Portion Control Commitment Continues

Last week, I started precooking my meals for the week with my NuWave oven.  Each day, my lunch was 6 onces of blacken chicken, grilled bell peppers of a bed of lettuces, fresh bell peppers, cranberries, chickpeas, and low-fat vinaigrette dressing and my dinner was shakeology with a small banana.  The first couple of days were very hard.  I had cravings and wanted to eat more than what I had prepared.  I snacked on raw almonds, carrots, celeries.  However,  I was committed to sticking to this plan; and by the fourth day, I started to get used to the routine.  I was not as hungry between meals….yay!!!.....I also completely cut half&half from my coffee, using Almond milk instead!

B – My body is feeling stronger. I can jump higher!  I am able to jog/run 3k in my neighborhood.  I still need to work on my pushups.  LOL.  I am beginning to love doing pushups, just not good at it yet.   Also I noticed that I have better postures now, especially my back!

L – Besides preparing my meals, I learned to use substitutes like Turkey/oat meals for healthier meals.   I am beginning to read ingredients as well as calories, when possible, on my food now.  I am spending more time at the grocery now.  LOL.  I actually enjoyed cooking!

O – My Oh-Yeah moment:  Had Panera Bread for dinner last night:  caught myself reading the calories on the menu….ordered a salad with less than 500 calories!!!!

G – My main goal is to continue with meals prepping, which I just prepared for this week J.  I also need to come to the WORX more. 

on to week #4!

Portion Control Commitment!

I thought I had meal portions down but come to find out I have failed!  My favorite chipotle chicken salad = 3 meals!  During my first Journey, I would have this every weekend after my workouts.  No wonder I was not losing weight!!!  Thanks Maia for pointing this out!

 
For this week, my Nuwave oven arrives……yay!!!.....I don’t cook.  My sister cooks for my husband, me, and my daughter.  Vietnamese food can be very fattening.  So this oven is going to help me prepare healthier meals.  Today, I prepared my first set of meals (dinner) for the week:  blackened chicken (gluten free) with bell peppers.  It was so simple!  Just marinate the chickens and grill them in the oven for 10 minutes!  It couldn’t get any easier than this!  For lunches, I will have greenberry shakeology with fruits.  I usually put in one small banana or strawberries.  I think if I follow this plan then I will likely to achieve my weigh loss goal, not to mention portion control!  LOL.

Another issue I have is my coffee habit.  I love half&half!...LOL….after talking to my coach Ashley, I went out to get Blue Diamond Breeze almond milk&coconut milk per her recommendation.  I will try this with my coffee instead.  I love coconut and almond, so I think this will help me.

As for workouts, my body has come a long way.  Before the WORX today, I walked for 3 miles, then work out at the WORX (oh-yeah!!!)……I felt great!  So definitely my stamina has increased so I need to keep this up.  Maia definitely worked our butts off today!

Before Journey 1 ended, I was hesitant to join this Journey.  Now, I am so glad that I joined.  If anyone asks me, I would recommend it.  During my first Journey, it was getting used to the workouts (my body was so sore!), getting used to the new nutrition plan….learning healthy eating habits (which I am still struggling!).  For me, these were too many changes at the same.  Now that my body is used to the workouts, I can concentrate on my eating habits. 

A big thank you to Ashley for being such a great coach! 

I am so greatful that I have the WORX behind me for this Journey.  Everyone is so supportive. 

I coudn't ask for a better gym!!! 
So on to week #3!

 

The Journey Continues

I am so excited to continue on this Journey with a group of dedicated coaches! 

I missed the nutrition seminar with the first Journey so I made sure that I attended it this time.  I am so glad that I did because I learned so much from it. Portions control, meal plannings, good carb vs. bad carb, Paleo, calories intake, MyFitnessPal, etc……I went home and the first thing I did was order a Nuwave oven so that I can start to cook and prepare all my meals.  I don’t know how to cook but I need to if I am going to commit to a healthy lifestyle!!   When I started the first Journey, I was on Medifast meals.  I was able to get off the meals; however, my eating habits are still very inconsistent!

My OH YEAH Moment this week so far was being able to go through bootcamp and the fitness test after being away from the WORX for 2 weeks!!! 

My goals for this week are:  resume my 4x workouts at the WORX and continue to watch what I eat until I get my Nuwave oven.