I love Cheat Day!
After three weeks of sheer discipline, I've adopted a new, stricter nutritional plan, but I've also implemented a single cheat day each week. I enjoyed Cheat Day this past Saturday. What a sweet concept.
I have a friend who is a Personal Trainer and she wrote my program for me and told me that I need a cheat day. Not for my sanity, but for my success toward my physical goals. She said that cheat day, shocks your body and in response to the unexpected increase in calories, your body will be "jump started" and will work extra hard again. Considering the nutritional plan she put me on, I needed a cheat day each week for my own sanity too :)
Here's my daily meals. . .
Breakfast - 4 egg whites, 1/2 cup oatmeal w/ cinnamon & Splenda
Snack - Q-Smart bar (that was my idea, and she was kind enough to allow it)
Lunch - 6 oz. chicken (or lean fish) (no marinades or sauces), 1/2 cup brown rice
Snack - 4 egg whites, with oatmeal, rice, or apple with natural p-butter
Dinner - 6 oz. chicken (or lean fish) and lettuce
Post Workout - Protein shake (made with water!) - This is not my favorite!!!
The right veggies are allowed in there too. . . no carrots, corn, etc. Sounds exciting, doesn't it? Believe it or not, it's been really easy to stick with and I've not had the cravings and temptations that I thought I would. Knowing that I am allowed and encouraged to have a cheat day each week, helps keep it all in balance for me. Plus the fact that my clothes are getting very loose is helping keep me focused and motivated.
I tried on my bathing suit this morning, and I'm ALMOST ready to wear it in public. That was a good feeling. A few more weeks, and I'm confident that I'll be ready for the pool, lake, beach. . . you name it.
One more note on health, fitness, and body image. . . Yesterday Madison mentioned to me that her school now has fat free milk in the cafeteria. I was surprised by this conversation as I do not discuss body image around her at all. I stress making healthy choices, but never give her a reason to think of healthy with a fat/non-fat perception. This morning, we stopped by the grocery store to buy her breakfast (a doughnut nonetheless) and I asked if she wanted regular, strawberry, or chocolate milk. She said she'd like regular and then asked if it was fat free. I told her it was not fat free, but they had fat free chocolate milk, which is what she decided to pick. I just found it funny that she is conscious of those choices/decisions. I wish I was made conscious of those decisions at an earlier age to the extent that she is. . . Conscious, but not obsessed.
After three weeks of sheer discipline, I've adopted a new, stricter nutritional plan, but I've also implemented a single cheat day each week. I enjoyed Cheat Day this past Saturday. What a sweet concept.
I have a friend who is a Personal Trainer and she wrote my program for me and told me that I need a cheat day. Not for my sanity, but for my success toward my physical goals. She said that cheat day, shocks your body and in response to the unexpected increase in calories, your body will be "jump started" and will work extra hard again. Considering the nutritional plan she put me on, I needed a cheat day each week for my own sanity too :)
Here's my daily meals. . .
Breakfast - 4 egg whites, 1/2 cup oatmeal w/ cinnamon & Splenda
Snack - Q-Smart bar (that was my idea, and she was kind enough to allow it)
Lunch - 6 oz. chicken (or lean fish) (no marinades or sauces), 1/2 cup brown rice
Snack - 4 egg whites, with oatmeal, rice, or apple with natural p-butter
Dinner - 6 oz. chicken (or lean fish) and lettuce
Post Workout - Protein shake (made with water!) - This is not my favorite!!!
The right veggies are allowed in there too. . . no carrots, corn, etc. Sounds exciting, doesn't it? Believe it or not, it's been really easy to stick with and I've not had the cravings and temptations that I thought I would. Knowing that I am allowed and encouraged to have a cheat day each week, helps keep it all in balance for me. Plus the fact that my clothes are getting very loose is helping keep me focused and motivated.
I tried on my bathing suit this morning, and I'm ALMOST ready to wear it in public. That was a good feeling. A few more weeks, and I'm confident that I'll be ready for the pool, lake, beach. . . you name it.
One more note on health, fitness, and body image. . . Yesterday Madison mentioned to me that her school now has fat free milk in the cafeteria. I was surprised by this conversation as I do not discuss body image around her at all. I stress making healthy choices, but never give her a reason to think of healthy with a fat/non-fat perception. This morning, we stopped by the grocery store to buy her breakfast (a doughnut nonetheless) and I asked if she wanted regular, strawberry, or chocolate milk. She said she'd like regular and then asked if it was fat free. I told her it was not fat free, but they had fat free chocolate milk, which is what she decided to pick. I just found it funny that she is conscious of those choices/decisions. I wish I was made conscious of those decisions at an earlier age to the extent that she is. . . Conscious, but not obsessed.
posted by Forever Amber at 9:08 AM
6 Comments:
Is that the body for life diet? It sounds similar to it. I almost did it one time but it was a long time ago when I had only a budget for cheap sugar and high carb foods. So sad. I'm so glad you are enjoying it and of course...your cheat day. I have lots of cheat days. Shame on me. Sounds like you are training Madison well. It is good that she cares about being healthy...makes feeding her healthy a lot easier.
It's not body for life. It's just a plan geared toward building muscle and burning fat prescribed by the trainer. Don't be fooled. . . she's aware, but she's still a kid! Hot dogs, chicken nuggets, doughnuts, cookies. . . I do want her aware of nutrition and healthy choices, but I still want her to be a kid too. I try to instill moderation more than exclusion with her.
I was just going to say, it sounds a lot like Body for Life...the cheat day part. That actually was a great help to me back when I did the program. The best part was about a month in when I would want cookies on a non-cheat day and then get to my cheat day and not really want them then either. Of course, then I tricked myself into thinking how unfair it was that when I wanted cookies I put them off until I could have them and then didn't want them. So I would eat the cookies right away.
I am SO my worst enemy!
Glad you are feeling healthy!
Congrats on being so disciplined. I know that's what it's going to take for my personal weight loss goals; egg whites and oatmeal though, yuck. Keep up the good work!
Maddy is so cute. Last night Chloe was in the bath tub and was talking about lions eating your face off. I asked her where she heard it and she said, "Maddy said that". We only know one Maddy- so cute!
WHAT!!!! Lions eating faces off. I've not heard that one yet. She does have quite the creative imagination though, so I wouldn't put it past her.
Don't worry, Chloe wasn't terrified or anything. It was more like a game.
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