Thursday, Thank goodness

My weeks seem like they are speeding up instead of slowing down. So here is a cath-up for everyone, including myself.

My weight is now: 228.8, I am down 3 pounds since last week. (This was done on Tuesday morning.)

Tuesday mental tip: One thing that I have noticed is that I need to go to my happy place a lot lately. What exactly is a happy place you might ask, well it's self explanatory. A happy place is where you can go to get yourself back to normal. You don't have to deal with the world for just a little bit. One key thing is, DO NOT STAY THERE!!!!! It is a visit, a quick 5 min to an hour. Take a bubble bath, read a book, play a game, go on a walk, do meditation, something. It helps keep you balanced, or at least as balanced as you can be.

Wednesday fit tip: Weights. Use them!! If you do not have any hand weights (p.s. anything below 5 lbs does not count) make some. A gallon of milk can generally weigh 5-10 lbs. Use it! Use a full coffee can, or a semi-full to full box, something. If you are injured, you can always do weights, this does include having a torn rotatory cup (trust me I still have one and still use weights.) There is no excuse on why you can't do them, plus your arms in 6-8 weeks will begin to get slimmer and make the summer outfits look so much better.

Thursday food/cooking tip: When you go out to eat, watch what you eat. Every restaurant has good food that is horrible for you, but a little tip that most people don't know is that every restaurant has good tasting healthy stuff. I am sad to say Alfredo sauce is not healthy, neither is marinara, sour cream, cheese (at a restaurant), salt or really anything that tastes good now. A good tip is to figure out where you are going first, and look at the menu online. All of the chains have their menu's online, which helps you and your waist line. If your restaurants menu is not online here are some quick tips, skip appetizers, steak, pasta, and soups. They are no good no matter how much they taste. If you need to specialize your order, make sure you tell the server!! The last thing that person needs is to be blamed because you didn't do what you were supposed to! If the food isn't right, tell the server what is wrong, and ask them politely if they can take is back. The server does not know how the food was cooked, they can just guess. That is problem with eating out, you do not have control! So if you can handle that eat out in moderation, if not buy a few cookbooks and make menu's at home.

Till next week!

Last week...

Ok last week was a bad week, not to much of anything got done.
Here is my weight from last week: 231.8
Down another pound. Basically what happened was I trying to finish up with my last class and ran out of time. I am not going to do a posts for the days last week, because honestly I didn't plan anything. This week will be better. I will follow my normal routine starting tomorrow, since my class ends tonight.

See you all than.

Measurments

Here are my mesurements for the 3rd week:
Chest: 42
Waist: 39
Hip: 50.5
Thigh: 30.5
Calf: 18.5
Arms: 16
Neck: 15.5

**Side Note: last week I just realized my calf measurement was listed as a 0, it was 20.

Why is it snowing in April?

So as most know, I am not a fan of the snow. It's pretty in the mountains, but that's about it. It just reminds me of something dead and it makes me depressed. I am defiantly a person who has seasonal depression. I love the sun (not the heat) and the rain, it's relaxing to me. So I have found the perfect background for my computer at work. It's sunny and rainy ;)

Enough of my little tangent, here is the cooking tip for today: protein!! This has been something that I have been striving to learn more about for a long time. Not all meat is healthy, not all seafood or poultry is either. Not all protein is in a meat for either. How's that for confusing?

When you are starting to eat healthy here is a few tips for protein that is healthy. There three tips of protein: lean, medium and high. You always want to avoid high, no matter what! Here is some protein that is in each section.
Lean
White Fish, excluding any steak type fish. Example swordfish is not a lean fish, but tilapia is.
Turkey (cutlets, ground, not the kind you eat at Thanksgiving)
Tuna Fish (not the actual fillets this is from the can)
Tofu (yucky I know, but it does add to a meal)
Cottage cheese(low-fat curd size does not matter)
Deli meats like chicken or turkey
Lentils

Medium
Turkey
Steak type fish
Shrimp
Lima beans, peas
Deli meats like roast beef or ham

High
Any red meat
Deli meats like salami
High fat cottage cheese
Pork

Depending on what type of meat you choose also says how many ounces you can have. Lean is 3-4 ounces, medium is 2-3 ounces and high is 1-2 ounces. In the matter of calories, the higher the level the higher the calories. Side note: not commonly known is that high levels of protein have high levels of cholesterol and sodium.

K, that's it for today. See you soon.