For Lent, I decided to give up Facebook. I haven't logged on once, but did get an email today that I have over 100 notifications...mind you, this includes any posts made by friends as status updates, and not necessarily directly related to me. I would venture to say that probably none of those are actually related or directed to me...very few of them anyway. I don't feel like I'm missing too much, but do catch myself out of habit reaching for my phone to check it out, even though I deleted the app on my phone for this time period. And while I'm not on it as much as Facebook, I have found myself enjoying Pinterest alot more than usual...as well as blogging more (3 times since Ash Wednesday...that's a lot for me!).
On another note, Richard and I started the Atkins diet yesterday. Typically, I think this diet works better for men than it does women, but we'll see. The last time we did this one, I had to quit about 5 days in because it was making me sick. I know now that it was because my gall bladder was bad and couldn't handle the high fat content that you take in on this diet. But this time, I am trying to focus on lean proteins like fish, chicken and pork, instead of the red meats we consumed so much of last time. We also have a good bit of venison in our freezer that is a naturally lean red meat. It seems that they have added more vegetables to the "allowed" foods list, particularly during the first 2 weeks. Still can't have any wine during this time period, but I have been taking full advantage of the 2 cups of coffee sweetened with only Splenda, and no creamer, each day.
Over the last few weeks, I have increased my water intake and have been better about fitting in exercise in my routine, normally with the treadmill, but this week I'm also adding a routine that I found on ...you guessed it...Pinterest. Here's the link so you can check it out:
http://backonpointe.tumblr.com/post/15968075542/photoset_iframe/backonpointe/tumblr_lxwus9c3lF1ql2uvy/500
My goal is tone up, not bulk up, and this regimen seems to be designed for that.
My meals yesterday consisted of cheese omelet for breakfast, chicken salad on a no carb wrap for lunch, Atkins snack bar (pretty tasty) and grilled chicken, sauteed squash and zuchinni and a big salad for supper. Today, I had a Go Lean protein shake for breakfast, a huge salad with sauteed shrimp for lunch, Atkins bar for a snack, and for supper we're grilling pork chops and cabbage (which has like 2 grams of carbs per serving-you are allowed 20 per day), and salad. I'm sure the kids will be thrilled.
Anyway...time to get moving on the treadmill...No pain, no gain!!
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