Good afternoon! Gosh it's been a long time. A lot has been going on since I posted last. Let's just say that I have gotten my life in order and excited to be back on track.
This morning I joined weight watchers. I was hesitant to do it, but I feel like this will be a really good plan for me. If I go Friday mornings before work, I can walk to the meetings, get weighed in, listen to the leaders for 30 minutes on motivation and new ideas and then start my weekend off right. Also, Paige and my mom joined this morning as well. Talk about a motivator! There is no reason since we are doing this together why we can't all be successful. We speak enough each day to talk through this, so it should be a really good situation.
The new Momentum Program seems interesting. It reminds me of the Core Foods plan they used to do. The main key here is Stay Fuller Longer with delicious filling foods. So I will do that!
Another huge motivator is my girl J Hudson. Damm she looks amazing! Size 6! Dear Lord she has dropped 2 people!
I will be tracking my food on my blog along with a note pad I will carry with me. Fortunately I don't have to change a lot of what I eat. It's mostly changing portion size. I suck at this. This will help me though:
The bread, cereal, rice and pasta group
1 cup of potatoes, rice, pasta - is a tennis ball, ice cream scoop
1 pancake - is a compact disc (CD)
1/2 cup cooked rice - is a cupcake wrapper full
1 piece of cornbread - is a bar of soap
1 slice of bread - is an audiocassette tape
1 cup of pasta, spaghetti, cereal - is a fist
2 cups of cooked pasta - is a full outstretched hand
The vegetable group
1 cup of green salad - is a baseball or a fist
1 baked potato - is a fist
3/4 cup tomato juice - is a small Styrofoam cup
1/2 cup cooked broccoli - is a scoop of ice cream, a light bulb
1/2 cup serving - is 6 asparagus spears; 7 or 8 baby carrots or carrot sticks; 1 ear of corn on the cob
The fruit group
1/2 cup grapes (15 grapes) - is a light bulb
1/2 cup of fresh fruit - is 7 cotton balls
1 medium size fruit - is a tennis ball or a fist
1 cup of cut-up fruit - is a fist
1/4 cup raisins - is a large egg
The milk, yogurt and cheese group
1-1/2ounces of cheese - is a 9-volt battery, 3 dominoes or your index and middle fingers
1 ounce of cheese - is a pair of dice or your thumb
1 cup of ice cream - is a large scoop the size of a baseball
The meat, poultry, fish, dry beans, eggs and nut group
2 tablespoons of peanut butter - is a ping-pong ball
1 teaspoon of peanut butter - is a fingertip
1 tablespoon of peanut butter - is a thumb tip
3 ounces cooked meat, fish, poultry - is a palm, deck of cards, cassette tape
3 ounces grilled/baked fish - is a checkbook
3 ounces cooked chicken - is a chicken leg and thigh or breast
Fats, oils and sweets
1 teaspoon butter, margarine - is the size of a stamp as thick as your finger or thumb tip
2 tablespoons salad dressing - is a ping-pong ball
Snack foods
1 ounce of nuts or small candies - is one handful
1 ounce of chips or pretzels - is two handfuls
1/2 cup of potato chips, crackers or popcorn - is one man's handful
1/3 cup of potato chips, crackers or popcorn - is one woman's handful
Serving dishes/utensils
1/2 cup - is a small fruit bowl, a custard cup or mashed potato scoop
1-1/2 cups - is a large cereal/soup bowl
1-1/2 cups of pasta, noodles - is a dinner plate, not heaped
1/2 cup of pasta, noodles - is a cafeteria vegetable dish
Stick with me all! My official birthday isn't until mid-September and that is when I originally wanted to track the 30 x 30, but I feel crazy and will be starting this today!
It's nice to be back :).
PK
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