So my girl came into town for the weekend…nice to have her around but not good news for my "journey." Before I go on talking I just remembered that I wanted to share with you all another reason why I decided to start this blog. See, I need to be accountable somehow..I absolutely hate food diaries. It seems so mechanical.
"Breakfast - 1 bagel with cream cheese; lunch - Jollof rice and chicken etc…" It just seems so mechanical and I am not entirely sure I even know how to count calories for Nigerian food. So I decided to just start a blog and talk about everything but the main focus will be on my eating and exercising habits and anything else that comes to mind that way it's more fun…yay! Also, when you feel like you have an audience, you don’t want to disappoint them by falling off the bandwagon toooo often.
So back to my gist, my girl TO (hahaha sounds like TO show…which I absolutely love btw) came into town for the weekend. It was nice to have her around but damn my whole eating was "jacked up." So we went out for breakfast for some fried chicken and waffles and a big jar (yes they serve their drinks in huge jars) of ice-tea. WHOA!!! Weird combination right? I thought so too when I was first introduced. Anyway, you would think that we wouldn't want to eat anything else for the rest of the day…but nope we had to take a trip down to some frozen yoghurt place a couple of hours later. This place is fantabulous and is a guilty pleasure of mine. So you come into the store and its all self-serve. You get your yoghurt (that's what they say but gosh it tastes just like ice-cream), then you pack on all the toppings you can possibly fit in there. Why does little miss I am on a "personal journey to a healthy lifestyle" decide to hop-skip-jump over the healthy toppings such as strawberries, pineapple etc. to brownies, mini m&m's and peanuts? Only my God knows. So after two bowls of yoghurt (of course I didn’t have two) and probably ~1000 calories heavier, I went home feeling pissed at myself. See I do this all the time, eat and then fill pissed. LOL! Would you believe we still found a way to fit dinner in that night. I was trying to be all healthy and all and had some okra soup. I am ashamed…and I am turning red here. But if I don’t air my dirty laundry like this, how will I take the necessary steps to change. That brings me to something I realized I haven't done which is to actually set goals and milestones.
We all know the ultimate goal here is get to a healthy lifestyle but how in this world am I going to get there? So here's the plan, we are going to work out 5-6 times a week (I know you may think it’s a lot but I am a fitness buff and I have pushed my body to the point where anything less than that will not result in any meaningful weight loss) and we are going to eat "smaller portions." I am going to start my day with a bowl of fruits - I know, I know…I am cutting out proteins and carbs, don’t worry I will get my portions later in the day. I just want to be like one of those people that starts their day with lots of water and a bowl of fruits to cleanse their system. Guys, the best advice I can give you here is to incorporate lots of fruits and vegetables in your meals at every sitting. About the exercise, if your new to working out, I will recommend you start with 2-3 times (30mins of cardiovascular and 1 session of strength training) per week until you begin to build your stamina. Anyhoo, that's my plan and I am sticking to it!! By the special grace of God…we will get there. Whoa…it's 1.08am and I am here blogging in like 4-5 hours, my girl Ms.C is going to be ringing down my phone for our morning workout session. So gotta run to bed. Talk to you tomorrow. Ciao
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