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  Eating well is not me.

  I have lost all my motivation to eat healthy. Nothing sounds good...salad, vegetables, water, none of it. I still get my water, but the rest has gone to the way side. Or at least it mostly has. Enough to where the bad stuff I'm eating is killing any progress I'm making. I'm getting my workouts in, but just have lost all my motivation to eat well!!! I need help, but just can't seem to focus. Went out to eat tonight with the fam, even though I didn't want to, and sure enough...ate bad. AHHHHHH!!! I'm loving getting in the gym again, but have no desire to help myself get really healthy. All I'm doing is getting myself closer to dying in the gym.

  Posted over 2 years ago by esheldon76

  
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  End of week 1

  Its the end of my first week back to eating healthy and working out regularly. Decided to give myself off today working out, but feeling guilty and might head in anyway to give myself that much of a help for tomorrow's weigh-in. It's the first weigh-in at work where we'll see how much we've lost. I weighed myself this morning, and while I had lost weight, I know that I'm retaining some water from not eating very well the past few days. A loss is a loss though, so I am not worrying about it. This is a competition, but just like on Biggest Loser, this is about changing your life, not just losing weight for a competition. That is just motivation...not the end result. I thank God that I have found some new things to add to my list of things I like that don't seem like "diet food". I have always loved blackened chicken or fish, and I don't know why I hadn't tried that before. I looked it up, and found that it's easy! The recipe I found was a cinch and the ingredients I found for this version "blackened" was just the following: 1/4 tsp paprika 1 tsp black pepper (and then I added another 1/4-1/2 tsp of cayenne pepper) 1 Tbsp olive oil You get the spice mixed and spread on a plate, put the fish/chicken down on it, and let it sit for awhile. Get a skillet and pour the oil in it, and get it nice and hot. Then put the fish (spice side down) in the skillet and cook for about 3-4 mins. While that's cooking, I took the rest of the spices and put them on the unspiced side that's up. Then, flip the fish and cook another 3-4 mins. And you're done! I hate fishy tasting fish, so I prefer the tilapia's, mahi-mahi's, etc. Mahi is actually my favorite because it's more of a steak-like fish, with it usually being pretty thick and chewy. So that's what I had today and it was amazing! Another thing that I've discovered is Hummus. I didn't realize that all hummus is, is squished up chick peas. Well I LOVE chick peas on my salad, and so I knew I "should" love hummus. I went to buy some in the deli section of my grocery store, and found that they had TONS of different kinds! I picked up two flavors..."Roasted Red Pepper", and "Spicy Southwestern". BOTH were amazing! The red pepper one was a little more bland tasting, but the southwestern one had AMAZING flavor! You can use hummus as dip for crackers, vegetables, as a mayo substitute, etc. Hummus is an AMAZING source of protein. You gotta be careful of the calories, so just keep an eye on that part. Taking the above, I actually combined the two. I made some wheat toast and put the hummus on it, then made the blackened mahi. I ate it slow, and the flavors really complimented each other. Now, if only I could remember these types of things when I'm struggling to find something healthy. Usually my creativity is the hardest to find when it's dinner time. ;)

  Posted over 2 years ago by esheldon76

  
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  319 - UGH!

  I upgraded to a Pro account. I'm done with this weight. I let myself gain almost all of my weight back, even though I know I gained about 10 lbs of the weight enjoying food and making myself sick of the bad stuff the past couple weeks, since I knew I'd be starting it all back up today. I told myself in the past that it was okay to enjoy the holiday foods, and it is, but I let myself enjoy them TOO much, and it started my eventual slide back to gaining weight. This year, I purposely started eating healthier during the holidays because I need this change, and this was a sure fire way to test my resolve. I know I have it in me to do this. I just need to find some people around me who can support me when I get down, and not turn to all the junk in my house. I want to be a spark for my family, to start turning to healthier alternatives, and not the junk that we turn to. It will be hardest for me during sporting events, and family gatherings, when the food is just sitting there, or when I normally would turn to food for stuff to pass the time (like during sporting events). Food is like a drug to me. It's my comfort when all else is going crazy. Unfortunately, it's that way for most of my mother's side of the family as well, so maybe I can inspire others. Who knows. I just know that it's possible, and I want it!

  Posted over 2 years ago by esheldon76

  
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  Keep

  Keep plugin' away you'll break through soon!

  Posted over 3 years ago by seanlo

  
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  what up?

  how yo doin man? any better?

  Posted over 3 years ago by seanlo