Well, I'm not totally sugar free, BUT I have cut out A LOT of it. Sodas are out, sweet tea is now only made with Splenda, and dessert has been fruit all week at lunch. I DID have frozen yogurt twice this week ... BABY STEPS, PEOPLE! I skipped the granola bars this week since they are sort of just glorified candy bars. I've been eating two packets of LOW SUGAR oatmeal every morning with a packet of Splenda and a few almond slivers for crunch.
I'm going to have to figure out something different for lunch next week. We wanted to use up the deli meat that we had already bought, so I ate turkey sammiches (yes, sammiches) all week. I'm going to have to do some googling and thinking to figure out what will work. It's tough to figure out something that is easy to take to work and healthy. Soups are super salty, and the low sodium versions are hardly worth consuming. Same goes with the frozen meals. Lean Cuisine, Smart Ones, and Healthy Choice have some things that I don't mind eating, but they are not filling and are loaded with sodium. I've done salads in the past, but that can get really old really fast!
SEE WHAT I MEAN?!?! I'm sure it shouldn't be THIS difficult to find something that works. Anywho, I'll work that out over the weekend.
I've been to the gym three times this week for about an hour each time. I've been doing cardio and a bit of strength training each time (and a bit of Zumba with my buddy Angela for fun). I caught the tail end of a TV program yesterday, and they were saying that Harvard did a study that found you needed at least five days of exercise a week to achieve weight loss ... WELL, THAT'S NOT WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR!! I'll continue doing what I can. I know moving more and eating better will cause results ... maybe slow results, but results nonetheless. I've also been trying to get up from my desk at work now and then to move a bit. One day a while back I sat at my desk for nine hours and only got up to go to the restroom ... I realized that was a problem.
I'm going to weigh in on Sunday. Hopefully, my weight is still down at least the five pounds it was last week. My bestie Sarah has been doing this whole weight loss challenge and weigh in thing with me long distance (She's in Acworth). I think the end of this week will make three full weeks that we've been at it.
It is definitely tough, but some things have gotten easier. I don't really crave carbonated drinks anymore, and I don't HAVE to have caffeine. I think I've been pretty good with my food ... not SUPER strict, but pretty strict I think. Trying to keep the sugar down ... carbs down ... calories down ... bad fats down.
OH ... forgot to mention that Crystal Light (sometimes my saving grace for get extra water down) has started giving me headaches. I've had this happen in the past and had to give it up. It seems like certain flavors are worse than others. I've been drinking the Raspberry Tea with no problems, but the Fruit Punch has my head splitting. I'm going to go ahead and guess that it might be the aspartame in it because certain diet sodas used to do the same thing.
Oh, how I hate chugging plain water constantly. I love it when I'm exercising ... That's when it tastes great! But just sitting at my desk sipping this tasteless liquid is sometimes torture. I guess I should just be thankful that I have clean drinking water readily available ... right?
Ta-Ta!
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