I've heard the saying "Plan to succeed or you're planning to fail", a lot. I think it's one of the many sayings that I've seen over and over again, but every time I see it, I think to myself, "That's exactly right! Why haven't I planned better?".
Over the last couple of weeks, I've had a few ups and downs and haven't been planning well. Prior to my mother-in-law's passing, I had my days I was going to work out marked on my calendar for the week ahead, and even had a buffer day in case something went awry. Now I'm just on a day by day, and I know without a plan, I'm going to wind up not working out. While I can lose weight just by controlling my food, but I'm not as strong and as happy as when I workout. Don't get me wrong, I still haven't arrived at the place where I want to work out, but I know overall, I feel better when I do workout.
So today while I made pizza for lunch (yep, 535 calories for 1/2, and it is AWESOME), I also prepared my lunch and dinner for tomorrow, and planned out all my food. Total of the food is 1350 calories, and it's a bit low, but I know I underestimate what I actually eat, and with all the days I've had well above the goal amount, I really could handle one low day.
In case anyone is curious, here's what made up my pizza ingredients (for the whole pizza):
-Molinaro's Thin Crust, including tomato sauce package
-6 cherry tomatoes
-1/4 of a sweet red pepper
-two slices of red onion, chopped up
-30g of feta light cheese
-60g of Kraft light mozzarella
-160g of chicken breast slices
Calories are 535 for half the pizza, with 45g of protein, 12g of fat and 70g of carbs!
My exercise plan for this week, is to work out tonight (hubby's at class anyways, so I'm just hanging out with myself tonight). I'm going to work out once of either Thursday or Friday, and then again Saturday or Sunday. That will get in the 3 times per week I'm shooting for, and just get me back on track.
My vegetable intake is definitely lacking, so having a salad for lunch tomorrow will be a good start, but I'm not sure if I'll make the 4 servings per day average. Luckily, I have enough lettuce (yes, I went to the store on Monday night) and can make another salad for lunch on Friday.
So that's my plan for success in the near-term, and I'm thinking I'm going to have to plan like this for a while, until it's just gut instinct to eat better and workout more consistently.
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