This week went pretty well. No binges and I’m on day 10 of hitting my
goal of getting in at least 10,000 steps per day. It gets a little easier the
longer I do it because as time goes by I have a better awareness of where I
need to be step-wise at what point during the day. The hardest bit is getting
steps in at work because I have a desk job, and even getting up and wandering
the long way around the office on the way to the bathroom doesn’t add much.
Days when I don’t have Zumba class are also harder. Owning a treadmill helps a
lot because I can get on there, turn on the TV, and just zone out until the
buzzer goes off to tell me I’ve hit the goal.
I also noticed this week what a big difference healthy food makes in
how I feel.
Normally on weekdays, I have what I call my “super food oatmeal” for
breakfast. ½ cup plain oatmeal, ¾ cup frozen blueberries, ¼ cup milk, ¾ cup
water, 2 teaspoons chia seeds, 1 tablespoon semi-sweet chocolate chips. I let
it soak overnight in the fridge so the chia seeds can plump, then heat it in
the microwave at work the next day. It clocks in at around 300 calories. After
eating it I feel content, but not stuffed, and I’m good to go for energy until
my lunch break at 1PM.
Yesterday one of our suppliers dropped off a metric ton of Panera Bread
treats for breakfast, and I selected an asiago cheese breakfast bagel sandwich
with egg and bacon. Afterward I looked up the nutrition info – 580 calories and
25 grams of fat, yikes! It was super tasty, but I could feel it sitting like a
rock in my stomach all morning. When lunch rolled around I wasn’t even hungry,
I just felt kind of heavy and bleh. And of course, I ate that the day before my
weigh in. Derp.
I’m still debating whether it was worth it. It truly was a good and
tasty breakfast sandwich but I really didn’t like the way I felt after eating
it. The same thing happens when I have a bagel for breakfast, it’s like having
a glue ball in my stomach for most of the day.
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