Day 2

Hi, all!

It is a gorgeous day here in Wisconsin. The next few days are going to be scorchers but then it will cool off and be in the 50's and 60's, which I am incredibly excited for!

Yesterday I made some goals for myself: 

1. Track everything I put in my body

2. Drink water - not soda

3. Workout for 10 minutes, 3 times/day

4. Walk at least 5000 steps

These were the main goals I had and I am happy to say that I achieved them! I tracked everything I ate, even when I did not want to track. In fact, I stuck to my calorie goal! I did not drink any soda. I walked for 31 minutes and had 6,336 steps. All-in-all, day 1 was a success! There were different times when I faced temptation and I succeeded. Honestly, I am proud of myself! 

Today I am giving myself the same goals. I have already faced and surpassed temptation today. My husband wanted to go and get fast food for breakfast, I was close to caving in and having him get me the normal thing I would have chosen. It would have been 1250 calories and there are half of my calories for the day. Instead, I opted for Subway and got a bacon, egg white, and cheese on whole grain flatbread. It was delicious, healthy, and only 370 calories. I added some yogurt and coffee at home to it and it was a wonderful breakfast. 

The rest our day is going to be busy. My husband and I are going and getting a copy of our marriage license. Then tomorrow we can go change my social security card, go to the DMV, and finally change all of my information at our bank and at my school. And of course, I need to continue to work on thank you cards from our wedding. Since we are going to be pretty busy for the next few days, it takes most of my self-control to stop myself from saying that we should just go out and grab food quickly. Instead, I am making healthier food choices. I made a quick and healthy lunch at home before we are heading out. I need to continue to make healthy choices because it will be far too easy to slide back into my old habits. 

Until next time!

~Sara~

Small Changes

Hi, all!

Happy Thursday! How are you all doing today? I'm doing wonderful and feeling amazing! It's an absolutely beautiful day here. The sun is shining with a slight breeze and right around 80. How is the weather by all of you?

This morning I had coffee with my best friend and then we went down to our church to help set up for her sister's wedding. The wedding is tomorrow, so there is a lot to get done. Helping to set up the church gave me a great workout, I helped move tables and helped to tape off where the tables need to be put after the ceremony. I'm glad to be home though and resting a bit because my back and feet are hurting a bit. This is exactly why I could never have an extremely physical job and I am thankful for those people who do work like this every day.

Yesterday I had a good day and I decided to make it my rest day, however, I did dance around to some music while I was preparing dinner. I'm proud of something I did yesterday though because usually I wouldn't have done it. My mom brought home some Junior Mints because a student gave them to her and she doesn't like them, so she gave them to me. After I got home from having tea with a few friends, I was going to have my evening snack and grabbed the box of them. That snack was going to be over 500 calories, with very little nutritional value. So instead, I had the one serving of Junior Mints that I had already eaten, plus three pieces of string cheese and it was only 400 calories, with a lot more nutritional value. I also threw the other two serving of Junior Mints into the garbage so I wasn't tempted to eat them later. I'm proud of myself because before I would have eaten those three servings without even thinking about it, plus I'd probably eat something else as well. It's small changes like this that make me the happiest. :)

Well, I'm off to go and enjoy my afternoon. I hope that you all have an amazing day. Until next time!

~Sara~