get my BMI into the healthy range

I have been really good about not bingeing even though i’ve been pretty stressed out over the last few weeks.

Its amazing how sugar makes me want more sugar and how the lack of it is changing how i eat entirely.

I am generally eating:
A Morning Coffee
Low Fat instant Oatmeal
Lunchy Lunch
Snack of Fruit/nuts and tea around 3pm
Dinner
Rice Cake or Yogurt with Water before dinner

I eat Either A big Meal for lunch Lots of Veggies/Protein and Whole Grains or a salad and the opposite for dinner.

I have been easily able to steer clear of sweets and deserts for the last week or two and hope to keep that up.

I haven’t been tired, i haven’t been ‘up/down’.
:)
Glad to know it.

So… in August 2007, my BMI was 37.
I did Weight Watchers for a while… lost some weight, and felt like I’d really achieved something. Then, I gave myself a rest from it, because I had other priorities. I didn’t really think it was something I could do half heartedly.

Here I am, April 2009. My BMI is 35.
I had a year off Weight Watchers, but I didn’t undo all the hard work I did…

But this week, I’m back.
I’ve had my final indulgences- a double cheeseburger, and a slice of caramel cheesecake… healthy eating here I come!

I’ve got to cut out the sugar.
I eat gross things and I feel gross and inconsistent because of it.

I love the walking because I feel like i’m doing ‘something’ but I need to start doing more in the way of regular toning excersizes… This year my calves and upper arms have gotten noticeably thicker for no reason other than a change in metabolism and habits.

I am officially outside the range of healthy BMI as it stands and i would like to get it back in the ‘zone’ so i have less to worry about in my general health… heart disease and diabetes risks go way down when i hit my healthy weight and i’ll feel better and have better sex too.

Goal:

132 LBS unfluctuating!

Better health
Having a great stomach doesn’t guarantee you’ll never call in sick, but studies show that people with flat abs are…

_25 percent less likely to develop heart disease;
_35 percent less likely to have a heart attack;
_41 percent less likely to develop high blood pressure;
_40 percent less likely to develop kidney cancer;
_60 percent less likely to develop gallstones;
_14 percent less likely to develop osteoarthritis

I’ve been walking two and from school an awful lot in the past month and its been GREAT!
I think next month i’ll just buy bus tickets instead of a pass because i’m often not using the bus enough these days to merit a montly pass.

I feel better, in general even though ive been sick the last week but even then, it felt good to walk once i was feeling a little better.

Go go gadget cardio. Also… Still loving the pilates (20 min) when i get the chance to be home for a bit it always feels good to do that, especsh before a shower.

Going out dancing makes muscles in my sides crunch the next day so i think i’m gonna count that as working out too… maybe i’ll make it my business to dance more!

YaY my body, its average, but it feels strong and i love what it does for me.

I’m going to get back into shape one step at a time.
First yoga, vinyasa, quiet, feel better yoga that will help my body feel that exhilerated and strong feeling all over.
Then, I’m going to reprogram my Ipod, and get back to basics. Walking more is a start, lets say 3 times (at least) up the hill next week. Maybe swimming with nola.

I know i got some thickness in my muscles from snowboarding last week, but i can feel the flesh on my arms and waist is bulkier than i like.

This morning i walked up the hill to class which was really GREAT, and took up that weird 15 minutes of nothing time between getting to school and going to class. I feel good, i look good. I need to stop worrying about things so much. I need to just keep busy and eat healthy things instead of gross things

I stopped eating for about 1 hour yesterday so that i could do the abdul workout and the pilates thingy as my cool down..
I EAT ALL THE TIME.

I need to re-organize my mealtimes so that i eat regular meals and don’t just SNACK all the time. I feel bloated and cranky a lot and its because of the food war happening in my body/mind. next week!

I’m getting thicker and its SO uncool.
I have been doing some videos and trying to walk a lot but its been gross out and my resolve has been weak.

I’m eating pretty well, but i have to do something about going out especially. There are a lot of ‘dinner outings’ with the boys, and i eat a lot of HUGE sandwiches.

So here’s the new deal:
NO WHITE FLOURNO REFINED WHITE SUGAR

Its easier to stick to that than to say ‘i’m going to eat more vegitables’.

I feel like my trouble (lethargy and food coma’s) may come from my eating schedule rather than from what i’m eating.

I often find myself eating because i’m starving and making poor choices as a result.. So I’m going to try and eat 5 times a day.

6:30am Cheesy Bread (dark euro-rye with 1 slice melted swiss cheese) OR english muffin and cream cheese OR granola/yogurt, fruit and coffee

9:15am hard boiled egg and Fruit OR oatmeal

11:15pm Big meal of grains, vegitables, beans/protein with water and fruit desert OR dark chocolate square.

2:30 veggie sticks and mustard/dip black tea

5:30 soup or salad for dinner

8pm fruit/yogurt and tea

I’m gonna start re-grouping my day like this and see what happens.
Hopefully i’m more aware and alert in the morning and less hungry in the evenings so that i don’t binge.

I hit a kind of body ‘low’ in the last week or so.
I was eating a lot and not doing much of anything.

I have walked a lot the last week and played basketball and mostly been doing more and i feel a heck of a lot better.
My arms are kind of achy from bowling on friday (okay so bowling is cancelled out by the beer it took to get me there) but its still refreshing for my body to remind me that i have been active rather than feeling like a slug.

I set goals left right and centre and they don’t really inspire so, i think i’ll just try to drink water before i decide to cut to the chase and eat something, and remind myself how happy i am to go walking places rather than taking the bus. I love walking here because its suburbia and hardly anyone else does it, so i can sing as loud as i want and no one listens. :)