Bitten

I think I must have gotten bit by the bug... the exercise and eating right bug?  Is there one?  I have never enjoyed it as much as I have lately.  I mean I look forward to my walk/jog and don't want to miss it... I have NEVER been that person... but I sure do like her.

I have been eating my breakfast and lunch at work, we have a fridge and only two employees so I have finally made use of that fridge by buying fruits and vegetables to keep at work, and healthy breakfast and lunch options to choose from.  I had a sweet tea addiction a few months ago where I went to McDonald's for breakfast every day and ordered a breakfast burrito with hot sauce and two large sweet Tea's.. (Yes, I said two of them!)  What? They were only a dollar each and they tasted scrumpcious to me at the time and I could drink on one from 8am-12pm and the other from 12 pm to 5 pm... it was cheap way to stay hydrated right? WRONG! Each one of those was over 200 calories so that was 400 or more wasted calories every single day (I MEAN EVERY SINGLE DAY!).  Now, I buy Milo's Tea sweetened with splenda and have a glass of that a day while at work.. then drink water the rest of the day, on in to the evening, no caffeine or soda usually at all from that Milo's tea on.

I use my keurig to have a nice coffee/tea every morning that is only 60 calories. Then, when I get to work I have a simple breakfast of either raisin bran and fat free milk or (this is sorta funny), uncrustable sandwich... you know the ones that are frozen made by smuckers.  I found they are only 210 calories, they have them in wheat bread... and the peanut butter gives me protein.  I warm them in the microwave and I am loving them! :)  Then, on for breakfast I have a pita sandwich with carrots (lean meat, low fat cheese) I often have lettuce and tomato on the sandwich too which makes it delicious and helps me add vegetables to my day. I have an orange or something like that as a dessert to my lunch and my lunches are running around 400 calories.   

My dinner's are planned in advance, and I have found some low calorie meals so most of my dinners are 500-600 at most and I usually even fit in a skinny cow for dessert or snack later in the evening after a meal. My family has been enjoying the meal selections without any fuss, and my man has been preparing most of the meals for me while I am out on my walk (this is awesome, I know!).   I only have up to 1500 calories a day.  I don't even think about wanting more then that either.  I feel satisfied and don't feel like I am dieting... because I am not!  I am eating healthier!  I have managed to eat out a few meals and still keep most of them under the 600 calorie mark. 

So, as you can see I am doing much much much better than my 3500-4000 calorie diet I was on.

Exercise?  OMG! I have been doing something every single day!  I have burned not hundreds but thousands of calories already in this new year.  I am walking mostly but trying to incorporate jogging/running in to my schedule.  I want to do a 5K as you might have read in my previous post and I now have an awesome trainer (Brigitte) who is working on teaching me proper running form and how to possibly go from walking to running a 5K.  I am super excited! 

My dog is loving me as I am taking him for a walk and he is getting much more exercise too.

I haven't weighed in a couple of days, but last weigh in I was 172 lbs and that was 18 lbs down from the 188 lbs I was back in November.  Slow and steady wins the race... I am getting there.  Not so much of a number goal set on my weight loss as the fact that I just want to feel better, live better, and be stronger.  

So if this is an effect from a bug that might have bitten me I sure hope it lasts forever. I don't want to lose this feeling. I need to remember it and that is the reason for this blog post.  I need to remember how good it feels to be active and eat better.  There will be good and bad days to come... This is a really good day that I can reflect on.