I wasn't thinking about the upcoming holidays, but then I read someone else's blog and now I'm in a bit of a panic.
This year my parents and J's mom are coming to our house for Thanksgiving, which means that I'm doing all the cooking. This should be great, because it means that I can cut calories left and right, and fill the meal with veggies instead of other things. Except that I can't do that. For me Thanksgiving is about two things: biscuits and gravy. Neither one of these things is healthy. How can you have really good mashed potatoes without using a metric-assload of butter? How can you not make an unbelievable apple pie?
I know that I shouldn't worry too much about how much I'm going to eat. My stomach has been shrinking a lot as of late, so I can't even pack that much in there anymore. And besides, my caloric intake has been hovering between 1000-1200 for like the last week or so. Maybe this will be little enough that I shouldn't have to worry about how much I'm going to eat on Turkey Day?
I don't know. I just feel like my metabolism has to be unbelievably slow. I know it's getting faster, because I can actually feel it. Now instead of feeling full for four hours after I eat, I'm ready to eat again in two hours. It's definitely good, I've turned much more into a 5 small-meals-per-day person. But still...I feel like I'm always working off at least 500 calories per day, I'm only intaking like 1200 max, but I'm not losing enough weight.
J says what I need to do is get better on the weight machines. He says I should stop doing heavy lifting because that's just for bulk-building, which I really don't need (at least not on my legs). He says that what I should be doing is tons of reps on a lighter weight, because that's what tones. Who knew? I'm so uneducated on this stuff that all the littlest tips help! So I guess now my plan is to do exactly that. Too bad though, because I was very excited about my 200 lb. leg press.
Yeah. And now that I've babbled on forever, I think I'm outta here.
One last thing though. I feel like I've made some real progress. Yoga for the last three days in a row. Amazing. And the fact that I'm not going to go today is kinda making me feel shitty, so I might just give in to the desire and do it anyways. I'm sore, but not as sore as I thought I would be. Honestly, I feel amazing. I feel energized and happy and mellow and like I'm really doing this, instead of just saying that I'm going to. Something gave and now I think I'm really on my way.
This year my parents and J's mom are coming to our house for Thanksgiving, which means that I'm doing all the cooking. This should be great, because it means that I can cut calories left and right, and fill the meal with veggies instead of other things. Except that I can't do that. For me Thanksgiving is about two things: biscuits and gravy. Neither one of these things is healthy. How can you have really good mashed potatoes without using a metric-assload of butter? How can you not make an unbelievable apple pie?
I know that I shouldn't worry too much about how much I'm going to eat. My stomach has been shrinking a lot as of late, so I can't even pack that much in there anymore. And besides, my caloric intake has been hovering between 1000-1200 for like the last week or so. Maybe this will be little enough that I shouldn't have to worry about how much I'm going to eat on Turkey Day?
I don't know. I just feel like my metabolism has to be unbelievably slow. I know it's getting faster, because I can actually feel it. Now instead of feeling full for four hours after I eat, I'm ready to eat again in two hours. It's definitely good, I've turned much more into a 5 small-meals-per-day person. But still...I feel like I'm always working off at least 500 calories per day, I'm only intaking like 1200 max, but I'm not losing enough weight.
J says what I need to do is get better on the weight machines. He says I should stop doing heavy lifting because that's just for bulk-building, which I really don't need (at least not on my legs). He says that what I should be doing is tons of reps on a lighter weight, because that's what tones. Who knew? I'm so uneducated on this stuff that all the littlest tips help! So I guess now my plan is to do exactly that. Too bad though, because I was very excited about my 200 lb. leg press.
Yeah. And now that I've babbled on forever, I think I'm outta here.
One last thing though. I feel like I've made some real progress. Yoga for the last three days in a row. Amazing. And the fact that I'm not going to go today is kinda making me feel shitty, so I might just give in to the desire and do it anyways. I'm sore, but not as sore as I thought I would be. Honestly, I feel amazing. I feel energized and happy and mellow and like I'm really doing this, instead of just saying that I'm going to. Something gave and now I think I'm really on my way.
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