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!