July 7, 2019
OMG! I compared that tent with the one I am currently using with GD1 and I cannot believe how much smaller it is than that one. yeah! even though it weighs considerably more than my 2 person tent, this one would be doable should she decide to backpack with me. I really want to go camping again, but so far time does not allow it. Lately, my "camping" has been driving through a State Park campground on the way home and look at everyone enjoying themselves. But, I noticed last night that just driving through the wooded area had a calming effect on me. I am hoping to get away for one night in about 2 weeks. I'll see what happens.
It is so hard because of this business with my parents is taking so much more of my time than in the past. My dad had 3 doctor appointments next week and each is on a different day. I live about 1 hour away from them so the drive time is going to take a big chunk of my day. Fortunately, they are with a good medical group that the doctors are able to see them in a timely manner.It is actually kind of impressive that they barely sit down in the waiting room before they are called back.
And, yesterday, I finally realized why it is so hard for me to stick with my eating plan. I am too busy and the chores I do take me longer than I anticipate. So, when I come in for a meal, I am hungry and do not want to take time to prepare a meal and compromise and grab something quick to fix. I am trying to catch up with the yard and garden work and once I get that done, it should be time to harvest. At least that what it seems like to me.
Fortunately for me, hubby is on his own quest to lose weight and is making salads, so at least the lettuce is washed and cut up. We top our lettuce with the Sweet Kale mixture of Kale, cabbage and Brussels Sprouts.
Yesterday, I went for a 2 mile run outdoors - it has been about 2 weeks since I went for a run. I managed to go the whole way without stopping to walk - even up the hill. I am such a wimp on the hills and usually talk myself into walking. But yesterday, as I was going up, I kept my focus on the ground a few feet in from of me instead of gazing up at how far it was to the top and before I knew it, I was on top and cruising down the other side. My pace was slow, but I focused more on being able to finish the distance rather than the speed. But now If I can stick with this Nike plan on my app, I am hoping to be able to do this again at a faster pace. I just need to focus on my goal and my plan.
That is what I am going to do with my eating - focus on my goal and my plan. I am spending way to much time going off plan, too many excuses, saying some one or something stressed me out and so I ate crap. Currently, for my weight, I could say I reached my goal because I am under that setpoint I had as a teenager and young adult. I am within the Healthy BMI range, but when I did the calculations for the ideal weight, the one that gave 5 different calculations, I took the average of the four (one was the BMI range) and that is going to be the goal I am going to aim for. It is the weight I was at before this last round of stress (life) hit me so hard. I actually felt the best at that weight. So, I am only going to aim for losing about 5 more pounds, unless I drop the fat and gain muscle instead.
Instead of constantly being frustrated because I cannot follow an eating plan, I am just going to focus on not eating junk food whenever I am out and about, frustrated, bored, etc. The junk food is my problem ~ way too much of the bad stuff: fat, sugar, salt and processed grains. Sometimes, when I track what I eat, I am amazes at how many calories that stuff is and how much of it I eat at one sitting.
My new game plan:
* No more buying chips
* Stay away from the ice cream shop
* If I want a sweet treat, make it at home following a whole food plant based recipe
* For my meals, focus on the Starch solution guidelines, but pay attention to the calorie density of what goes on my plate.
* Follow the Nike run plan for the time being, on rest days, walk or do some other activity and include strength training and stretching.
This is so much more generic and I am thinking this may be more doable for me to be able to stick with the plan. Less rules for me to rebel against.
Well, let's see how it goes with this new plan...