19 4 / 2009

Starting a diet again!

Tomorrow is the day that I start back on “the diet”.  Here’s the rollercoaster I’ve been on:

  • About a year before I moved to California, I was on a hardcore diet.  I lost about 25 pounds just by reducing portion size and cutting out un-diet soda.
  • When I moved out here, I joined 24 Hour Fitness and went every night for about two months, continuing to lose about 10 more pounds.
  • After I started dating Luke (Fall 2007), I gained back those 10 pounds.
  • Fall 2008 Luke and I went on a hardcore diet, and I lost 15 pounds.
  • For the past 5 months or so , I’ve fallen off the wagon, and gained 10 of those pounds back.  I also canceled my gym membership.

So, I’ve decided that I *really* need to change my eating habits, start cooking more fresh, making wiser choices for eating out at restaurants, and eat better lunches at work.  I really have no excuse to not exercise.  I bought a brand new bike, I live ON Balboa Park, I live within biking and walking distance to tons of attractions and shops, I have a season pass to the San Diego Zoo, and it’s going to start being beautiful out every day.  I’ve also added a ton of fitness movies to my Netflix Instant Queue - and I really think they might be the answer to motivating me while I’m at home.

That’s the hard part for me.  I don’t get home from work until about 8:00pm or so.  By that time, I don’t want to cook anything, don’t want to go anywhere.  I just want to do the household chores and then settle down on the couch with a book or a TV show, or play a game on the computer.  So here’s my plan:

  1. Going to take a mid-day walk each day at work to get my blood flowing
  2. Cutting down my Starbucks intake to twice per week.
  3. Absolutely no regular soda, and drinking more water.
  4. Bringing healthy snacks to work (granola, veggies)
  5. Packing lunches every day or bringing a Smart Ones or Lean Cuisine
  6. Biking on the weekends
  7. Getting up an hour earlier every morning and taking Bella for a brisker walk each day.
  8. Eating a healthy breakfast each day.
  9. Exercise tape every night, alternating between things like dance aerobics and kickboxing to yoga and pilates.

So that’s the plan..let the game begin!!!  Tomorrow morning is the weigh-in.

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