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I've been using FS for a few days and finally decided to try the journal entries. So here's my starting point.
Like many others I'm sure, I've been yo-yoing up and down in the last 10 years. I've progressively gotten more active, which is good, but my eating habits keep first improving then slowly degrading again. I've got a sweet tooth and I live alone, making cooking an annoying chore. Whatever the reason, I wasn't doing well lately.
However, I'd been successful with more exercise, prompted by HabitRPG, so I'd been trying to get the motivation to start watching what I eat again and failing miserably.
Then over the Holidays I binge-watched Outlander. The beautiful scenery in the show made me want to visit Scotland, but I didn't feel like I'd see enough of it stuck in a bus. So I checked walking tours, and realized I was not in a good enough shape to survive the one that I wanted, classified as a moderate difficulty level. But here was motivation to get more fit! I knew I could not do it without also improving my eating habits so I decided to keep a food journal, as this was very efficient for me before.
So here I am, trying to figure out new habits that I can keep for the rest of my life, as I am well aware this is the only way to go if I don't want to go back to bad health over time. One thing I have figured out over the years is that I have to reduce my sugar intake, but I can't give it up, otherwise I'll eventually crack and end up worse than I started. The thought of writing down everything I eat forever is daunting, but I hope to figure out how to make it effortless so I can keep it up.
I also have to convince family to never, ever give me unhealthy foods for the holidays again, like the sweets and cakes I received this year. It really doesn't help!
I'd be interested to know what habits others have managed to change and kept for at least two years?
View Diet Calendar, 09 January 2015:
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2208 kcal
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Fat: 106.47g | Prot: 120.40g | Carbs: 206.11g.
Breakfast: Reduced Fat Cappuccino, Maple Syrup, Jam Preserves, Whole Wheat Bread, Peanut Butter. Lunch: Butternut Winter Squash, Lilydale Chicken Breast Boneless Skinless, Cooked Vegetables (Fat Not Added in Cooking). Dinner: Mushrooms, Garlic Butter, Baklava, Cheddar Cheese, Egg, Compliments Naan Bread. Snacks/Other: Green Tea, Almonds, Cucumber (with Peel), Clementines, Wrigley Excel Peppermint Gum, Apples. more...
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4150 kcal
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Exercise:
Watching TV/Computer - 4 hours, Resting - 1 hour and 30 minutes, Sitting - 3 hours, Working - 7 hours and 30 minutes, Stairs (Climbing Stairs) - 10 minutes, Sleeping - 7 hours and 30 minutes, Walking (moderate) - 3/mph - 20 minutes. more...
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