Friday Inspiration

 



 

 

 

I am going to try to post at least twice a week, once after my weigh-in so we can see my progress and then I think I'll do a "Friday Inspiration" post, which will be something like this. 

I hope to have other posts along the way as well, but I know me, and I won't be able to post every day, and really, who wants to read about what I eat every day or what exercise I did that day?  That will get old fast, especially since Monday - Thursday, I eat pretty much the exact same breakfast and lunch. 

For anyone wondering, breakfast is Bob's Red Mill 5 Grain Hot Cereal (3 pts) and a hard boiled egg (2) points, and lunch is a salad of mixed greens, blueberries, strawberries, gorgonzola and Sweet Apple Vinaigrette which my sister gets for me out at Eckert's in Belleville, IL.  http://eckerts.stores.yahoo.net/ecsadrsa.html  The salad is 5 points, 3 for the gorgonzola and 2 for the dressing.  I also try to make sure I snack on fruit or celery during the day as it is 0 points. 

Now I won't lie and say that I never eat junk food or not so healthy foods.  That's just not realistic for me right now.  Maybe it will be some day, but it's not right now.  Today for instance.  It's Friday, which means our office has breakfast brought in from Panera - bagels, fruit and pastries.  I love bagels, so Friday is my bagel day.  I have my bagel with honey walnut spread and a bowl of fruit.  I also still have my hard boiled egg for the protein because the bagel and fruit is like a carb overload and I'm certainly not running a marathon today.  I still have to make sure I track it and the whole thing is a lot higher than the 5 point breakfast I normally have, but it's what I want and if I try to force myself not to eat it, I know that I'll end up failing in the long run.  It's who I am and I have to do what is right for me.  I used to eat a bagel every day for breakfast.  Now it's really just for Friday and it's something I can look forward to. 

So even though I posted my inspiration above, I'm going to post a little tip too.  And that is that you have to do what works for you.  We're all different and not everything is going to work for everyone.  I quit drinking soda a few years back and that was easy for me.  (I don't drink diet soda either.)  But quitting my bagels cold turkey...can't do it.