This is kind of silly but it's real.
Lettuce, is nine dollars where I live.
No joke.
I've been trying to eat a lot healthier and not eating as much processed food lately.
I'm still getting over a cold but I've been making my lunches two days in advance because that's where I tend to fail.
My breakfasts are pretty much the same, either eggs and hashbrowns (I don't care how healthy I eat/should eat, I will never give up my hashbrowns) or oatmeal.
Dinner is usually a protein and a vegetable.
Lunch.
Can I be honest?
Of course I can, it's my blog.
I hate lunch.
I've always hated lunch.
I'm more of a snack person.
So I've been planning my lunches this week and hopefully will continue to do it.
I'm hoping to do a post at least once a week about health and fitness. Maybe what I've been eating or how my work outs are going. . .you know, once I'm 100% over this damn cold.
I used to be in the best shape, I'd run about 4 times a week or work out on the elliptical machine, I'd lift weights and do yoga, but I've kind of slipped in the past 4 years.
I was not ripped, but I was toned and fit for me. I need to get back to that.
Recently I've stopped taking birth control pills.
I'm using other methods but I won't get into that.
Birth control pills made me crazy.
I think I went over this in a previous post, so I won't go into details.
But I had a break down, realized I needed to go off the pill again and I have never been happier than I am right now.
So mentally, I am happier.
Now I just need to get to that physical part.
I'm rambling, aren't I?
It's Friday.
Let's get back on track.
I'm trying really, really hard to eat healthier but cauliflower is over five dollars a head, lettuce is nine dollars and for two chicken breasts over ten dollars.
It's ridiculous!
Eating healthy is hard when you're having to fork out that much money for lettuce, which is basically water.
That's my whole rambling story about how I'm going to post some health and fitness things on the blog.
Having a glass of wine or two while blogging is fun, isn't it?
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Showing posts with label diet. Show all posts
Friday, January 22, 2016
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
My Health & Fitness Journey
Once upon a time I used to be a health and fitness freak.
Once upon a time was almost 3 years ago now.
I would really like to get back to my old ways of being healthy and fit, just feeling comfortable in my own skin.
I used to restrict myself with what I ate. I never restricted my calories, but I did aim for 1500-2000/day. But there are things I wouldn't touch like ice-cream or milk (mostly because it causes me severe bloating due to the whole lactose thing), I only ate chocolate if it was dark and even that was rare. It was also when I decided to take my coffee black (one of the best decisions I ever made)
First, a back story.
The Summer of 2006 I gained over 10lbs. I knew I ate bad on vacation that year, I just didn't think I ate that much.
I became depressed, didn't have a job and slept past noon everyday.
2008 I had constant panic attacks and didn't know why.
A trip to the doctor and a blood test declared I had Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, a precursor to the Hypothyroidism I was diagnosed with in 2009.
Hypothyroidism explained the depression, the weight gain and the fatigue I was feeling.
I was given a medication that I now take for the rest of my life to balance my thyroid.
It took up to three months to notice the results of the medication and was I ever happy. I had motivation, I lost the weight, I had energy!
December 2010- Stress was high in our household when my Dad broke his leg. I was working 6 days a week and not taking care of myself.
I survived off of bananas, Coke Zero and Pixi Stix.
I became the most thin I had been in a long time. I knew something was wrong with me. I liked the feeling of thin but I didn't like how I had gotten there.
The new year began and I was ready to be healthy. I quit eating fast food/eating out all together. I gave up soda. I ate tons of fish and chicken, vegetables, fruit. Breakfast was my biggest meals and all my meals were planned out. I ate 6 times a day and was drinking lots of water. I worked my way up to working out 5 days a week. I also used the MyFitnessPal app to keep track of everything, and that was definitely one of the biggest things in keeping my routine.
This went on for a full year.
I felt so amazing and was so happy in my body. I want that feeling again.
November, it was gone completely.
May 2014- I had a wrist injury and really couldn't work out.
It wasn't until August that I could do anything. I entered into a physio program where I went for 4 hours a day to gym. I was fit again! But after that ended in October I went back to my old ways.
The only routine thing about my diet now is breakfast, and even then I slack on weekends.
I don't even work out now.
I'm tired all the time, but I blame that on working a sporadic schedule.
It's a new year and everyone wants to start out on a diet, going to the gym or trying some kind of fad thing.
I just want healthy and happy me back.
First off, no more junk food.
Secondly I will start with the yoga again and slowly work my way back to the weights.
This is going to be a tough journey, but I know I can do it as I've done it before.
Do you have any health and fitness goals?
Once upon a time was almost 3 years ago now.
I would really like to get back to my old ways of being healthy and fit, just feeling comfortable in my own skin.
I used to restrict myself with what I ate. I never restricted my calories, but I did aim for 1500-2000/day. But there are things I wouldn't touch like ice-cream or milk (mostly because it causes me severe bloating due to the whole lactose thing), I only ate chocolate if it was dark and even that was rare. It was also when I decided to take my coffee black (one of the best decisions I ever made)
First, a back story.
The Summer of 2006 I gained over 10lbs. I knew I ate bad on vacation that year, I just didn't think I ate that much.
I became depressed, didn't have a job and slept past noon everyday.
2008 I had constant panic attacks and didn't know why.
A trip to the doctor and a blood test declared I had Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, a precursor to the Hypothyroidism I was diagnosed with in 2009.
Hypothyroidism explained the depression, the weight gain and the fatigue I was feeling.
I was given a medication that I now take for the rest of my life to balance my thyroid.
It took up to three months to notice the results of the medication and was I ever happy. I had motivation, I lost the weight, I had energy!
December 2010- Stress was high in our household when my Dad broke his leg. I was working 6 days a week and not taking care of myself.
I survived off of bananas, Coke Zero and Pixi Stix.
I became the most thin I had been in a long time. I knew something was wrong with me. I liked the feeling of thin but I didn't like how I had gotten there.
The new year began and I was ready to be healthy. I quit eating fast food/eating out all together. I gave up soda. I ate tons of fish and chicken, vegetables, fruit. Breakfast was my biggest meals and all my meals were planned out. I ate 6 times a day and was drinking lots of water. I worked my way up to working out 5 days a week. I also used the MyFitnessPal app to keep track of everything, and that was definitely one of the biggest things in keeping my routine.
This went on for a full year.
I felt so amazing and was so happy in my body. I want that feeling again.
After a good run in 2012.
January 2012- I went off birth control as it was driving my hormones crazy. By June I was feeling fantastic! I was healthy, fit, off those dumb (so I thought) pills. I had never been so confident. I started teaching myself yoga and was just on top of the world.
Feeling so good in a dress to go out dancing!
Fun fact: this is the night I ran into my current boyfriend.
I guess around September 2012 is when I started slacking more and more on my routine.November, it was gone completely.
May 2014- I had a wrist injury and really couldn't work out.
It wasn't until August that I could do anything. I entered into a physio program where I went for 4 hours a day to gym. I was fit again! But after that ended in October I went back to my old ways.
The only routine thing about my diet now is breakfast, and even then I slack on weekends.
I don't even work out now.
I'm tired all the time, but I blame that on working a sporadic schedule.
It's a new year and everyone wants to start out on a diet, going to the gym or trying some kind of fad thing.
I just want healthy and happy me back.
First off, no more junk food.
Secondly I will start with the yoga again and slowly work my way back to the weights.
This is going to be a tough journey, but I know I can do it as I've done it before.
Do you have any health and fitness goals?
Thursday, January 1, 2015
2015- The Year of Moving Out
It's 2015!
I have to admit to you that we fell asleep at eleven last night. We woke up at eleven thirty, so just in time.
Today is the day I make a few goals for the year, some of them are silly but they are my goals.
1. Stop going out for coffee so much; make coffee at home. (Money saver)
2. Spend less on makeup (yeah, right)
3. Blog more. This is a big one for me and one that I really want to work at. I would like to post more videos to my youtube channel as well, but blogging is my main goal. I'm going to post every Monday and Wednesday and work up to a third day, or just change the schedule all together.
4. Make a girlfriend. I have no girlfriends in town. The one I talk to the most lives in Wisconsin. I'm in B.C.
5. Move into a space of our own. Boyfriend and I will have been together for two and a half years come February. We talked about moving out together at the end of 2012 (when we first started dating), but that was kind of soon. I've lived with him at his parent's house since the end of 2012. We looked on craigslist all last year for a place to live and just nothing popped out at us. We've decided this is the year. This bedroom is getting too small for us. We'd like to buy a house, but houses are expensive.
6. The most difficult goal? Be neater. I am a messy person. Always have been. My room as a child was rarely clean, as an adult it got better....but now it's just a disaster. My room at my parent's house hold all my appliances, my bed, furniture etc. It's quite disgusting to walk into. I am also terrible for leaving dirty dishes around. My breakfast dishes will sit for days, piling up. I like to think that when we move out this will get better.
We can only hope...
7. Start eating healthy again. This is a whole blog post on it's own.
I was a health nut from 2010 to 2012. I was so restricted on how I would eat (zero chocolate/icecream/cookies) but I would eat lots. I was strict on my exercise (the time I would do it and for how long). If only I could go back to that...I was so happy.
2014 was the year of unhealthy eating for me. While I don't partake in fast food eating (Tim Horton's rarely, Opa once a month and pizza now and then...) I ate out a lot. We love our sushi and wings. I also found myself skipping out on dinner quite a lot. I hate sleeping on a heavy stomach. I'm weird. I like big breakfasts, light filling lunches, and healthy dinners (with the occasional roast beef on Sundays) and I'm not a big meat person.
Anyways! Number 7, start meal planning. Breakfasts are easy, I eat the same thing every day.
I like salads for lunches. The past month I would buy a (really good) pre-made salad for every day of the week. That adds up. So this morning I went out and bought lettuce, chicken, dressing and I have cheese at home (I like cheese on salad) and I will make salads for the next few days so I can just grab and go. At least that's the plan.
[expect a whole post about my diet and exercise (past and present) soon because this was fun.]
Those are the goals for this year.
I think that some of them are realistic, the coffee, make up and girlfriend ones? Not so much.
What are your goals for the year or even just the month of January?
I have to admit to you that we fell asleep at eleven last night. We woke up at eleven thirty, so just in time.
Today is the day I make a few goals for the year, some of them are silly but they are my goals.
1. Stop going out for coffee so much; make coffee at home. (Money saver)
2. Spend less on makeup (yeah, right)
3. Blog more. This is a big one for me and one that I really want to work at. I would like to post more videos to my youtube channel as well, but blogging is my main goal. I'm going to post every Monday and Wednesday and work up to a third day, or just change the schedule all together.
4. Make a girlfriend. I have no girlfriends in town. The one I talk to the most lives in Wisconsin. I'm in B.C.
5. Move into a space of our own. Boyfriend and I will have been together for two and a half years come February. We talked about moving out together at the end of 2012 (when we first started dating), but that was kind of soon. I've lived with him at his parent's house since the end of 2012. We looked on craigslist all last year for a place to live and just nothing popped out at us. We've decided this is the year. This bedroom is getting too small for us. We'd like to buy a house, but houses are expensive.
6. The most difficult goal? Be neater. I am a messy person. Always have been. My room as a child was rarely clean, as an adult it got better....but now it's just a disaster. My room at my parent's house hold all my appliances, my bed, furniture etc. It's quite disgusting to walk into. I am also terrible for leaving dirty dishes around. My breakfast dishes will sit for days, piling up. I like to think that when we move out this will get better.
We can only hope...
7. Start eating healthy again. This is a whole blog post on it's own.
I was a health nut from 2010 to 2012. I was so restricted on how I would eat (zero chocolate/icecream/cookies) but I would eat lots. I was strict on my exercise (the time I would do it and for how long). If only I could go back to that...I was so happy.
2014 was the year of unhealthy eating for me. While I don't partake in fast food eating (Tim Horton's rarely, Opa once a month and pizza now and then...) I ate out a lot. We love our sushi and wings. I also found myself skipping out on dinner quite a lot. I hate sleeping on a heavy stomach. I'm weird. I like big breakfasts, light filling lunches, and healthy dinners (with the occasional roast beef on Sundays) and I'm not a big meat person.
Anyways! Number 7, start meal planning. Breakfasts are easy, I eat the same thing every day.
I like salads for lunches. The past month I would buy a (really good) pre-made salad for every day of the week. That adds up. So this morning I went out and bought lettuce, chicken, dressing and I have cheese at home (I like cheese on salad) and I will make salads for the next few days so I can just grab and go. At least that's the plan.
[expect a whole post about my diet and exercise (past and present) soon because this was fun.]
Those are the goals for this year.
I think that some of them are realistic, the coffee, make up and girlfriend ones? Not so much.
What are your goals for the year or even just the month of January?
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