a must! 

How do you get around these rough patches in your plan?  How quickly are you able to bounce back?

Breakfast:  Lowfat Granola Cereal; Yogurt, nonfat; Cherries; Bread, whole-wheat; Morning Coffee

Morning Snack:  Egg; Mandarin Oranges

Lunch:  Noodles with Chicken and Vegetables; Cabbage, raw; FF Dressing

Afternoon Snack:  Zesty Herb Snack Mix

Dinner:  Roast Turkey Medallions; Cantaloupe; Oil, canola, olive, peanut, safflower; Sweet Potato; Fennel Bulb

Dessert:  Blueberry Parfait

Drinks:  Crystal Light

Exercise:  none today.

Pedometer:  ?