Marlaine83

Today I felt thinner. You know when you just have those great skinny days? Where your clothes seem to fit better. It’s nice to have one of those. I know it’s only been a couple weeks, but in that two weeks I think my body has been detoxing—which I guess is a natural occurance when you stop feeding it processed crap and begin eating about a dozen portions of fruit and vegetables each day. Okay maybe not that much, but my diet is tons cleaner when I’m making an effor to lose weight!

For the last few weeks I’ve been making fruit smoothies every morning for my husband and I. Banana, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, peaches—-blended into a delicious drink that keeps me full for several hours. I for one never thought fruit would be able to fill me up for the morning. But I’ve been pleasently surprised!

Lunches have been filled with salads. Delicious, beautiful homemade salads that I usually prepare the night before, pack into a tuppaware, and take into work. I’ve also picked up some organic mini-pitta breads which when I spread some garlic and herb cream cheese in and stuff with cucumber slices, it’s just the most divine snack around 3pm. Really revs me up especially when I’ve got a post-work jog planned.

My girlfriends and I have been consistently working out two days/week for just over a year now. In the summertime we walk/jog at the park, normally about 2 miles. Then do situps and push-ups. In the winter we join an aerobics class which is really great for helping to quickly shift those holiday pounds!!

Recently dinner times have been quite stagnant—meaning I haven’t been venturing out too much. But I will say that I always cook from fresh ingredients. So usually it’s a lean meat (grilled or baked), potato (baked or mashed), and some vegetable. We have pasta one night of the week (my husband’s specialty), but it’s always with a homemade tomato sauce—which is great because it tastes loads better and the ones in cans are normally much higher in calories and sodium. I also like to do a tofu/vegetable stir fry one day in the week because it’s just so easy and quick. I usually serve that with rice.

Oh and I drink a TON of water! Usually around 3 liters a day. This is the one habit I haven’t dropped since joining weight watchers the first time back in ‘07. I adore my water.

Anyways my point being that I feel so much more liberated with food since re-joining weight watchers. Because I measure and write down EVERYTHING I eat/drink, I feel like I can have that handful of m&ms in the evening before bedtime. Or a fair few gin & tonics on the weekend.