The Post-Strict Diet Binge

My big mistake was going from a super-structured diet plan (PureFoods Fresh Start) to Christmas.  The holidays were crazy and my refrigerator was poorly stocked (no need to buy food for me for three weeks) and then BOOM!  I ate stuff I would never normally eat, including some pecan toffee my husband's sister sent from Texas and an assortment of See's chocolates.  This is bad.  Very bad.

But yesterday, I went to the grocery store and stocked up on decent food:  oranges, quinoa, oat bran, carrots, beans, chicken breasts . . . in other words, whole foods.  I am prepared to eat like a sensible weight-watching person now.  And I discovered something interesting during my week of oh-my-goodness-what-shall-I-eat-now?  Sugar gives me a headache and makes me feel like lying very still on my bed like a lethargic lump of coal. 

Also?  Not exercising makes me feel like not exercising. 

Tomorrow is the last day of the year.  Tuesday is the first day of our Exercise Streak!  Now, here's how this will work.  You decide what constitutes an Exercise Streak for you.  For me, that means exercise every single day, at least twenty minutes.  I prefer to aim for 30 - 60 minutes, which is optimum for weight loss and health maintenance.  My schedule has gone crazy as I am now working forty hours a week (from home), including four nights that end at midnight.  Early morning walks are unlikely, so I am going to switch things up and fit exercise in between my split shifts (after dinner, essentially). 

We will keep accountable, probably doing a weekly Exercise Streak check-in.  Details to follow.  Meanwhile, some time soon, my blog at dietnakedblog.com will go live . . . meanwhile, you can find that blog at http://www.dietnaked.typepad.com.  (Something about domain names and redirection and who knows what . . . all I know for sure is that until my domain name works properly, you can just typed in http://www.dietnaked.typepad.com.)

Comments

[mrs darling]

Your pics are incredible!
I want to do the challenge with you for exercise but you know what? Im going to commit to only ten minutes a day. If I cant do that than nothing wil help me! If I can do it than I know by the end of the year I'll be exercising way more than that!

[Paula]

You need to put up a SMILING pic of your new self in the roster that you see when you click on the foto at left...the one with no more double chin is amazing but because of all the cooking (mentioned in the caption) you don't look as happy about it as you should be!!!