be healthier

So now I have cut out all bread products and refined sugar.
For some reaon I feel like I can think clearer, this has been in the last few days and I wonder if it is related to my new diet.

· have better posture
· drink more water (8+ cups per day)
· go to bed earlier, wake up earlier (sleep by 12, up by 8)
· exercise regularly (3+ times a week: hiking, biking, walking; yoga?)
· meditate
· learn to cook
· eat healthier (less red meat/dairy, more fruits/veg, 5-6 small meals per day, stop drinking coffee, less processed foots)
· spend less time online

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http://sparkpeople.com

Today was day 1 of no sugar,
This just means no refined sugar and not the sweet sweet natural sugar thats in fruit
I want to do this for two weeks, I hope I can last :-)

It is hard to make or break old habits. I really need more self discipline to achieve a healthy life.
Self discipline to give up caffeine, self discipline to do many things.
I have changed my behaviours in the past, I know I can do it again.

breakfast… toast with flora
lunch.. chicken salad sndwich, strawberry yoghurt
snacks… grape/apple fruit bag
dinner… lamb, veg, potato
snacks… a cookie
drinks… milk, smoothie, tea

i WILL make the effot to walk on the beach 2day!
i had my 5-a-day.. yay!

breakfast… toast and peanut butter, cup of tea
lunch… beef sandwich, fruit smoothie
snacks… carrot sticks, strawberry yogurt
dinner… chicken curry and rice, milk

9 Oct 2009…
Breakfast: branfakes&skimmed milk,
Snack: grapes
Lunch: beans on toast,
snack: bag of mixed fruit
Dinner: beef, vegetables, stuffing, potatos, gravy, a youkshire pudding.
Drinks: milk & fruit smoothie

...5 fruit/veg,... :)

My job hinders my ability to be a healthier person. I am not just saying this, it really does. I don’t know if other people do the same as me & maybe this is just a normal lifestyle?
I leave my home at 6:45 in the morning and I get home anywhere between 7 and 10pm at night. I often work 6 days a week and work at home on Sunday.
I have been drinking a lot of coffee at work to stay alert and awake. I never have time to eat lunch, I usually eat a fruit bar as I don’t have time for anything else. I don’t really feel happy with my fruit bar for lunch and I often feel hungry in the afternoon and early evening.
Going to the bathroom is a problem as I don’t have time.
I don’t remember if this is normal or not? Perhaps I am whinging and no one is listening as this is their life too.

I’m terribly disappointed with my ‘progress’ on this goal. I’ve made hardly any changes in my lifestyle lately. I’d planned to start my running this week, but that plan has been abandoned because I’ve been feeling too tired to do anything after getting home from work. It seems all I do is sleep and stuff myself with unhealthy foods. But I suppose it’s just going around in circles – I’m feeling tired and unhealthy because I’m eating bad foods and not being active enough.
But I know that just complaining about it is not going to make any difference, so starting from now I’m going to make some changes. Out for a fast walk and then some housework and healthy dinner preparing, I think :)

I have decided to participate in a triathlon next summer. As I have “been healthier” I have started feeling better and losing weight. That has led me to want to be outside more often and bicycling/running/swimming are great activities in FL.