Hello-
No exercise on Tues. Body was achy anyway, so a rest day was nice. Today I am work, so I'll need to do something tonight. I am planning a long gym session Thursday afternoon as I am taking off a half day. I evaluated C25K and plan to run 3 walk 90 sec. This will increase my running interval time and overall run time. Last night I did not eat after 8 pm, but I chewed gum like a fiend. I ate Reese's Pieces in the afternoon bc I knew I couldn't eat them in the evening... I did eat really well at a hotel meeting. I stayed out of the bread 100%, ate a bowl of tomato basil soup, ate half of my chicken breast sandwich and just a few fries. Had the remainder for dinner last night. As usual, breakfast and lunch aren't really an issue...
Weight: #165.2
As usual, my body is SLOW at weight loss. With my shelf of the pantry cleaned out, I have my food visible to snack on. Several times I have managed to stay out of the snack cabinet. I forgot my ipod on Monday, so Ii focused on the calories slowing ticking off on the TM. I tried to evaluate my effort would show better results if I ate less calories (aka sugar laden sweets). Emotional eating is a head game. I am trying to get my head in the game.
Clutter Diffusion report: Packed up a box of garage sale items off of dining room table. DS wants to earn a ton doing a garage sale, so I am trying to place some clutter items into this category for a summer sale. DS did fairly well cleaning room with my help. His garage sale pile needs to be scooped into a box from my guest bed yet. He did a nice little pile! Monday I took one large bag and 2 small boxes of items to Goodwill that came from the kitchen and my closet. Yesterday I delivered career clothes to Dress for Success and popped my Gold Fellows fed ex into a bin. With my half day tomorrow my goal is to finish my kitchen pantry and at least one other cabinet. I might try to finish up my bureau and my closet too. I also hope to go to the bank and switch my account to a free checking account. That will save me $15 a month in fees. My family is coming this weekend, so I'll also need to swiffer, dust and vacuum...
I have read some more of Does this Clutter Make my Butt Look Fat? I am finding it motivating to clean through things, but I am a little unclear of what I want from my house & my kitchen. I don't really care to cook. I like to clean my kitchen and keep it that way by not using it! I like to make cookies and brownies, but that isn't really inline with my health goals... But even if I do continue to purchase more pre-made foods from the grocery store, it is still cheaper than eating out. The trouble is a lot of the pre-made stuff is pretty bad for you... Anyway, I have decided that I am going to clean out almost everything. I am going to skip my basement shelves as I have purged my items previously, but I am just going to keep going slow & steady. Perhaps a clearer vision of what I want from my house will come to me as I clean out. I just don't think 'warm and inviting' is enough of a goal. I mean, I cleaned the hell out of this house this past fall - and from then until now my priorities have truly changed so the book is helping me evaluate items more clearly.
I spoke to a weight reduction coach. See, she told me it is not weight loss as eventually you look for or replace somethign that you lost - so it is weight management or weight reduction. It makes sense to me - especially in the light of emotional eating where you are trying to fill something you feel is missing through food. She asked me to set a goal weight. The lightest I have weighed was 137 & that was 12 years ago. Even then I thought I was fat! Ha ha ha! But I think that is my goal weight. It is a healthy BMI for my height too. There are other items she has asked me to consider and write down, but I don't meet with her until the 19th, so I have some time to mull them over while I am cleaning before i try to put things in writing.
Tomorrow am I'll try to weigh in.
C'leen
