Drinking Water
20 Minutes Did you know that it takes your stomach 20 minutes to tell you mind that you are full? This is not such a great system if you are trying to cut calories. Many times you have eaten the correct portion, but are still be hungry because your brain has not received the message. [...]
14-Day Super Highway Plan Results The results are in… I thought it only fair to share the results of my 14-Day Super Highway Plan. Here are the goals and what I learned: 1. Lose lbs 6 – I lost 3.75lbs which is in the healthy 1 to 2 lbs a week range. Remember this is [...]
Day 7 of 14 Day Plan Scored 6 I won’t bore you with details. I’m going to weigh tomorrow. I do know several things: 1. I look and feel rested. Getting a more sleep and exercise must have helped. 2. My face is breaking out. This seems to happen whenever I start to lose weight [...]
Day 6 of 14 Day Plan Scored a 6. Glad the week is over. With the weekend coming, I have more time to make some headway on some of my actions. I also have more time for distractions! Just as important as what I am consistently doing, is what I have not done. I am [...]
Day 5 of 14 Day Plan Scored a 7. I think there must be a full moon. Clients were changing times. I was trying to keep on schedule and a couple of things fell through the cracks or were reorganized. I had 2 hectic days, back to back! So I guess I should be glad [...]
Day 4 of 14 Day Plan I scored a 6. It is time to evaluate my actions. There are 2 actions that I haven’t earned any points at –visualization and a 2nd exercise. I’m not worried about the extra exercise since I am trying to walk farther with Monk, my puppy. The visualization threw me [...]
Day 3 of 14 Day Plan Yesterday was better. Scored a 7. I found a site that might be helpful to increasing your exercise: http://walking.about.com/cs/howtoloseweight/a/calcalculators.htm I always walk farther when I am using my pedometer. A pedometer can be tricky if you have a mushy middle. It will jiggle and count steps incorrectly. You have [...]
Day 2 of 14 Day Plan My first day went well. I scored a 6. I learned again, it takes time and planning to make changes. I realized some of my Goals and Actions need clarification. For example, Goal 3 to redesign/improve meals is a little vague. What I really want to do is increase [...]
