One of the things that came along with this weight loss journey was a total revamp of my eating habits. When Pink Marble was just in preschool I would drop her off at 830 in the morning and then go through the Tim Horton's Drive-thru and get a chocolate chip muffin and two chocolate frosted donuts and a Diet Coke. That was my morning ritual. Breaking that ritual was difficult and thanks to the help of my mom, when it was time to buckle down and lose weight her experience with Weight Watchers helped me along the way.
I have found over the years that holding myself accountable for what I eat means having to write everything down. For a while during my time on Weight Watchers, myself and several of my friends blogged on a site called YAW (You Ate What???). This was helpful and it allowed me to see what everyone else was eating too. But mostly, I hated writing down my cheats. Still, I hate writing down my cheats.
The way I am eating now is high protein/low carb. It's not an Adkins Diet or any fad type diet. Basically, I just try to eat as clean as possible. By eating clean I mean, for one, I have stopped drinking Diet Coke which was a HUGE accomplishment for me. I basically had an 12 pack of Diet Coke strapped to my back with a straw fed up through my shirt so I could swig on it during all times of the day. Giving up Diet Coke was like having to say good-bye to Autumn and Raphie when I moved down to Florida. It was saying good-bye to an old friend. Only Autumn and Raphie still keep coming around. Diet Coke doesn't enter my life unless I go to the store and purchase it... which I haven't since March 16, 2011. Eating clean as found this one website I was looking at kinda sums it up, "eating clean is the practice of eating whole, natural foods such as fruits, vegetables, lean proteins, and complex carbohydrates. It also means staying away from the junk that typically makes up the Standard American Diet (S.A.D) These types of food include man-made sugar, bad fats (hydrogenated, trans-fat), preservatives, white bread, and any other ingredients that are unnecessary. An easy way to remember if a food is clean is: "if man made it, don't eat it." I am not a nazi about following this type of diet, but I have tailored it to my way of doing things.
I also drink Nu-tek Pro 5 Vanilla Protein Power for Her shakes with a scoop of powder and a tbs of Jif or Skippy Natural peanut butter. I have one two times a day which replaces those granola bars, Kidz Clif bars, cookies, 100 calorie packs and other things I ate that were loaded with carbs and refined sugar. Now my carbohydrate intake consists mostly of what some refer to as "slow carbs". They are carbs that metabolize slower in the body and don't spike your insulin levels. Food for Life has a great bread that is considered slow carb. Also, beans are also considered a slow carb but beans and I don't have a very good relationship. I eat the beans and within an hour or so they are coming out the other end. Then they continue to come out the other end for days. My stomach is distended and I look like I'm six months pregnant. Not the look I'm going for when I am trying to lose weight.
I have talked to a lot of people about their eating habits. My old trainer, Alexa, was my motivation to eat better and now I talk to a girl from high school who also eats clean to try to get new ideas for foods so I am not constantly eating the same way. The foods I eat on a regular basis are:
*Lots of Chicken Breast baked with Mrs. Dash and ground Flax Seed on it
*Nasoya Cubed Extra Firm Tofu
*Raw Blueberries
*Ezekiel 4:9 Bread
*Nu-Tek Protein Powder
*Black Beans/Lentils
*Brown Rice (once a week at most)
*Sweet potato (once a week at most)
*Green leafy veggies
*Salads
*Salmon
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