Diet.
I know when I
hear that word in relation to the food I’m eating I tend to get a little
scared.
A diet, to me, means
restrictions.
It means I’m going to be
craving foods I can’t have.
And it means
I’m not going to see long term results because they are generally short term
plans.
Bleh.
With those connotations, who would ever want
to diet?
Certainly not me.
And yet, here I am about to start a… dare I say it…
Diet. BUT, not a diet in the terms I
described above. One to form new
habits. One that is long term. One that means I will eventually be able to
have the foods I crave. One that means,
in the end, I may not be craving those original foods. One that promotes a healthy lifestyle change,
not a quick fix. One that, I am hoping, will
work for me and my family.
While I’m still a little reluctant to call it a diet, I kind
of have to since the word is in its title:
The 17 Day Diet.
I’ve read reviews, I’ve heard friends who are benefitting from it, I can see
that its structure is different than most.
So, what the heck. I know my aim is to get healthy, mind and body, and
losing weight is not my overall goal.
But this plan seems healthy, and if it does what it says, and helps me lose
weight, then even better.
The book arrived at my house yesterday, and although I
obviously have not had time to read it yet, I am feeling more reassured by just
reading through the index. There are
phases that change fairly frequently and there are actually meal plans to help
you through them. There are special
considerations for cultural differences and PMS-ing! And my favorite, there are 7, count them… 7
chapters on how to ‘Make it Stick’. For
example how to deal with eating out, family gatherings, holidays, road trips,
and work. There just seems to be a lot
of info to set it up for success rather than failure. And long term too, even though yes… it does
promise some rapid results as well.
SO. I’m going to read this book
in the next few days, and start probably sometime next week. In hopes, that I can be a testament to the
fact that this ‘diet’ will help me with my goal of being healthy.
In other Samantha news, I’m still completely in love with
yoga.
So much so that it was making me
frustrated in my plans to go to the gym.
You see, there are no cardio and yoga classes back to back, and I don’t
have time to spend 3 hours at the gym when I go.
And I need my cardio as much as I need my
yoga.
While yoga can be a good workout,
it doesn’t make my body sweat the way that zumba does.
So to fix this problem, I hopped on
Youtube.com and found this awesome
yoga channel that has full length yoga
classes for free!
Problem solved.
Plan is to start from
the beginning of their classes (they have around 90 at this point) and do them
at home when I want some yoga and then I can use my gym time for cardio and
strength equipment.
I’m thinking I’ll
usually do some yoga right after hubby leaves for work to wake up my mind and
body before I sit down at the computer for the day.
Then the gym can be my mid-day break or my
evening activity.
Time to change it up
so I can do even better than what I’ve been doing.
I saw a quote that said ‘If you change nothing, nothing will
change.’ I have no idea who said it, but
it is becoming truer to me every day.
The more days I don’t change how I eat, the more days I’m still unhappy
with my body. The more days I choose to
not workout, the more days I feel lazy.
The more days I am unhealthy in mind, body and/or spirit, the more days
I will be unhealthy. Time for a
change. And if it doesn’t work, I’ll
change again, because as I’ve said this year… It’s my year. I’m still happy and motivated and optimistic,
and it’s time to implement more of the change I want to see happen.
Change is good. J
Sam
