Dear FF Diary,
I just finished a lovely meal -- black beans, brown rice, collard greens, and some organic apple juice with water (50%/50%). And it was delicious and satisfying! I love beans!
I love garbanzo beans!
I love black beans!
I love red beans!
I love lentils!
I don't like aduki beans, that is all.
I didn't exercise yet today, but I am hoping to do that this afternoon. My
body is still jet lagged from California, i.e. my sleep patterns are all off. Coincidence or not, I was reading the last issue of
Glamour and it had a lot of things to consider that no one's said to me for
weight loss.
I think it's implied. I think people assume you know this...
The first being the whole alcohol thing. Where do people learn this? I didn't know that drinking was still detrimental to the whole
weight loss process. I genuinely thought that as long as it fit into the ration of
calories per day, I couldn't go wrong.
Seeing an article about a woman who tried for three weeks or so to not drink, and have her report on how she lost 15lbs that way without changing her eating habits, have really made me consider that as an option.
As you can probably guess from the name, I love wine, and I can't imagine not drinking wine ever again, or even limiting myself to a glass a month (OMG!) I guess I can try it for a bit and see if the
weight loss from it is worth giving it up.
At least I'm not a liquor or beer girl.
I signed up for another 10 personal trainer classes, and I am giving myself that time to eat as well as I can -- to eat "clean" as I've learned -- and to give it my best. I think I am also not going to be so aggressive with the exercise as I had been, because it was running me ragged with very little results
body-wise, and instead, what I'll do is begin to concentrate a little more on the food intake.
I can already see how hard it will go. I know this month will be stressful for me at work and that may affect what/how I respond. Let's hope I am diligent about my safety nets (having healthy snacks around, reminding myself that it's not worth making a bad choice in a moment's notice, instead of thinking about a healthy alternative, etc.).
Anyway, I'm heading over an event with my friends. This will be dinner! Home cooked food, so it's better than a restaurant!
WineDeer
