I'm really determined to eat healthier this month. This year. The rest of this life.
I don't calorie count. I tried once and it felt so stupid. I don't limit what I eat. If I'm hungry, I'm going to go ahead and eat until I'm full. I just try and make better choices about what I eat. Not when or how much, just what I eat.
This morning for breakfast I made myself a peanut butter, honey, and oat sandwich. Wheat bread, Adams all-natural crunchy peanut butter, pure honey, and straight up oats. Not to mention a glass of milk.
For lunch I had a cranberry walnut salad. Spinach, romaine lettuce, walnuts, cranberries, flat bread crumbles, and raspberry vinaigrette. With a Naked berry veggie juice. {I bought the salad and the Naked juice at Albertson's for like $5-6 bucks. I'd rather buy all the ingredients bulk and make it myself for much cheaper but I was in a rush today!}
I'm pretty proud of myself thus far but, haha, it's only been a day. Granted, I've been eating healthier all summer so this isn't much of a change - just a longstanding goal written down. :) My biggest problem is that I'm not a fan of many vegetables or fruits. But I've found a lot of neat recipes and tricks to get them suckers down into my system. ;) A huge thing I'm trying to remember is to drink more water! Especially with how much I work out {at least an hour every morning}, I need to be drinking more water. I gotta get more.
This is not a diet. This is a lifestyle change. This is me realizing that my body will not keep functioning at its maximum if I don't treat it right. This is me taking responsibility for what I've been given.
Little disclaimer though: I still will not turn down Taco Bell or ice cream. No amount of clean eating will take away my dirty little guilty pleasures.
