Good day all,
So Yesterday, how did it go? I'd have to say great. A scheduled appointment with the doctor yesterday morning had me a little apprehensive. This was really the first conversation we were to have about the diet. He had suggested quite frequently that I needed to lose weight but offered no real suggestions. After discussing the type of diet I had chosen and that it was free on the site SparkPeople.com, he was very pleased with the steps that I had taken. So much so that he gave me a brand new pedometer from his samples collection. This is a good one because it is programmable. You enter in your Goal for weight lose, your time frame and your current weight and it gives you a daily number of steps you need to take to help burn off enough calories. By the way, did you know that the heavier you actually are certain exercises such as walk can burn off different amounts of calories. This is a great piece of knowledge because it gives people such as myself greater motivation because the simples form of activity can be used to create an early positive. It would be fantastic if I could just join a gym and push myself for 30 - 60 minutes x 3 times a week but lets be realistic. The heavier you are the harder is is, so building up from smaller goals is better. Don't get me wrong, we have all seen shows like the biggest loser but they have allot more behind the scenes that we don't see each week. The network shows us what makes for good T.V. exclusively. All the other people that are assisting them we don't see.
Anyway, back to yesterday. Last night was going to be a test for me and a big one. I think I passed with flying colors. Each year on our birthday, the birthday boy or girl get to have the exclusive rights to decide we we eat for dinner with no arguments from anyone. Since there are 5 of us in this house, this happens 5 times a year. Yesterday was the first for this year and my son likes burger. Not just any burgers, he loves big burgers with 2 patties and bacon. I guess you know where that leaves me......but wait? He chose Wendys' restaurant. Would you believe their are items from Wendys' that I could eat. So I had their chicken sandwich with lettuce and tomato. The real challenge can while sitting at the table to eat. while everyone had burgers with fries and a soft drink or chili, I had my chicken burger and a 1/4 portion of chili with a tall glass of water. Sorry I forgot the chili is also allowed. I the end it really wasn't that difficult, most of my numbers for nutrition for the yesterday were in line except for the sodium (a little high) but I am under goal for the week.
Finally if you still aren't sure about the free diet on SparkPeople.com, they have launched their mobile apps for most smart phones. They have one for tracking your goals and a separate one for finding recipes. The good thing about them are, if your on the road and you want to track what you just ate too you daily tracker, you can. It is connected to your online account, so everything is is sync. I tried it today and i think it is going to be extremely helpful in the coming weeks. I just started an new Executive Job search program and I will be pre-occupied going forward. This is a good way for me to keep on track.
Have a good one, keep strong and don't let little setbacks hold you back from your goals!
Thanx,
Looper
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