live healthier

Eating better has always been a struggle for me. I don’t necessarily enjoy eating, I just never feel satisfied. Not that I eat a ton of crap, but 2 bagels for breakfast is not normal. Anyway, I’ve been noticing an adverse reaction to carbs, especially sugar. One candy bar or even too much bread/pasta/carbs in general is enough to send me spiraling with headache and nausea.

My first though is diabetes although I’m sure it’s not that serious. But since I did have pregnancy-induced diabetes and this crap runs in my family, I’ll mention to my doc at my annual check-up later this month.

The next thing is to stick to the ADA recommended diet for carbs:
Breakfast – 30g
Snack – 30g
Lunch – 60g
Snack – 30g
Dinner – 60g
Snack – 30g

Obviously I have to really control my food intake for this to work. Less fruit, no candy, less bread. Ugh! But I hate this feeling enough to do this for myself and my daughter.

I’ve been doing pretty well with my exercise, about 35 mins a day on the stationary bike. Also have a treadmill to vary the work out but not yet set up. I had to increase my caloric intake to allow me to exercise everyday without getting too drained to exercise, but I’m definitely seeing the rewards. My 6-pack is slowly peeking through.

I haven’t been doing so well with staying away from the foods that I am inteolerant to. Cheese and especially wheat are still a mainstay. And I have to get away from sugar substitutes – I only recently realized they make me feel like shit.

Small steps…

The Doritos won the battle today, and I didn’t exercise, but I don’t think I’ve been consuming enough calories, hence the cravings. The goal is still to only eat foods that resemble what they came from, so no more chips!!

And I am not drinking enough water. Wreaking havoc on my skin. I’m going to drink a glass of water before everything I eat to see if that helps.

Finally, I’m doing a good job tracking my food and exercise. I need to switch up the exercise a bit, getting too routine, but otherwise, I’m happy with the way my body is toning up. I really gotta get P90X to start the new year though. I’d be ripped in no time.

I exercise regularly and made some changes to my diet. I can see my six pack returning which is great and I’m loving my butt. I’ll be getting a treadmill soon to vary my cardio so looking forward to that. I just cannot get myself to do the yoga and pilates because it cuts into my normal TV watching time. But I’m making progress and happy as hell

And I finally figured out this food thing. If I can’t tell what it came from, I won’t eat it. For example, there’s now way to look at corn flakes and see a corn kernel so probably not worth the time to eat. Same with candy, bread, meatloaf, any crap that I cant tell the origin from looking at it will not be eaten.

And popcorn is the best snack ever!!

I wanted to lump all the health-related goals into one because it was starting to seem like I did nothing but worry about my health. This goal sums up what I’m trying to do, live healthier. I’ve already taken steps to get there, I exercise regularly now and I am making an effort to eat better. So subgoals of this goal:
1. Exercise at least 30mins per day
2. Eliminate wheat and sugar from my diet
3. Drinking 8 glasses of water per day
4. Having a salad for lunch at least once a week
5. Do yoga or Pilates at least once per week.
6. Meditate everyday
7. Eat a balanced diet everyday

Sparkpeople helps a lot with tracking my diet and exercise so it’s really just about taking advantage of it.