<3 all the positive message i woke up to today. I have a pretty brutal 14 miles of hill climbs to attack so i will be back in full spirit in a few hours. See you all then.
p.s. stay vegan until i return.
Meal planning tips.
Meal planning saves time and money. Seven little dinners only require one trip to the grocery. Here’s a short post how to plan your meal from Anne!
# Rough out a simple menu plan for 3-4 weeks rotation. For starters, keep what you usually eat. But if it needs a little revamping, try new recipes!
# Create a routine like Tuesday is vegetarian day, Thursday is no cook meal etc. Or perhaps this week is a pescetarian week!
# Implement 5 A Day! What is it? 5 A Day program encourages people to eat at least 5 (or more) servings (fresh, frozen, dried, or canned) of fruits and vegetables every day for better health.
# Match recipes with meals, review the recipe and write down any ingredients on the grocery list. Your grocery list should include cereals, breads, potato/rice/pasta, legumes, fruits, vegetables, lean meat, and dairy products. Be ready to substitute if you find a great deal at the shop.
# Serve water/mineral water (with a high level of calcium), fruit tea and/or herbal tea and fruit juice diluted (one part juice and one part water) for every meal.
# I prefer cooking methods such as poaching, steaming, pressure-cooking and roasting/sautéing, which prevent vitamin loss.
# Don’t forget keep an eye on portion size. Portions today are far bigger than in the past and most of them are bigger than recommended food servings.
Stay flexible and make it a habit! Any other meal planning tips you can drop them in my ask box!
IDK I am kind of proud of myself this evening. Those befores aren’t even at my fattest, made obvious by the side picture.
About 280 and 195 pounds respectively. 170 pounds lost out of a goal of 220.
Having one of those, ‘I don’t see it’ nights. So, here’s yet another before and now picture.
This is for me more than anyone else.
The first picture was taken in September of 2009. The second in April 2012.
I look at these and see so many changes. Not only the fact that I no longer have a double chin, that my arms are less than half the size, that my skin has cleared up, and my body has shrunk. But also, that my smile is genuine in the second.
I remember who I was, where I was, what I was doing. In the first picture, I was drinking with a girl who I’m no longer friends with. A really really bad influence on my life who STILL speaks horribly of me because I decided I no longer wanted to be her doormat, and cut her out. We went out that night to see her 40 year old boyfriend, I was the third wheel, uncomfortable, hanging out in the other room of his house, by myself, while they fucked. I was living in a place I hated, failing school, at my highest weight, smoking constantly, doing any drugs I could get my hands on, and hating myself.
In the second picture, I’m in a Vegas hotel room, last month. With the man of my dreams. Loving life. At my healthiest weight. Just recently moved back to a home surrounded by people who love me, and making slow, but positive progress. I’ve been clean since October. I don’t have bad people in my life. I don’t have friends who treat me like junk. I only have room for positive.
And sometimes when I get down, I forget to remind myself of the good that I’ve done.
