Wow! Isn't it amazing when you look at the big picture like that?
You're doing a fantastic job...and no wonder you feel better!!
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Originally Posted by Medusa
I feel GREAT today. Don't know if it was the exercise last night or that I have started buckling down a little harder on nutrition but whatever it is, it's worth it!
I got out and mowed the yard yesterday and did some cleanup around the house. Had the windows open most of the day to get some fresh air. It really does a soul good to get some good, clean Ozark air!
I was thinking about how my diet has changed even from a year ago. Thought I'd share:
A year ago, this is what my food intake would have looked like:
Breakfast:
2 Tylenol
Redbull
1 cup of coffee with full-fat creamer
Midmorning:
2 Diet Cokes
Lunch:
Pizza or something fried
One of those giant Otis Spunkmeyer cookies
a huge Diet Coke
Mid Afternoon:
2 more Diet Cokes
some kind of candy bar
Dinner:
Chicken fried steak with gravy or a heavy carb-loaded meal with very few veggies
More Diet Coke or Red Bull
Before bed:
Ice cream and Diet Coke
Sleep: 3- 4 hours a night.
Jeez. No wonder I felt like crap!
Now my intake is like this:
Breakfast:
an occasional 1/2 cup of coffee with sugar-free creamer
water
oatmeal (no sugar) with fruit or yogurt or smoothie
Mid morning snack:
more water
some kind of fruit (usually grapefruit, pluot, or apple)
v8 (spicy hot or low-sodium!)
Lunch:
some kind of lean meat (usually chicken), a steamed green veggie, and a salad
more water
Afternoon snack:
either a Fiber One bar or fruit or carrot sticks
more water
Dinner:
Lean meat (super small portion) 2 steamed veggies (mostly green unless I do squash) and a dinner salad
more water
I do an occasional after dinner snack of a sugar-free banana popsicle or grapes (small portions!)
Sleep: 5- 6 hours a night!
I haven't taken Tylenol for knee pain in over 4 months. I haven't had a Diet Coke in almost 6 months. I'm exercising regularly.
Big change! Feel great!
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