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Today was day 2 post NANAS (Nasty Awful Narcissistic All-encompassing Scale).
My life without my "friend" Nanas has been strange, but I'm already feeling freer. I'm still scared that I can't weigh myself to monitor my progress, even though I know that the number isn't the only, or even the most important measurement. I still find myself being discouraged (like this evening) for just a moment, that the number hasn't gone down much. The very fact that I'm feeling that way is a pretty clear indication that relinquishing the scale is a VERY good thing. No more measuring my progress, and my SUCCESS daily, depending on the number! Crazy is as crazy does!! Life is like a small box of clean organic dark chocolates--it doesn't matter what you're going to get--because they're clean so EAT THEM!! lol
Anyway, I'm now thinking (even after just 2 days) that I might not want to weigh myself on October 3rd. But I know that the reason I don't want to, is that I'm afraid of what it will say...giving it the power over me again. I suppose I'll decide when the time comes--if I'm still frightened, then perhaps I just wont.
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Cooler 1 did not get off to a great start today, My son had a doctors appointment and I didn't get to the gym, so that just threw my whole day off. My day was so busy that I didn't get my 6 meals, I did only have clean food when I eat, but not exactly as the cooler 1 plan.
I am having a hard time with limiting my fruit to just apples and pears, I am really getting tired of them, and I need something on my veggies, I don't use butter but I do like a little olive or coconut oil. Now this morning I did eat my oatmeal without any sweetener (I usually use agave) I just seem to need something in it so today I cut up my pear and it did sweeten it up.
Tonight for dinner I grilled cod, and I made a pineapple salsa which was completely clean and delicious on my fish but not following cooler 1,
I just can't seem to follow the cooler plan exactly, I really want to see results. Do you think that the few things that I am adding to the plan is a big deal, I am still eating clean it just those few little things,
My problem is that I was such a yo-yo dieter, that my metabolism is so screwed up that I really think doing the cooler 1 will help me to jump start things, but maybe as long as I am keeping my potions in control, eating a lean protein, and a complex carb with all six meals that is all I need to do. Any Ideas I would love to hear them.
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Weighing in........
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i'm so happy again. I have made it through first day of Cooler 1 and it's going great! Not hungry really at all. Well I am right now, but supper's cooking. Plus I did the full video (with a couple breaks) of the P90X yoga. Only to find out that It wasn't supposed to be yoga today LOL so we'll change that up tomorrow... Still getting the hang of it :).
I am going to keep with this momentum! I'm so excited.
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Alright, so it begins, well it actually began yesterday. I am committed to this challenge, to get healthy, lose weight, be fit, and quite frankly just look smoking hot in a bikini!!!
There is a lot of time to do this, and I need to stay on track with motivation and determination. My boyfriend is standing beside me doing the challenge as well, but on his own and not on the website. So cheers to the road of hard work!
(back fat.... seriously?....gotta get rid of that!!!)
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I've had a rough couple of days as far as clean eating goes. I blame my scale to some extent. On September 1st I weighed 147lbs. I was determined to eat clean and I did. I was so proud of myself for eating so well all week and nudging myself to exercise. I even made it through the Labor Day holiday without losing my focus. Yesterday, I stepped on the scale and saw 142.4 lbs. I couldn't believe it! One week I had lost almost 5 lbs! So......I ate my healthy diet all day yesterday until....dinner. My 20 year old nephew was coming to visit so I stopped to pick up a pizza. I ate 2 slices of pizza and had a small soda (yes, small....just a small amount left in the bottle). This morning I stepped on my scale and the number moved up to 145.2. How is that possible???!!! I discipline myself for a whole week and lose 5 lbs only to gain 3 back after 2 stinking pieces of pizza??!! How does weight work like that? So...discouraged isn't a strong enough word for how I felt. I thought, why bother??? I went to a working lunch and had a tuna melt with fries and a coke....plus a refill! Felt like crap the rest of the day. Didn't stop me from having more than one brownie when I got home from work. All because of the numbers on the scale.
I am an obsessive weigher. I weigh myself in the morning. I weigh myself when I get home from work to see if I lost any weight throughout the day. I weigh myself before bed in an attempt to determine how much I might weigh again in the morning, often disappointed when I was too generous with my prediction. I think I need an intervention!
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A good day!
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Hello Fellow Clean Eaters :)
I wanted to get on here and say that I'm a happy girl this morning! The reason for this is the fact that clean eating has been going strong and I have been consistent in saying "no thank you!" to myself on cravings! We cook mostly from home but when I slink by the baked goods section in the co-op or the ice cream in the frozen section - I remind myself what I am doing and why I want this for myself. I don't want to sabotage my efforts for what? A sugar high that makes me feel like crap afterwards not to mention guilty! And I should be able to say no because honestly food shouldn't have that type of power over me! I'm usually pretty good with avoiding sugar but I have noticed with the birth of my sweet daughter, breastfeeding, and hormonal fluxes that I really really get a wave sometimes of cravings. There are 2 that are particularly strong that sometimes stick in my head all day long Top 2 Cravings: (1) Ice Cream & non-dairy coconut ice cream (2) chocolate! What are your top cravings?
I still haven't yet entered the contest yet but that is because I took my measurements and lost them! Now I need to get them again ... I'm excited about this and I cannot tell you all enough how much it helps coming on here every single day so THANK YOU for all of your posts, recipes, ideas, thoughts! I appreciate it so much! And I love the food tracker as I have been able to be much more consistent it's been great. I used to write everything down but this has been so much easier paper free! I feel a ton better but I can really tell if I don't consume food every few hours as wow I am hungry! Fueling the fire I guess! My tummy is even looking flatter! At any rate I wish you all nothing but success in your goals!! Keep saying No to your cravings!
Danniel
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Hello fellow clean eaters. I hope your day has been a good one.
In Northern Ontario it's wet. cold and windy. Fall is in the air and my hibernating personality wants me to eat stew, no chilli, no pasta, no all of them maybe. lol I'll fool her. I'm going to make the squash and flax soup and see what that does to her. Maybe a piece of ez bread to make her think it's fattening carbs.
Shhhhh don't tell her.
I'll let you know how it come out. Ummmm I can smell it and taste it now.
Have a great night
Madanglr
Well I'm back and yummmyyy! That soup is so good. I can't wait to eat it at school tomorrow from my thermos. It's nice to know I made that and that it's clean.
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OK here is my first day of clean eating. Please tell me how I did and any change or suggestions
BREAKFAST 7am
steel-cut oatmeal with flax seed
5 egg white
snack 10am
protein shake
blackberries
lunch 1pm
romaine lettuce with 1 radish half tomatoe
grilled chicken breast
1/2 sweet potatoe
dinner 4pm
Tosca's spiced jerk tilapia with brown rice pilaf (in her eat clean cookbook)
steamed asparagus
snack 8pm
not sure what Im having if anything. I was thinking of another protein shake but i dont know
so hows it look?
Thanks
T~~~