Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Rough Draft: VirgoDiva's Diet Plan.
This picture is so me, but minus the brown air. Under the color blond (bleach) is exquisite natural color: ash brown/red. Yuck. I liked this picture because it's girlie, but it's just like me to sit down at my computer and figure stuff out. I wish I was just as skinny too! Anyway! I am not sure what kinds of foods my body likes. I know some people do not do well with carbs at all and some people do ok with them. I am trying to remember successful attempts at dieting. Jenny Craig was one of them. I ate smaller portions throughout the day and I watched carbs. I do well with protein and veggies. I need to read a bit more and see if it comes to me - what does my body like to feed off of? I know when I diet well, I lose weight quickly. That has always been the case. I think Poetic Diva has seen me go through that a time or two - *wink*. However, I will say this! Now that I am 35, wow! I don't lose weight as quickly. I can surely see this. However, I am still not slow at losing weight when I get real about it.
I am going to try my hardest not to combine bad carbs with protein. Ok, wait .. I won't eat carbs at all with protein other than the carbs that are in certain veggies. It might not be a good idea, so I will consult with Susan Somers. I trust her way of thinking and eating. She has great info out there and is rarely disputed! I was good today. I held up! I ate only my protein for dinner! No side carbs at all! I have had a total of 30 something ounces of water today. I can easily drink 32 to 64 a day when I put my mind to it.
Shopping: I am going to make a list of all my favorite healthy foods and all of my favorite snacks and good treats that Trader Joes's sells. I am going to make these foods into meals. What will I eat with what? I will write down snack and meals that will be acceptable for the carbs/protein route - food combining. I will take this list and go to Trader Joe's and find anything and everything else that I can eat, that I like, and mark it on the list. I will stick to small amounts of meat: chicken, fish and very small amounts of pork and red meat. Pork isn't actually that bad depending on what kind of pork you buy. I am going to add a lot of grains to my diet and watch bad carbs like: sugar, potato, white breads, processed crap etc ... I am already buying organic breads that are multigrain, wheat with high fiber. I don't do well with a lot of soy, as most people don't. It's gassy and causes a weird reaction in me at times. I will try to steam or bbq my food/veggies. DivaT recently read me an article about bbq'd food and temperatures. If you don't get the food hot enough it causes some kind of reaction and it goes against weight loss. I am sure she will talk about it. I forget the whole story. Anyhoo - I am going to make sure I do my "juice blend" in the morning, the one I shared in a previous post. I will always have healthy snacks around so if that horrible craving comes along I will have an alternative. Remember the brown rice bread with creamed honey and cinnamon? Not diet, but surely much more healthy than chocolate! I won't feel guilty having one slice!
exercise: I will try to walk more and not use the car for every little thing. I want to get to the gym 2 times a week for starters. I want to buy a bike for everyone in the family. There are so many places to bike around this area. I can buy an infant tag-a-long thing, so Logan can sit comfortably in the back and ride with us. We can start off slow. A 30 minute stroll on a bike path or even the prairie path. Brenna loves to ride her bike and Kyle and I like biking too. When he gets a job we will do this. That will hopefully make up for the time I am not in the gym. Miss DivaT has a bike too. Do you PoeticDiva? I can't remember.
I want to live normally. I don't want to obsess over this. I want to go out and have fun with friends and eat out from time to time, but if I do this at least 75% of the time, I know I'm in business! I know that it works for me. If I can be super strict from time to time and step up exercising, then I will be in even better shape for it.
Next post will come my shopping list. I don't want to do one until I hear from you guys. I might be totally missing something. I guess I did not talk about high grade supplements and vitamins. I will take them as well.
I am excited! For real.
