Some Stats:
I'm back up to 195 - I was down to 189, but gained it back.
I haven't been doing my 10k walks lately due to work and holidays and such. I should be able to fix that though - I work this Saturday but the rest of January is clear.
I haven't been as diligent in my eating habits, but I'm still making good choices for the most part.
Must stop being lazy.
Some Musings:
I've found I'm getting a lot of support from one of my co-workers - she lost a lot of weight a few years ago, so she's got lots of tips - especially for those times where I'm craving something that's bad for me.
I was in the grocery store today and found that I was looking at labels. I never thought I would, but there I was, holding 2 boxes of cereal and comparing calories, fiber, sugar, etc. It felt weird, but good.
My sister-in-law bought me a water bottle belt so I can go for walks without having to carry my water bottle in my hand. I hope that will motivate me!
I've found that when I'm too lazy to make a bento, the President's Choice blue label frozen entrées (Superstore) are really good. I especially like their roasted vegetable lasagna and today I bought one that has seasoned chicken with veggies and barley. They are low calorie, low fat, fast options.
The Mister likes the bentos - I wasn't too sure how he would take to them, but he likes them and enjoys it when I put fun things in (I made salmon teriyaki sushi a few weeks ago). His co-worker and manager are jealous that I make him lunch and apparently often comment on the containers or the different things I include.
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Purchases to help me out:
I pretty much always have my Nintendo DS with me, so I figured, why not put it to use?
I bought "My Weight Loss Coach" a while ago. It's cute and has fun exercise and food related goals and challenges. It really focuses on the walking - it comes with a pedometer that you can plug into the DS and it keeps track of your 'distance'. The only thing I don't like is the food / activity balance. I can almost never get a "balanced day" because healthy things like vegetables count as "zero energy". The only time I've ever been "balanced" is when I had a really unhealthy food day.
I also bought "Let's Yoga" I haven't used it yet, but I've taken a good look around at the game and it seems like it will be fun. It has 25 "classes" where you learn different poses and routines - the first few are under 10 minutes each, but I'm sure you could fairly easily combine them to do more. Then there is a separate section with different categories like 'chair yoga' and such. It explains how to get into the poses and the avatar does them (you can also look at each pose in a different section and rotate it so you can see it from all angles)
For Christmas, my co-workers gave me a gift card for Daiso, which is where I love to go to get my bento supplies.
I bought a blue bento box for myself and a red one for The Mister - they are from the Nakano Lunch Co. and part of their "URARA" line. The blue one has a dragonfly. The red one was harder to identify - I thought it was a seed of some sort and my husband said it looked like an alien, so I looked it up and it's a rabbit! I can totally see it now that I've looked again.
I also picked up some more 'mayo containers', some short picks and some silicone cups (they all fit together into the shape of a bento box) and an onigiri mold.
There is another set of the silicone cups I want and I'd like to pick up some longer picks and some sushi grass dividers. I'm becoming a bento addict.
I also introduced my mom to the idea, and since my younger sister (16) likes eating small portions of food, my mom thought she'd have fun with it. I picked up a plain pink bento box for her and I'm giving her a few of my accessories as well to get her started.
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Tomorrow:
I have a doctor's appointment in the morning, and after that I plan on taking at least an hour long walk around the city. I think on the way back from my walk, I will swing by the mall so I can stock up on veggies. Then it's laundry time (ugh), but at least it will keep me busy.
Time to go back into the kitchen to do some cooking for our lunches - the Mister is back to work from the holidays, and I try to pack myself a bento when I go to my grandmother's house for laundry.
I have some leftover sausages from the other day - I think I will make octodogs ... hehehe
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