Goals

1. Do 20 minutes of ab workout in the course of a day. This most likely means doing multiple ab workouts in a day. Ab workout also happen in other places like yoga.  This is going to be difficult to track but Ia m up for it. I am really happy with my arms and could be happier with my legs but my midsection is really where I want to focus. I always have but have never really dealt with it. Now that the rest of my body is getting stronger and I am committed to some exercise routine on a daily basis I am excited to be doing crunches and see the difference. In a few short weeks I went from not being able to do a 30 second plank to being able to do a 90 second full extension plank and at least a 60 second low plank. I feel awesome. I am also hoping that by focusing on ab exercises every day I will see a change and be less depressed about the fact that I am bloated all the time and look like I am preggers.

2. Figure out my daily caloric intake. Mostly I am curious and I find all these websites that do it are not super helpful. I guess it also means that I need to be more conscious of amounts of things that I eat which is going ot be the hard part cause how many calories does a handful of blueberries have? I am going to start writing that stuff down in my food journal. It could also help to start photographing my food which seems like it could be kind of fun and I would get to use my camera more often.

3. Cut down on sugar!

Lots of first attempts

First attempt at overnight oats: semi success.

It was a bit tasteless, next time I will add the fruit the night before so maybe the juices will marinate a bit and give it more flavor. I ended up adding some of my blueberry smoothie for flavor. I also added pecans and strawberries. Maybe it also needed some more milk. I was still hungry after which is weird so I had cashew butter, quinoa granola and flax puffs. I also had the tiniest it of coffee.

I have been having weird sensations after eating. Sometimes I get super tired. Sometimes I get a little pain in the my stomach which passes quickly. How am I supposed to know what is causing this when I haven't really changed my diet. And it doesn't come after anything specific. I think coffee actually does negatively affect me which is a bit tragic because I looooooove coffee. I love making it, the smell, the taste, the whole experience. I guess I can start making iced tea instead. Not as exciting but I guess it will do.

Off to the city to soak up some rays and the park! Then the Mets game.

small meals are where its at

ok so small meals with snacks throughout the day seem to be the way to go. this is gonna be hard. so far dinner has been the most problematic. I just never want to stop eating. Until I feel full I don't stop then I feel overfull and bloated.

Dinner was a small stuffed pepper with rice, black beans,tomato and onion. Green salad with chickpeas, carrots and radishes, and my first attempt at socca.

Onto my first attempt at Socca....epic fail.

next less oil, better pan, better flavoring.

Yay for yogurt

I have had Greek yogurt twice now and I feel good so far.

I have had 1.5 days of little gas. Definitely still look like I am five months pregnant. Will that ever go away?

Not overeating is hard when you aren't busy. Also I think today I was a it dehydrated and craving food so I had a very big lunch in the span of an hour and a half.

breakfast- greek yogurt, pecans, flax seeds and mango
lunch- roasted veggies, chickpeas, melon, cashew butter, apple hummus, and flax cereal.

I don't feel overstuffed but I do feel full. I don't kno if thats what I should be avoiding and just accept that if I don't feel full but don't feel hungry i should probably just have some water or something.

Yoga in the morning = happy body

woke up tired and sluggish and achy so I decided to do some yoga right after I got out of bed. I felt great afterwards. Note to self: go back to doing some yoga first thing.

for breakfast I had apple hummus, cashew butter, an apple and 2 tbs of yogurt. So far stomach wise I feel ok.

Then I did some errands and forgot my water and now I am feeling tired. Dehydration? Hunger? Actual fatigue? Who knows.

So I am having water and rice, broc, tomatoes, spinach and lentils for lunch.

Eating out tonight so hopefully I will find something suitable for the stomach.

Not any better

quinoa crumble, pear, apple hummus
exhaustion
2 cherry tomatoes
roasted veggies, tachina, broc, rice, almonds
headache, fatigue, stomach ache

alright i will be cutting down on sugar significantly. I will do it. hopefully this will make a difference.

Another bad stomach day

woke up at 8:30 bloated and not hungry at all until just now at 12:40. I ate 2 slices of gluten free bread with cashew butter because i thought i should and had a few sips of almond milk to take my vitamins.

Now I will try to stomach real food but I'm still not super hungry. I want to work out today but if I don't eat its not a good idea.

why can't i just feel normal?