Current Fav Snacks!

1. Butter popcorn flavored rice cakes

2. Fresh fruit

3. Corn nuts

4. Assorted nuts

5. Pop corn

6. Pretzels

7. Turkey jerky

CLM

Another key to my life style change!

Another key to eating right is by staying prepared. I have to have cooked healthy options in my fridge at all times.

CLM

Giving up the cheese stuff!

I am finally going to kick my cheese habit. No more eating cheese type foods, mac & cheese, grill cheese,pizza cheese and cheese flavored snacks. I will not even use cheese as a topping except on broccoli. Hey it needs it.

Severely cutting cheese will cause me to cut excess calories I don't need.

CLM

No Sweets!

I will be giving up sweets.

1. They are an excess and I need to rid myself of excess permanently in order to remove excess weight. They are not a necessary part of my diet, I will not be lacking in any nutritional needs by doing so and I can focus on eating foods that are good for me.

2. All though I enjoy sweets, I believe that I can live without them. This way I can avoid having too much excess carbs that may cause me to have diabetes later. If I am going to give up a carb I rather give up candy than bread.

3. Things I consider sweets

all candy
all desert (cakes, pies, cookies)
all cold sweets (yogurt, pudding, ice cream, sherbert, sorbet)
all sweet snacks (granola, energy bars, muffins etc)
all sweet drinks (soda, juice and other sweet drinks)

No sweet flavor snacks either.

CLM

Taking Walking Serious!

From now on I will take my walking regimen serious, just like I take my daily vitamins. Walking has it's own benefits and I will no longer use it for weight-management, but for stress management.

I will take a daily walk.

CLM

A New Lifestyle Change!

I have decided to start a whole new approach to weight-management.

First, I am giving up the scale and the obsession with diet plans. I will no longer follow a strict plan that severely restricts what I can eat.

Second, I will focus on eating more whole foods such as fresh fruit, vegetables, whole grain, beans, brown rice and lean meats.

Third, I will limit sweets and cheese products.

Fourth, I will eat whenever I get hungry and I will eat smaller portions of food.

CLM

December Challenge 1/3 mark

I have just completed the 1/3 mark of my Dec Challenge. I have slipped more than a few times with the snacking. I am having a really hard time sticking to the bars and fruit-cups. I may switch over to a turkey sandwich for breakfast and lunch. I need fresher fruit without the juice. I may stick to fresh or frozen. I will listen to my body.

I am using a three day tracking method. For these 3 days my goal is to stick to 3 meals per day with no snacks. That is my main goal.

CLM