Slim Vegetarian: [Vegetarianslimming] I've been thinking

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

[Vegetarianslimming] I've been thinking - very long

I've been doing some thinking today. Did everyone hear the gears grinding and the dreadful burning smell?

I was trying to figure out what works for me and why I stopped doing it.

What works for me

Daily Food Journal - writing it down BEFORE it goes into my mouth so I actually have to have a second thought about it. It sure cuts down on impulse eating if I have to come down here and write it down. Yes, I keep the journal away from the kitchen so that I have a trip to make to write it down. At my age, I'm liable to come down here to write something down and not think of going back up for an hour. I can't pass the computer or the sewing machine without sitting down and doing something.

Menu planning - usually just daily but often 2 or 3 days at a time. I buy veggies several times a week so do the menus when I see what looks good at the store.

Drinking water - the more water I drink, the less I eat and the more the weight comes off.

Exercise - Walking for an hour every morning or working out to a DVD in the winter time.

Less Coffee

So why am I not doing these things?

I've been thinking and I'm not happy with what I've come up with. I get up early in the morning - usually around 5 but often earlier. I put on the coffee pot, turn on the computer and then spend an hour doing email, reading blogs and drinking coffee. It's still dark when I get up and by the time it's light and I can go for my morning walk, I've either lost interest in going out, have forgotten that I was going to to or I've had too much coffee and can't walk too far from the bathroom. these are nothing but excuses!!!

the food journal got boring so did the menu planning. That's another excuse.

I never think of drinking water. I have to have a reminder in front of me or I don't do it. I will fill my bottle in the morning and often at night it is still sitting where I left it after filling it.

so what am I going to do?

I'm going to work at changing my morning routine. I'll still get my hour in on the computer but I'm not going to make coffee until I've been for a walk. If I can't have coffee until I get my exercise, you can be sure I'll get out and pound the pavement to earn a cup of java. these days it's light well before 6 so I won't have to wait too long.

I'm going to make coffee in the one cup machine instead of the 4 cup one.

I'm going to resurrect my food journal form which includes a space for water consumption as well as exercise and start filling it in.

I'm going to take the time to sort out the 100s of recipes I own and start planning more interesting meals.

I can do this with a bit of preplanning.

Audrey

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