Poor Stomach :(

Well, I made a mistake tonight. I've been eating really healthy lately, but ended up eating too much pizza and crazy bread earlier today (with some butter chicken thrown in too). Part of the issue was that I was also super tired (and I find it's often hard to stop eating when I'm tired). My stomach is not at all happy with me (too full, and everything isn't sitting well in it). I need to remember not to do this again - while things tasted alright when I ate them, they totally were not worth it.

This is a good sign though - my stomach is used to eating healthier now and doesn't really like fast food anymore. I'll be sure to give it more nourishing foods tomorrow (starting with a green smoothie for breakfast!)

Weight Update for Jan 22

My period's over, so here's my weight today:

weight: 214.4 lbs
fat percentage: 46.9%
hydration: 36.5%
muscle: 26.2%
bone: 10.6%
cal: 2371

I'm so excited - I've lost a few pounds, gained about 0.5% muscle and lost 1% of fat!  This is almost all thanks to skiing and snowshoeing over the weekend (plus that I keep making snacks from Madame Labriski's Fuel Your Day - they're delicious and far better for you than store-bought junk food).  I've got plans for more of both over the next few weeks, so hopefully I can keep up the momentum!

Weight Update for Jan 11

This is going to probably be my last weight update before my period:

weight: 216.8 lbs
fat percentage: 47.9%
hydration: 35.8%
muscle: 25.7%
bone: 10.6%
cal: 2385

I'm so glad to see that fat percentage has gone down!  It's actually the lowest it's been so far this year, which is great news. :)

Hopefully I can keep getting it 

Weight Update for Jan 9

Alright, holidays are over, so let's see how things are doing:

weight: 216.8 lbs
fat percentage: 51.2%
hydration: 33.5%
muscle: 24.0%
bone: 10.6%
cal: 2385

Well, weight is still moving in the right direction.  But that fat percentage is alarming!  That's the highest I can ever remember seeing it (and a full 2 points higher than it was on Jan 2.  I definitely need to get moving more!

Weight Update for Jan 3

I just wanted to make sure my weight wasn't still rising!

weight: 217.8 lbs
fat percentage: 48.7%
hydration: 35.2%
muscle: 25.3%
bone: 10.5%
cal: 2390

Thankfully it's not - I've lost a full pound since yesterday.  With that being the case, I'll leave things alone for a few more days before weighing myself again. :)

Weight Update for Dec 31 + Jan 2

I know, I know, this isn't a great time to be weighing myself.  But I wanted to try to keep on top of things to see how I'm doing through the holidays.  I've felt tired and a bit stressed from trying to cram everything into the last week.  Plus I've been eating far more (and bigger meals) than normal.  So first, New Year's Eve:

weight: 215.8 lbs
fat percentage: 49.0%
hydration: 35.0%
muscle: 25.1%
bone: 10.6%
cal: 2379

Not too bad.  These are very similar numbers to Christmas.  But then I weighed myself today:

weight: 218.8 lbs
fat percentage: 49.1%
hydration: 34.9%
muscle: 25.1%
bone: 10.5%
cal: 2396

Yikes!  

I've got to get through a few more big meals still, then I should be good for awhile.  One of them is Ukrainian Christmas though, and that's going to be a really (starch) heavy meal (although I asked that we add more vegetables in, so hopefully that will help!!!)  

2020 Goals

Happy New Year everyone!

I've been thinking on and off about my goals for this year for quite some time now.  I knew over the summer that I was going to fail my exercise goal, so I wanted to try something a bit different this year (I have tried for the 60+ minutes of non-walking 2 years in a row now and failed both times).  So with that in mind, for 2020 I'm going to:

1. Workout for 150 minutes a week. This will include walking.  150 minutes seems to be the recommended weekly amount for adults.  So let's see if I can hit that when I include walking! (Hilariously, if I manage to walk say three times over the week, that's about 90 minutes, so this will mean I need to fit in about 60 more minutes of something else per week - kind of similar to the last few years, but I can just keep on walking this time!)

2. No eating chips, chocolate, and other snacks at work!  This is a major problem for me - I snack on all sorts of things in the coffee room at work.  I'm going to need to make sure I have healthy snack options there at all times, and that I avoid mindlessly picking on things just because they're sitting on the table in front of me.  The one caveat to this is that I can (obviously) eat regular pop or candy or whatever I need to when I'm low.

I'll keep track in my planner of whether I eat any snacks on work days.  Again, 80% or better is a success, so if I work 4 days a week on average, that's 208 days over the year; so I need to not eat any snacks on approximately 166 days of those 208 to succeed.

3. Make a new recipe every month.  I know I can do this one!  I want to take the pressure off of myself, and have a goal that will push me to try new things (and get me to keep using my recipe books) while also being easier to accomplish.

So that's the plan for 2020! Once again I'm going to aim for 100%, but count success as meeting these goals 80% of the time. Hopefully I'll have more success with my goals this year than I did in 2019!