The Diet Naked Blog

Behind the scenes, inside my head

Is anybody else overeating while planning a Big Change, a Diet, a Lifestyle Change, a day in which you which eat vegetables and lean protein and get enough exercise to make you sweat? 

Or is it just me?

Here's what I have in store for myself:

1)  An exercise streak, starting on January 1.  I'm aiming for a full month of daily exercise.  I will decide on January 31 whether to continue the streak.

2)  A healthy diet.  I am in dire need of vegetables and fruit and lean protein.  I am getting a divorce from sugar and white flour.  

3)  No more overeating.  Seriously.  And amen.

I have no intention of stepping on the scale, however.  I don't want this to be about the scale.

So, even though this blog has been quiet, I have been scheming and thinking and planning and . . . deleting comments by spammers.  Geez, those people are SO SUPER ANNOYING.

We'll talk soon.

Merry Christmas!

Drat and double-drat

Now I have to start my Couch to 5K running program over again.  A hair appointment followed by illness followed by Christmas preparation following by a sick kid has led to the realization that I need to postpone my running program until after Christmas break.

Also?  Maybe I'm just making excuses.  I'm feeling a little down for a variety of reasons unrelated to my physical being.

However, I might be down but I'm not out.

Hopefully soon I will eat a vegetable or fruit again.  Good grief, things have gotten bad around here.

Ever wonder what happened to past contestants on "The Biggest Loser"?

Do you ever watch "The Biggest Loser"?  I watched one season a few years back, but haven't managed to catch a season since then.  I did watch the finale, though, recently.

Then I ran across this which talks about where the 'Biggest Losers' are now.  Check it out!  (Can we all just hold hands and mourn the fact that it's really really hard to keep off weight?)  

Interrupted

I have a cold and will be in bed instead of at the park running.

Drat.

I'm eating less!

I am eating less.  I am.  I'm reading this book, Eating Less:  Say Goodbye to Overeating and it's really helping me.  (Someone here recommended it to me.) 

I have read a dozens of books about diet and nutrition.  I've read Geneen Roth's books about "feeding the hungry heart."  I've read countless articles with endless tips about avoiding foods that make you fat.  I scan the magazines while in the checkout line and see diets in many that usually involve "walking your weight off."

Yet, this is a different approach, something I've never heard before.  Perhaps I should have been reading books about addiction all along because this book, which focuses on stopping addictive eating (and thus overeating) makes so much sense to me.  (Okay.  I admit it.  I am an addict.  I'm addicted to overeating.)

(Here's a little article she wrote which covers some of the ideas.) 

Anyway, I feel hopeful.

Also, I continue to train for a 5K using the Couch to 5K app on my iPhone.  (I use the one called C25K which has a green background and running man for the icon--some of you have asked.) 

Here's a summary of the plan.  I use an iPhone app and run outside, but you can find podcasts and other helpful information right here. 

I'm in my third week, now running for 3 consecutive minutes at a time.  I have to tell myself, "You can do anything for three minutes" during the last 3-minute segment.  And what do you know?  I can.

You can, too, I bet. 

Couch to 5K . . . still on track!

I completed my second week of Couch to 5K. And I did not eat a dozen cookies to celebrate.

Hooray, me!

I'm a little worried about next week . . . can I really run for longer than 90 seconds at a time?  Only time will tell. 

Have a great weekend!

Running and eating

My eating has been terrible the past day or two.  I have not been rational, have felt a little moody.  I am reading Eating Less and I think once I finish reading it and implement the ideas I will stop floundering.

In the meantime, I am continuing my Couch to 5K running program.  I am on the second week.  I think I reported here that I have to run for 2 consecutive minutes, but actually, it's only 90 seconds of running alternating with 90 seconds of walking.  I looked ahead and fear when I have to run for longer stretches, but on the other hand, the point is to work up to that.  Right now, I am walking/running for 30 minutes a day.

Without dying.

And so far, I feel okay.  Nothing really hurts anymore.  And remarkably enough, it hasn't rained on my running days.

What about you?  Are you doing an exercise program right now?

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