Day 15 - You Eat it, You Own it...
Health... Focus of the week.
Wow, focus of most of what I'm doing right now. I have been prescribed by my doctor Naturethroid thyroid supplements, as well as a D3 supplement and a Kelp supplement daily. I am also taking a Zyrtec every evening and usually have an Aleve or two a day for joint aches. I am currently 180lbs, when a "healthy" weight for my frame is closer to 140, so I'm wearing a 40 lb jacket as Lisa Nichols would say. I love to be active. I'm a pretty active person. My favorite past-time is hiking and if I owned a paddle board or a canoe or kayak, I would spend all day long in the James River if I could. But here I am, mother of 4, running around all day in the car, taking kids here and there, going to three different grocery stores for dinner, feeding the kids first and eating usually their leftovers, or munching on the pieces of what I'm putting in their lunches. Forgetting to eat breakfast because by the time the thyroid pill is done (you have to wait 30 minutes after taking thyroid medication to eat), kids are waking up and the demands on my day have begun. Health and what I'm eating are usually the last thing on my list.
That is changing!!!! This transformation process is not only about my mindset and outlook on life. Not only about determining what I want to do with the rest of my life. It's also about my health.
My goal in this transformation... 1 - To establish habits that will make my relationship with Jesus #1 on my priority list. The first thing I focus on every day and the first person I go to with a problem. 2 - To establish habits that will put my health #2 on my priority list, with regular exercise second thing on my to do list every day (second only to Jesus), and regular meals #3. 3 - To create a nutrition plan for myself that can sustain me and fill me and feed me with longevity in mind. To develop 3-4 breakfasts that fuel my body for the day ahead, 3-4 lunches that will always be available to me in the refrigerator and will fuel my brain for the afternoon activities and homework, and a regular meal plan that will teach my children the correct way to fuel their bodies for optimal performance. 4 - Ultimately to lose the weight jacket, get all of the vitamins and minerals that my body needs from my food, not my supplements, and to regulate my hormones naturally, with my diet, rather than with medication.
My obstacle in the morning - Ease. The breakfasts need to take minimal prep-work. There are may possibly be 2-3 days per week that I will have even enough time to make a couple of eggs. The rest are quick as yogurt or protein shake. Intellectually I know that Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and fuels your body for the entire day ahead. I also know that I'm eating breakfast at 7am, and it may be as late as 1pm before I am able to eat lunch. I need to come up with 3-4 go-to breakfasts that I can eat in each of these circumstances.
My obstacle at lunchtime - Remembering to eat. I'm usually so focused through the morning that I either forget about lunch, or I'm not at home until around 1. By then, I'm so hungry that fixing something seems completely beyond me. And I can't think straight when I'm looking into the fridge. Nothing seems appetizing. I need lunches that I don't have to think about. They are already there waiting for me, I grab the one labeled Tuesday and eat it, no matter what I think about it. This takes prep-work.
My obstacle at dinnertime - We are a fly by the seat of our pants family. My husband decides on the spur of the moment when to stay late at work, or that he'd rather go out to eat. We may decide on a moment's notice to go on a long hike on a Saturday afternoon, and not get home until dinner time. On the other days, there are after school activities, sports practices, lessons that people have to get to. The worst are the practices that go from 5-7. That drives me crazy! When are these 8 year old kids supposed to eat dinner!? I need to have a meal plan that can be modified easily. I need to spend Sunday afternoons prep'ing food for the week. I also need to have two prep days per week. Because we are a family of 6, an entire week's worth of groceries (if we're eating fresh) doesn't fit in our fridge. So maybe Sunday and a not yet determined day of the week. I'll meal plan on Saturdays and shop Sundays and the other day of the week. And those two days are meal-prep days. SPEAK with hubby and kids about activities each week. PREPARE the entire family for what will be expected that week (days to stay late at the office, days for sports, what the meal schedule will be on those days where practice is from 5-7, etc.)
Now that obstacles have been matched with possible solutions, here we go on our adventure...
Day 15 of Lisa Nichols' No Matter What - 28 Days to Results is focused on You Eat it, You Own it. And her challenge is to 1 - try to remember and write down everything that you ate yesterday. 2 - write down everything that goes in your mouth today.
1 - Yesterday, in order, Detox water, mushroom coffee, sausage and veggie scramble from The Fat Loss Code plan, a few bites of the zucchini bread my daughter made, forgot to eat my own lunch, so I ate half of my daughter's grilled cheese sandwich that she didn't eat, a cupcake my other daughter made, leftover plate for dinner (baked wild caught salmon with chipotle rub, brussle sprouts, roasted squash, broccoli and cauliflour).
2 - I have a notebook on the kitchen counter, and everything I eat will go in there today and I'll report back tomorrow.
Thanks for listening.
Krista
Ps. Day 14 was to celebrate your wins - I win by getting halfway through this 28 day course and STICKING WITH IT!!!! Here's to FINISHING!!!!!
Wow, focus of most of what I'm doing right now. I have been prescribed by my doctor Naturethroid thyroid supplements, as well as a D3 supplement and a Kelp supplement daily. I am also taking a Zyrtec every evening and usually have an Aleve or two a day for joint aches. I am currently 180lbs, when a "healthy" weight for my frame is closer to 140, so I'm wearing a 40 lb jacket as Lisa Nichols would say. I love to be active. I'm a pretty active person. My favorite past-time is hiking and if I owned a paddle board or a canoe or kayak, I would spend all day long in the James River if I could. But here I am, mother of 4, running around all day in the car, taking kids here and there, going to three different grocery stores for dinner, feeding the kids first and eating usually their leftovers, or munching on the pieces of what I'm putting in their lunches. Forgetting to eat breakfast because by the time the thyroid pill is done (you have to wait 30 minutes after taking thyroid medication to eat), kids are waking up and the demands on my day have begun. Health and what I'm eating are usually the last thing on my list.
That is changing!!!! This transformation process is not only about my mindset and outlook on life. Not only about determining what I want to do with the rest of my life. It's also about my health.
My goal in this transformation... 1 - To establish habits that will make my relationship with Jesus #1 on my priority list. The first thing I focus on every day and the first person I go to with a problem. 2 - To establish habits that will put my health #2 on my priority list, with regular exercise second thing on my to do list every day (second only to Jesus), and regular meals #3. 3 - To create a nutrition plan for myself that can sustain me and fill me and feed me with longevity in mind. To develop 3-4 breakfasts that fuel my body for the day ahead, 3-4 lunches that will always be available to me in the refrigerator and will fuel my brain for the afternoon activities and homework, and a regular meal plan that will teach my children the correct way to fuel their bodies for optimal performance. 4 - Ultimately to lose the weight jacket, get all of the vitamins and minerals that my body needs from my food, not my supplements, and to regulate my hormones naturally, with my diet, rather than with medication.
My obstacle in the morning - Ease. The breakfasts need to take minimal prep-work. There are may possibly be 2-3 days per week that I will have even enough time to make a couple of eggs. The rest are quick as yogurt or protein shake. Intellectually I know that Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and fuels your body for the entire day ahead. I also know that I'm eating breakfast at 7am, and it may be as late as 1pm before I am able to eat lunch. I need to come up with 3-4 go-to breakfasts that I can eat in each of these circumstances.
My obstacle at lunchtime - Remembering to eat. I'm usually so focused through the morning that I either forget about lunch, or I'm not at home until around 1. By then, I'm so hungry that fixing something seems completely beyond me. And I can't think straight when I'm looking into the fridge. Nothing seems appetizing. I need lunches that I don't have to think about. They are already there waiting for me, I grab the one labeled Tuesday and eat it, no matter what I think about it. This takes prep-work.
My obstacle at dinnertime - We are a fly by the seat of our pants family. My husband decides on the spur of the moment when to stay late at work, or that he'd rather go out to eat. We may decide on a moment's notice to go on a long hike on a Saturday afternoon, and not get home until dinner time. On the other days, there are after school activities, sports practices, lessons that people have to get to. The worst are the practices that go from 5-7. That drives me crazy! When are these 8 year old kids supposed to eat dinner!? I need to have a meal plan that can be modified easily. I need to spend Sunday afternoons prep'ing food for the week. I also need to have two prep days per week. Because we are a family of 6, an entire week's worth of groceries (if we're eating fresh) doesn't fit in our fridge. So maybe Sunday and a not yet determined day of the week. I'll meal plan on Saturdays and shop Sundays and the other day of the week. And those two days are meal-prep days. SPEAK with hubby and kids about activities each week. PREPARE the entire family for what will be expected that week (days to stay late at the office, days for sports, what the meal schedule will be on those days where practice is from 5-7, etc.)
Now that obstacles have been matched with possible solutions, here we go on our adventure...
Day 15 of Lisa Nichols' No Matter What - 28 Days to Results is focused on You Eat it, You Own it. And her challenge is to 1 - try to remember and write down everything that you ate yesterday. 2 - write down everything that goes in your mouth today.
1 - Yesterday, in order, Detox water, mushroom coffee, sausage and veggie scramble from The Fat Loss Code plan, a few bites of the zucchini bread my daughter made, forgot to eat my own lunch, so I ate half of my daughter's grilled cheese sandwich that she didn't eat, a cupcake my other daughter made, leftover plate for dinner (baked wild caught salmon with chipotle rub, brussle sprouts, roasted squash, broccoli and cauliflour).
2 - I have a notebook on the kitchen counter, and everything I eat will go in there today and I'll report back tomorrow.
Thanks for listening.
Krista
Ps. Day 14 was to celebrate your wins - I win by getting halfway through this 28 day course and STICKING WITH IT!!!! Here's to FINISHING!!!!!
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