day 2: slow and steady wins the race

It's as if the minute you tell yourself you're on a diet, you suddenly crave everything you see. Even things you don't like. You think about food all day because that's your challenge of the day (of your life). So, believe me, I understand the "healthy lifestyle changes"concept rather than full on dieting.

But let's be serious, I have made "healthy lifestyle changes" like not eating a pint of ice cream in one night, yet the pounds still came back to haunt me. I was probably just having too much fun...Kidding. Sort of. Anyway, here I am dieting and craving foods I didn't even know I could crave. Getting hungry when I normally wouldn't get that hungry. Or... am I just noticing I'm hungry because I'm paying more attention to myself?

I finished my meals of the day off as follows:
For lunch I ate one piece of homemade pita served with 1/3 of a cup homemade hummus and one sliced tomato. Served with that, I ate a salad with 4 leaves of romaine lettuce, 1 tomato, 1 small avocado, and a few slices of cucumber. This was topped with a teaspoon of olive oil and a little bit of balsamic.

For dinner I ate another piece of pita served with one full package of spinach and a little bit of curry that had been left over from the other night. I should have cut this down in portion size and eaten it slower. I am working on getting to the point where I can look back and say, "wow I ate the perfect amount yesterday and will not feel like a slug today!" Soon enough, friends. Soon enough.

In between dinner and lunch, I ate the other half of my cucumber and some more of my hummus. I will be making this hummus again, however, I will try Bob Harper's oil-less hummus recipe. (That is where any excess calories come from.) After dinner, I ate 1 orange and 2 squares of 85% dark chocolate which to me is almost not even worth it.

As for my challenges, I conquered my daily challenge and have yet to break my weekly. I drank well over 5 glasses of water yesterday, however, I could not stop peeing and got pretty frustrated by that.

Today's challenges:
1) Find a lunch in between classes that does not include simple carbs.
2) Do not eat olive oil.
3) Drink 6 glasses of water.
Weekly challenge: Only drink one time per week.

I also think it's important that as well as walking 4 miles to school and back (all together) yesterday, I completed 40 minutes of Jillian Michael's Kickboxing series without weights. I will have to go find some weights. Although, I have to say, it's difficult to spend money buying weights when you already have so much on your stomach....

I'm starting my day off with 1/2 a cup of cooked oatmeal, 1/4 cup of soymilk, and a cup of tea. You better believe I am also drinking a glass of water. (Gotta start some where!)

What will you do to challenge yourself today?
xx Sierra