Excited to try out DietBet! It's different and that's intriguing to me. For my first 'journal' entry I've decided I'm going to keep track of what I stuff in my mouth and what exercise (or derivitive thereof...) I do. I'm also listing my measurements so I can refer back to this post during this journey of getting in shape because it seems like it has been FOREVER since I've been in shape - at least 16 years.
I love food, plain and simple. All of it. I'm a gravy and sauce addict without a support group to help me overcome it. I have a voracious sweet tooth, and I LOVE to cook!! I switched to as many organic foods as I can get my hands on back in 2007 and I don't use salt for seasoning or cooking with, for the most part. There are very few things I will add it to when cooking ONLY! And then its sea salt sparingly.
I'm 54, 150.8 pounds (seriously??), and am 5'-5" tall. Back in high school when I weighed about 117 pounds I thought I was heavy then. Really??!!?? What an idiot. A decade of not focusing on my food and exercise health has gotten me where I am now - overweight, little to no muscle tone, and just not happy with how I look and feel. And if Jillian can help whip my 'keister into shape' then I'm all for it! Bring it on!
Here's the body stats I'll be working to improve:
bust: 38" (32 DD - need to reduce these heavy things!)
waist: 31"
hips: 42" (what the *#!@)
muffin top: 37" (because this is an actual body part now...)
I'll be keeping my food lists here as well so I can see how this affects my weight in conjunction with exercise. Gotta do this right! I preplan all my meals weekly in advance to make better choices. I have a massive Pinterest food thing going on right now to help in this process. My husband of 100 years needs to lose weight and get in shape too (family effort??) so this will benefit both of us.
Breakfast was an english muffin sandwhich (one egg* sauteéd in coconut oil*, 2 links of maple sausage, and one slice of real yellow American cheese, and 1/2 TBSP of ketchup*), and a 3/4 C of 1% milk*.
Late morning mild exercise was planting 2 bushes, digging up 1 bush, and transplanting 1 daylily.
Lunch will be a smoothie: 1 banana* (not frozen), 1/2 C oat milk*, 3/4 C cottage cheese*, 1 TBSP cocoa powder*, 1/2 tsp vanilla*, 1/4 tsp cinnamon*, 1/4 tsp groung ginger*, dash black pepper, 1/2 tsp ground turmeric*, dash cumin, 1 tsp honey* or agave*. I'm not a fan of frozen smoothies, I prefer them refrigerator cold since I can drink them faster!
Afternoon mild exercise will be window cleaning - its better than nothing right? And a bit of housekeeping that I've put off. And then a long walk with the dog since its GORGEOUS outside today which will be about 2 miles.
Dinner will be 1 C of homemade butternut squash soup*, a vegetable salad* with blue cheese dressing, and a thin slice of San Fransisco sour dough bread with a bit of olive oil butter and some grapes*.
*organic
Not too bad for DAY 1. I'm trying to eat heathier and move more since I work from home and tend to sit waayyy too much. What do you think?
Karen