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  • #32
    IcedJade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47 ✭IcedJade


    So our first week is over. We've done really well considering how bad our diet and habits were. I used to love to cook and food just became such an effort. If I'm hungry and need food NOW. So this past week I needed to make sure I never got hungry or let the blood sugars get low. I built in snacks after breakfast at before dinner. This helped so much because I could be rational about the choices I was making and had the energy to go cook something wholesome.

    I'm on Pinterest and saved loads of recipes that someday I'd make. This week I really enjoyed making healthy food that was packed with flavour. The hits were chicken stir fry, quinoa salad and black bean burgers.

    The major fail this week was exercise and sleep. I think if I get to bed earlier I won't be so tired and lay on the couch after work. That is this weeks goal.

    Any idea what the balance of exercise should be to make a difference?


  • #33
    Tenley Wailing Pita
    Posts: 0 ✭ Tenley Wailing Pita


    Any exercise. You don't need to worry about that too much about what types yet.

    The sleep / exercise balance is important to resolve. While you think that sleeping might give you more energy to exercise, you'll actually be better off doing some light exercise when you're mentally tired after work.

    This will help you sleep better, and the cycle will continue!

    Baby steps. Say to yourself that three nights this week. Monday, Wednesday and Friday, that you'll go for a 40 minute brisk walk after work. Or a cycle, or go swimming. Whatever you have available to you really. Get some air, don't just take it handy though, you should come home flushed and tired.

    Put that in your schedule now, don't have anything that can interfere with it. Just making time for exercise is tough for some people to organise. Preparing is the important part.

    On Monday, when you think you're tired after work and you are having negative thoughts and making excuses, just think about how great you're going to feel on Tuesday after a great sleep on Monday night, how your energy levels will be higher, and go and stick to your plan!

    You've made the biggest step already, stay on the path and you will see real improvements in your quality of life within 5/6 weeks.


  • #34
    IcedJade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47 ✭IcedJade


    Interesting you should say that exercising when i'm tired will help. I think your onto something here! lol But it makes sense. I'll do it this week. I'm making my plan today and then I can slot in my exercise times too. I'm saving my shopping lists and menu plans with recipes so I can rotate them. Its taking so much time planning at the minute but after a while it'll become second nature.

    Emma Thank you so much for the encouragement. They are huge steps that I've taken so far. Mentally getting going and doing it definitely was the hardest. I am afraid of the motivation burning off and it just being another attempt that failed.


  • #35
    Tenley Wailing Pita
    Posts: 0 ✭ Tenley Wailing Pita


    Emmet *

    like this guy!

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  • #36
    shortstuff!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 852 ✭✭✭shortstuff!


    Would you be able to fit in a brisk walk during your lunch hour? Might be a good way to fit it into day's your doing long shifts... Nice to get a bit of fresh air during the working day


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  • #37
    Hullothere
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22 ✭Hullothere


    Well done on a great start! On the exercise, I found it very difficult to get motivated too, you get home and are wrecked, the last thing you want to do is get out exercising, but honestly if you make yourself do it you feel so much better for it! You sleep better and have so much more exercise and once into this cycle you will want to exercise more and more. For me the key is to not sit down after work, get home get changed and get straight out there! Also why not download an app like Endomondo which tracks your walks, so after a week or two you will see that you are walking for longer and your speed is increasing, that is good motivation. In my previous job me and another girl used to go for a 45 minutes walk at lunch, chatted all the way around so it flew by, and when we got back had a quick lunch, would this be an option? Also if you have someone with you ye can keep each other motivated.

    As I said I joined a local team and its a real help so would you consider that at all? Its early in the season so everyone is still a bit unfit. We train 2 or 3 evening a week, and although sometimes I dont want to go training I make myself go and feel so much better for it. Also you have the added incentive that you dont want to let the team down by missing training. Just a suggestion!


  • #38
    lazeedaisy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,344 ✭✭✭lazeedaisy


    Hi,

    I have a similar thread here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056923025

    and feel that maybe we could buddy up? at least via email? or how ever suits.

    if you are interested, just PM me - we can share our experience together and maybe learn frmo each other?


  • #39
    Hullothere
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22 ✭Hullothere


    Hey, How is this week going for you?! I recently starting using the MyFitnessPal App and find it great for keeping track of things & what you are eating, have you tried it?


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