Tuesday, What’s Up With Tuesday?

Well, honestly, not much here at Chez Cupcake.

Tonight I have laundry and dishes to do and those Biggest Loser Workout people to meet up with (courtesy of my DVD player!).

Today was a very busy but good day – and I have to do some planning in order to have my lunch and snacks and water with me – a cooler would probably be a good idea…since I am going to be on the road running like crazy with this insane job (I am looking for a new one if anyone knows of any director-level positions or training positions…) anyway, I know I need to deal with this.  The schedule and rhythm of every day is different, and I don’t always have access to a microwave.  So, I need a new plan for lunch besides the Lean Cuisines I never seem to remember.

So what I ate today:

Breakfast: English Muffin with peanut butter, yougurt and strawberries with 1 tsp brown sugar (organic) and water

Lunch: Turkey Panini, fruit, Diet coke

Dinner: 2 pcs veggie pizza (thin crust), water

Snack: fruit, cottage cheese, grape tomatoes, carrots

Workout: Biggest Loser, warm up (5 mins) low intensity cardio (25) strength and sculpt (20) cool down (20)

Other: Finding the joy in the way it feels when laundry and dishes are dealt with.

Total weight loss: 7.2 pounds

Day Four

So ummmm, I have this suck ass cold and I can’t breathe so I have not worked out since Sunday and I already miss it!

Today I had:

Breakfast: Egg, english muffin, yogurt (Planned to eat banana in car…never got to it)

Snack: Protein bar

Lunch: Pizza. And WATER!

Snack: NONE

Dinner: Chicken, salad, pita bread

I think I will have a snack tonight!

I haven’t had ANY diet coke today.  WATER!

After reading all the crap I have read about artificial sweeteners, I am making a very concerted effort to stay away from them!  Apparently your body has no idea WHAT to do with them, so it processes them like sugar and screws with your pancreas and insulin levels and hunger and weight.

So I am allowing myself 1 diet coke each day – no more than 20 oz. And only when I feel it’s absolutely necessary. Because sometimes it is!!

I was SOOOOO busy at work today – I think that is an excellent strategy – STAY BUSY!  It definitely keeps my mind off of food and all kinds of other issues that make me stressed.

So if someone asked me the most important things to do to lose weight:

1. Drink water

2. Sleep enough

3. No fast food.No fried food.

4. Limit sugar and sweeteners. Eat fruit to satisfy your sweet tooth – eventually your body WILL crave it!

5. PLAN AHEAD. Meals, snacks, days when you will be out of your routine. Lack of planning usually leads me to making an unhealthy, seemingly easy choice.

What are your best tips?