Bloggers Jen Twimom and Felicia the Geeky Blogger are doing a FitReaders Challenge, and I’m joining in because support is always good.
My Week:
I’ll be honest, it wasn’t as good as I’d like, but considering I’m in the home stretch of a deadline, I’m not doing as bad as I normally would. The fitness part of my plan has been sadly lacking this week with only three walking days, but the eating properly has been pretty good. It helps that I can feel the difference in the ease of movements and energy levels. Friends goggled in shock when I told them I was actually going to be around midnight every night and getting up by 8 Am. This might not sound like a big accomplishment to some, but it’s a huge one for me. After more than 20 tears as a bartender I live for nights, and hate mornings. And it;s only taken 2 years for me to feel normal on a regular day workers schedule. LOL
The biggest thing for me right now is pop I have a huge pop addiction,and I’ve been fighting with homemade iced tea. Unsweetened iced tea isn’t something you see very often appear in Canada, but I started drinking it at conferences because it was at meals a lot. I found that I’ve really enjoyed it when I was down there. So last week when I was really, really craving pop and I didn’t have any, instead of going to the store and getting some I thought of the ice tea. I got a couple of teabags from my cupboard, boiled the tea, let it cool, then tossed some ice in and drank it all. As much as I miss carbonation and fizz the unsweetened iced tea has been my savior because drinking only water is really too boring.
I should post my steps but I’ve been slack in making sure I had my fitbit on so I do’t know them. But I’ll be better next week. 🙂
This is a journey – without deadlines! 😉 I’m so glad you are joining us.
I understand the desire to find a substitute for soda (I haven’t used the word pop since leaving Michigan over 20 years ago!). Have you tried any of the selzer waters – unsweetened kind? Or are you avoiding fizz altogether? Glad iced tea is working for you, though!
Keep up the good work!
Thanks Jen. I let myself have a can of pop a day when I work at the outside job, but I don’t want it in my home because I know from experience I just drink and drink and don’t eat. I tried a San Pelegrino seltzer but it was too sweet. If I can find one that tastes good without being too sweet or too sour then I’ll definitely give it a try. LOL As long as I have options that aren’t coffee or plain water I’m good. I drink lots of H2O but it gets boring. LOL
I gave up pop (soda) 10 years ago. It was hard to do and every once in awhile I crave a nice cold fountain soda! It took a long time before I was happy with just plan water. Hang in there! Have a great week.
Thanks Nise. I look forward to the day I can say I quit 10 years ago. 🙂