Grace Note~ Diet Thoughts
Good Morning,
I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. It is an Indian summer here in Indiana! It was 70 degrees all weekend long! Very nice but I miss the cold. Okay so I just realized that I got the wrong spray for flocking my trees. Great…. we sprayed them but they did not turn out the way I wanted them. So later this week I will be taking a trip to Walmart to check out their flocked trees. I will keep you guys posted.
On Friday I gave the last grace notes from Chapter 3 of Living a Beautiful Life and the last grace note from that list had me thinking.
The note said…. “Begin a “New Attitude” diet today. Make a list of ten reasons why you want to lose weight; repeat them each morning when you wake and whenever resolve weakens. Indulge yourself once a week with a special low-calorie treat, like a big bowl of raspberries.
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I mentioned in one of my Youtube videos that I was not trying to be apart of the “quarantine 15”. I believe that there were lots of articles written about it during the beginning part of the stay at home orders. There were some comments being made about people gaining from 10 to 15 lbs during the quarantine. Once I heard that I thought oh no!
I already had weight that I trying to lose. Now I had to be diligent and make sure that I wasn’t going to gain more. So I cut back on food and just watched my calories. I have always worked out so exercise was not a problem for me. My issues were dinner. I always ate too much during dinner.
I have several reasons why I wanted to lose weight. The first is health reasons. I don’t want to be on blood pressure pills or other medications because of my weight. Also, there is a certain way that I want to look in my clothes. I am happy to report that during the quarantine I have lost 7 lbs!
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I still have another 10 more to lose but I have not put a time limit on myself. At first, I did but then I reminded myself that it took about 10 years to put this extra weight on I should give myself more time to lose it. What are your weight loss goals? Do you have any? Please share in the comments section if you wish. As always thanks for reading!
Good morning Mrs.Shockley,
Congratulations on losing 7 pounds. Most have gained weight so you are doing well there. I was not looking to lose weight but did lose about 4 pounds, which was welcomed. I work out in the community so I would typically eat lunch out, but not so much anymore with Covid looming.
However, every single holiday season I gain a few pounds. I bake homemade treats with my daughters almost every weekend. Its bad weight wise, but it's our tradition and we love it. So to compensate, I do eat much smaller meals and I'm very careful with carbs on my dinner plate.
Did you see that Jennifer L Scott did a vlog on this subject today, too? It's great. I really appreciate the work you put into your blogs. I'm always, always inspired.
Mya
Thank you Mya! Congrats on your non-intentional weight lost! It's always a great thing when you lose weight and never intend to. Oh yes the holidays are fast approaching. I have already been coaching myself, "now there is no need to over eat". We will see how it goes. Baking with your girls.. that sounds like so much fun. I have a teenager who has no interest in baking. I still may pull her in this season. I did just see Jennifer's video! Great minds think alike. I am going to be watching it today. Thank you always Mya for reading!!! Talk with you soon!