I've been back to my #gettinghealthy mindset for two weeks now. And it feels great!
I have to remind myself daily that getting healthy is a lifelong mindset. You have to learn how to eat, and for me, that is re-learning. Before, I ate what I wanted, when I wanted. If I wanted fast food for breakfast, I got it, and starbucks (whole milk and whipped cream), I got it, fast food for lunch, and pizza for dinner - yep. That's how I rolled.
My food cravings controlled me.
You just have to learn balance when it comes to eating. You can have a meal out once in a while, you can eat bread (hello - it's delicious! lol), you can have some chips at a party, or a summer night out for ice cream with the family. You just have to balance your day, or the days around it out. You go all out one day and eat too many calories, get up the next day and get back at it. This is for life, there are no short cuts. And can you really imagine NOT eating foods that you love for the rest of your life? You just have to learn how to eat them. (I still have issue between Thanksgiving and New Years. Too many cookies around the house, and I eat them. That's a learning curve I still need to figure out.)
Starving yourself isn't the answer, because that's not good either. But I'm paying attention to calories, I'm drinking my water, and getting my steps in. And it's working.
I lost 3lbs this week.
That's all the validation I need to keep going.
#staypositive
I have to remind myself daily that getting healthy is a lifelong mindset. You have to learn how to eat, and for me, that is re-learning. Before, I ate what I wanted, when I wanted. If I wanted fast food for breakfast, I got it, and starbucks (whole milk and whipped cream), I got it, fast food for lunch, and pizza for dinner - yep. That's how I rolled.
My food cravings controlled me.
You just have to learn balance when it comes to eating. You can have a meal out once in a while, you can eat bread (hello - it's delicious! lol), you can have some chips at a party, or a summer night out for ice cream with the family. You just have to balance your day, or the days around it out. You go all out one day and eat too many calories, get up the next day and get back at it. This is for life, there are no short cuts. And can you really imagine NOT eating foods that you love for the rest of your life? You just have to learn how to eat them. (I still have issue between Thanksgiving and New Years. Too many cookies around the house, and I eat them. That's a learning curve I still need to figure out.)
Starving yourself isn't the answer, because that's not good either. But I'm paying attention to calories, I'm drinking my water, and getting my steps in. And it's working.
I lost 3lbs this week.
That's all the validation I need to keep going.
#staypositive
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