NIKKI8's CalorieKing blog
Tuesday, May 29 2007 - BFL Week 10 Day 3
View NIKKI8's food & exercise for this day
It's super late right now. I went grocery shopping after the kids went to bed and it takes me forever to grocery shop whether I have them with me or not. I tend to "dawdle".
But I really wanted to blog because I had some insights today.
Food Report
Great day today! I am loving my new plan. I tell ya, this whole thing is like a mind game for me. Since I have decided to let myself have one treat per day, I have not felt deprived and have not felt the need to binge.
I will look at a food and think, do I want that to be my treat for the day or do I want to wait until later? And many times today, I decided to pass it up and wait until later. Woo Hoo!
I'm also doing as Thin Within promotes and focusing on really enjoying my food--not doing something else or have a lot of distractions around (not always possible). And that is helping. This book says that when we eat mindlessly that's when we want to go back for seconds because we hardly tasted it the first time. So true for me!
This book encourages you not to diet and, in fact, instructs you to get rid of all diet paraphanalia. That would include CK!! Yikes! I'm just not ready for that yet. One thing at a time.
Exercise Report
Yesterday I did not get to exercise so I did both Upper Body WO and HIIT cardio on the bike. I did all this at the Y so I got to use some different machines for my UBWO that I don't usually do at home. That was cool.
Daily Joy
I took some time today to read my new book that I got from the library, The Metabolism Advantage. The kids were napping, I had a million things to do, but I took a few minutes to just read and enjoy this book. I am loving this book even though not all of the ideas are for me and my life. I just love learning new things about health, fitness and the way my body works.
Daily Grattitude Report
Today I played with the baby for a while and later held him while he drank his bottle before bed. I was thinking about how much I enjoy his laughter, his sweet innocence, and his sweet personality. He's such a doll and I just love this age (I think I have said that at every age so far). I am so thankful I get to be a stay-at-home mom to my boys and just really enjoy them and being there for them as they grow.
Other Thoughts
In reading the Metabolism Advantage today, I finally learned why the simple calories in/ calories out motto is not entirely accurate. Cynthia and I were discussing recently how it seems to be more of what you eat instead of how much you eat. She has lost weight and gained muscle, yet went over target calories while doiing BFL. But her food was always nutritious, high quality foods.
Finally, I understand why. He explains that different foods have different effects on your metabolism because foods digest differently in your body. Fruits and veggies, for example, take longer to digest and so help speed up the metabolism.
I never made sense to me that you could eat 1200 calories of cheetos in a day and still lose weight. So now I understand things a little more. Interesting, huh.
I think I had something else I wanted to write about, but it's now 1am and I'm fading fast!
I'll have to do an update tomorrow if I actually remember.
But I really wanted to blog because I had some insights today.
Food Report
Great day today! I am loving my new plan. I tell ya, this whole thing is like a mind game for me. Since I have decided to let myself have one treat per day, I have not felt deprived and have not felt the need to binge.
I will look at a food and think, do I want that to be my treat for the day or do I want to wait until later? And many times today, I decided to pass it up and wait until later. Woo Hoo!
I'm also doing as Thin Within promotes and focusing on really enjoying my food--not doing something else or have a lot of distractions around (not always possible). And that is helping. This book says that when we eat mindlessly that's when we want to go back for seconds because we hardly tasted it the first time. So true for me!
This book encourages you not to diet and, in fact, instructs you to get rid of all diet paraphanalia. That would include CK!! Yikes! I'm just not ready for that yet. One thing at a time.
Exercise Report
Yesterday I did not get to exercise so I did both Upper Body WO and HIIT cardio on the bike. I did all this at the Y so I got to use some different machines for my UBWO that I don't usually do at home. That was cool.
Daily Joy
I took some time today to read my new book that I got from the library, The Metabolism Advantage. The kids were napping, I had a million things to do, but I took a few minutes to just read and enjoy this book. I am loving this book even though not all of the ideas are for me and my life. I just love learning new things about health, fitness and the way my body works.
Daily Grattitude Report
Today I played with the baby for a while and later held him while he drank his bottle before bed. I was thinking about how much I enjoy his laughter, his sweet innocence, and his sweet personality. He's such a doll and I just love this age (I think I have said that at every age so far). I am so thankful I get to be a stay-at-home mom to my boys and just really enjoy them and being there for them as they grow.
Other Thoughts
In reading the Metabolism Advantage today, I finally learned why the simple calories in/ calories out motto is not entirely accurate. Cynthia and I were discussing recently how it seems to be more of what you eat instead of how much you eat. She has lost weight and gained muscle, yet went over target calories while doiing BFL. But her food was always nutritious, high quality foods.
Finally, I understand why. He explains that different foods have different effects on your metabolism because foods digest differently in your body. Fruits and veggies, for example, take longer to digest and so help speed up the metabolism.
I never made sense to me that you could eat 1200 calories of cheetos in a day and still lose weight. So now I understand things a little more. Interesting, huh.
I think I had something else I wanted to write about, but it's now 1am and I'm fading fast!
I'll have to do an update tomorrow if I actually remember.
3 comments so far.
3.
a decade ago
Great day. Hope today is just as good!
:kiss:
by MOM22SONZ
2.
a decade ago
Sounds like you are enjoying all the reading. One thing I truly believe -- there is no one RIGHT way for everyone to get healthy/lose weight. You have to find what works best for you. BfL worked well for me because I dont have issues with binging, but I can see for a person who does deal with that demon how it would be a daily struggle. And I also try to look at it like, Ok if I modify this plan to fit my needs (like you have with the daily treat), what REALLY is the ramification? Are the diet police gonna come arrest me? (NO) Is the earth going to stop spinning? (NO) Am I going to feel guilty later? (NO) Is it unhealthy? (NO) If you can answer no to all those questions then I think you are on the right track (Ok those first two questions are kind of smart ass but I like to do that just to keep my perspective
=D). Just feel comfortable that your decisions are right for YOU. Don't let what plan anyone else is following interfere with that or make you doubt yourself 
:) You are doing great Nikki! 
:kiss:
by CYNTHIALS
1.
a decade ago
You did great yesterday. I'm super proud of ya! I agree with you about the joy of a 1-year-old. It is such a precious age. Of course they are all precious. I have said the same thing all along as well. At each age I want to capture it and keep them there -- but I gotta tell you, I am just loving my 8-year-old at her age. I've found how fun it is to interact with a real, little person who has such big thoughts about the world and is so much more independent. Kids are just such a blessing at every single stage of life. Perhaps we can say that more confidently since we don't have teenagers yet!!!! Have a good day. PS: I have to admit that I had to giggle about what you wrote about the daily joy on my blog yesterday. For some reason the wording just made my mind go to the gutter!!!! I KNOW you didn't mean it that way, for some reason it just made me laugh out loud for a second. BUT, I totally get your point and that makes much for sense. So for today on I shall find a way to work a little JOY into my life. Hopefully today that will all come a little easier for me ... I got a better night's sleep, so that is a nice start. Oh, by the way, Sam had her baby. I will call her today and report in with more later. I should PM you will all this, but I'm being lazy and just writing it all here.
by JEWELRYLADEE