Taking control of my diet and my life to become healthier.
(On a seperate note, tomorrow is also a big step in my career path (hopefully). I get to take a test for 6 hours. Joy. I actually feel pretty good about it, so hopefully it all goes well and I don't forget how to add or write. Wish me luck!)
I know I said that I'm going to be following the G.I. Diet, and I am to a certain extent, but more or less using it as a healthy guideline to foods, because somethings I just don't agree with.
Like, telling me I can't eat pineapple or mango. Thats not going to happen. It's fruit, and fruit is healthy (in moderation), and they are my favorite fruits, and when they are on sale, I will buy them and enjooyyyyy them!
So I'll eat my pineapple and mangoes and cut down on the bad stuff (aka sugary delicious sweets).
Today I got rid of a lot of junk food in the house, and made healthy treats. Most of which I copied from Pinterest.
I decided to make Individual Baked Oatmeal found here, they seem like they will be great to grab and go in the mornings, and easy to eat on the road!
I didn't have flaxseed meal, and already had sweetened applesauce so I didn't add Stevia (or anyform of sweetner). This recipe made about 30 individual oatmeal pies, so I kept some in the fridge to grab in the mornings and froze the rest.
I also added some toppings to them: walnuts & pecans, raisians and chocolate chips (I couldn't resist).
I can't wait to enjoy these with some hot tea in the mornings!
I also have a serious sweet tooth. So I saw that you can take yogurt and freeze little drops and it makes it into almost candy/ice cream like deliciousness. I used Dannon Light & Fit yogurt in blackberry, strawberry banana and vanilla. And so far so delicious.
These will be my afternoon snacks at work!
So tomorrow is the big test day, and I will be taking an oatmeal pie and some tea with me. I have 2 and half hours between two of the testing sections and I'm thinking I'll either walk around campus, it's at UMD, or go to Ikea and dream up my our future house. Maybe a little bit of both, walking and dreaming. Exercise + daydreaming is a good way to kill time and relax after 4 hours of testing in the morning!
This week I'm starting bikram yoga classes (Thank you Groupon!) with a co-worker. It's an hour and a half long, and hopefully I won't die.
Any helpful suggestions to do before hand? (I'm thinking drink alot of water!)
A good thing is that I havn't had a soda in about 3 weeks. This is the longest ever. We even went out to lunch today and I resisted the deliciousness of a diet coke. Ice cold.
Oh well. I will survive. Not having a diet coke never killed anyone, right?
Good Luck! All you need is the drive, and you will get there. I do weight watchers, one of my favorite recipe sites is skinnytaste.com. It has great meals that even those that are not on a diet will love and they are super busy!!! Corinne even likes them:)
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