Every
day, I do what I can to move. I wear a FitBit and honestly, it’s one
of the best investments I’ve ever made. I’m more conscious of the fact
that I was fairly sedentary.
I still am, honestly. But less so now than before. I’m more aware
than I was. On my days off, I make a point to get up and take a short
walk down the side walk in front of my apartment building and the one
next to mine. Or, I walk around the entire apartment
complex. I do that once an hour. It helps that FitBit recently added a
new feature to its app because of the new Alta. On the Alta, if you
haven’t walked your minimum hourly step goal (the auto setting is set at
250 steps), it will give you a reminder alert
10 minutes before the end of the hour that you haven’t taken enough
steps. However, the only downside is that the Alta is the ONLY one that
currently gives you these little reminders. Allegedly, FitBit is
working on updating the firmware for the other trackers
so that they also give you the reminders. Since I work in a place that
doesn’t allow me to have my cellphone on me, I have to write down what
my step total is at the beginning of the hour and then be aware of how
many steps I’ve taken during the hour.
Other
things I try to do are to eat as many veggies as possible. I love
foods that are high in volume and super low in calories. I’m a huge fan
of spaghetti squash. I’ve
also learned to accept celery. I’ve always loved Brussels sprouts and
peas. Some veggies aren’t low in calories, but they are high in
nutrients. Another food that is low in calories and somewhat high in
volume is rice cakes. I do try to stay away from
processed carbs as much as possible, but I do eat rice cakes with
organic peanut butter and sugar free, whole grain cereals with cashew
milk. Other than that, I stay away from processed carbs unless I’m
having a splurge meal.
I
also calorie count. Even if it only has 10 calories, I track it. I
didn’t use to be honest in my food tracking. However, since I got back
from Oregon at the beginning
of this month, I have been as honest as I can. Sometimes you can’t get
actual nutrition info on something, so you have to make your best guess
and pick the food item in the database that is the closest to what you
ate. I’m very proud of myself that I’ve
been able to stick with being honest. I mean, when I lie or don’t
track something, I’m not fooling anyone. The only person I’m lying to
is myself and just because I didn’t track it doesn’t mean that I didn’t
eat it. You can’t ignore a food you ate and that
means it didn’t happen. I was only hurting myself and that’s part of
the reason I was having such a problem losing weight and was actually
gaining it.
Another
thing…a BIG thing, actually…I got put on mood stabilizing medication.
It’s no secret that I suffer from chronic depression, anxiety, OCD,
disordered eating, and
hyperactivity disorder. About 6 years ago, I finally decided to get
help. I’ve been on the same medication the whole time until the
beginning of this month when my doctor changed one of my medications and
it was a miracle-worker for me. I have more energy,
I’m happier in general, I’m not apathetic, I’m more motivated, I get up
when I want to get up and don’t languish around wasting time.
Decide
what changes you can make that will help you achieve your fitness and
health goals and then put them in motion and practice. You will find
that they are much easier
than you might think they would be.
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