Well, okay, actually they started officially on Sunday and, if I do say so myself, so far so good.
I printed out journal pages for what I eat and what exercise I do and bought myself a binder to put them in, and started them on this past Sunday. Granted, I am only 4 days into this, but better than not, right? I have been counting calories and so far have kept under 1300 which I didn't really mean to do. I would like to keep them between 1400 - 1600 so that I have room to go below in case I hit a plateau.
It is amazing how many calories things have! lol And for just small amounts of things, you know? Like 190 calories for just 2 Tbls of peanut butter. To eat just a peanut butter sandwich, using the 100 calorie bread, is 290, though, of course, if I didn't really want to taste the peanut butter I could put half that amount. On the other hand peanut butter is a good protein and it is actually what I had for lunch today, a peanut butter banana sandwich and it has kept me full all afternoon and that's a good thing.
I have hit the treadmill at half an hour at a time, doing a little over a mile. I'm just not gonna kill myself over this and just build up to a good pace eventually. Today I went walking around the track with two women at work and I have to say that was so much more fun than on a boring treadmill with no one to talk to. We walked about 1 3/4 mile like it was nothing, so I enjoyed that. And we're going to keep on walking as long as the weather isn't too crappy out. Next week I am going to add other exercise to my regime so that I get in some weights, etc.
I have also found some great ideas on Pinterest both in food and exercise that I am printing out and keeping around so that I can see them and not forget about them.
So, Week One has started and we'll see what happens. Let's hope the motivation stays with me!
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