What's the most important thing you need to do in order to reach your goal?
COMMIT TO IT!
Too many times we hear people say, "I would like to lose 10 pounds" or "I would like to be able to run a mile in 10 minutes." But, that's as far as they go.
If you don't commit to achieving it, then it's a DREAM. If you make the commitment to take all the steps necessary to get you there, then it's a goal that will soon become a reality.
This week, focus on one goal that you really want to achieve. Then, make a commitment to achieve it.
Here are Nar & Elaine's goals.
Elaine has committed to hike Mt. Whitney with our BootCamp group. This means lots of long hikes between now and then.
Nar has committed to rccording all her food intake in her nutrition journal and posting it right here on this blog for all of you to see!
Journal for Monday June 1st
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5:00AM
1/2 tsp Nescafe, 1 tsp coco with hot water
1 Ezekiel Toast
1 tsp yogurt butter
1 tsp Blueberry Jam
1/2 apple
8:00AM
1/2 tsp Nescafe, 1 tsp coco with hot water
1 Ezekiel Toast
1 tsp yogurt butter
1 tsp Blueberry Jam
1/2 apple
12:30PM
3oz. Chicken breast
4 asparagus
1/4 cup broccoli
1/4 cup cauliflower
1/4 of medium beet
1 tsp vegenaise
4 akmak crackers
2:00PM
Fruit Rolls
3:00PM
3/4 cup dried Cereal
1/4 cup dried cranberries
1 bit of orange cake made by my grandma
1 cup herbal tea
8:00PM
2 Grilled zucchini
2 dolmas
8:30PM
Dried cereal with tea
Total 1579 calories consumed
12 cups of water
Played Basketball for an hour
Bedtime 11PM
I was very satisfied and fulfilled all morning and lunch. After lunch I felt like munching …. it is the weakest time of the day for me. I usually want more after lunch but I try to drink a lot of water. The fruit roll was extra.
I need to eat more fruit tomorrow.
I had one bite of the orange cake my grandma made. It was easy for me to stop after one bite because I don’t really like fruit flavor cakes. If it had anything to do with chocolate I would not be able to resist so I only had a bite because she asked me to try.
I feel very ashamed of my food intake after reading yours, Narina! I'll try really hard to improve. By the way, where do you buy yogurt butter? It sounds yummy and I want to try it out!
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7:00AM
1/2 tsp Nescafe, 1 tsp coco with hot water
2 Ezekiel Toast
1 tsp yogurt butter
1 tsp Blueberry Jam
1 apple
9:30
12 Almonds
30 raisins
12:30
3 oz. of Sea bass
2 TBS of mash potatoes
½ plate of Greek Salad
(Lunch meeting, I really wanted to try the Sea bass since I love fish but I knew it would have been high in calories, therefore I asked the person next to me if she wanted to share the salad with the sea bass and luckily she said YES!!!
2:00
Peach
12 Cashews
Green Tea Ice Tea
5:00 PM
3oz. Chicken breast
1/4 cup broccoli
1/4 cup cauliflower
1 tsp vegenaise
I have already consume 1485 calories and it is 7:30PM. My fiancée want to have Mexican for dinner Ouch!!!! and I don’t have too many calories left. The plan is to have salad with salsa for dressing and if I go over my calories I need to make up for it tomorrow.
So fat 1485 calories consumed
8 cups of water
Strength Training on my own, Push ups, lunges, triceps dips, squats, Abs
Bedtime hoping 11PM
Nar isn't dolma healthy? I'm only asking because you had only 2. When I eat dolma, I have like 6 to 8 thinking it's healthy. - Lilit
ReplyDeleteNar, isn't dolma healthy? I'm only asking because you had only 2. When I eat dolma, I eat like 6 to 8 thinking it's healthy. - Lilit
ReplyDeleteDolma is healthy as long as it is made with ground turkey and very little grape seed oil. I wasn’t hungry; I just ate the two dolmas for the taste.
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2 cups of lettuce,
4 TBSP of diced tomatoes
5 TBSP of beans
2 tortilla chips
1 tsp guacamole
1 cup of soda water
Not bad. It wasn’t that bad. Since I was not starving, I had good control of my food intake. I didn’t care for the tortilla chips or the guacamole. The reason I had two tortilla chips and the 1 tsp of guacamole because I don’t want to feel deprived. Every time I restrict my self from food I go home and eat something else more then I usually would.
Total calories consumed 1673. I need to make up the extra 135 calories tomorrow.
Nar--you rock! Great food journal and a good reminder to be eating little bits round the clock. Very inspiring!
ReplyDeleteToday was difficult because I woke up late and didn’t get to pack my food properly. I took the zbar because it was fast and I didn’t have time to cut up my fruit and put my food in containers. I usually use the zbars as a treat when I am craving sweets but today I ate it because it was convenient.
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Coffee with coco
4 Akmak crackers
8:00AM
z-bar
10:00AM
4 akmak crackers
2 slices of ham
2 cucumbers
1 yellow bell pepper
2PM
½ Tuna sandwich with tomato and lettuce with mustard
20 soy chips
4PM
½ Tuna sandwich with tomato and lettuce with mustard
20 soy chips
5PM
Late (Extra should not have had it.)
7PM
½ slice of pineapple
2 strawberries
10 grapes
½ slice of cantaloupe
9PM
.5lb of jicama sticks
Total Calories: 1630
I was 89 calories over and the plan was to go 100 calories less…...
I need to make up for it tomorrow. Tomorrow will be a better day.
Hey Nar What do you think about avacados i know they are a good source of fat but what about calories? since you ate guacamole or how bad is it if you have a slice or two in a turkey sandwich?
ReplyDeleteHi Nar my question is how we can check our HAYKAKAN food calories its not easy at all.
ReplyDeleteNar - I agree with Madi about our HAYKAKAN food calories. It's always dificult to look those up online. Do we just look up the calories individually like if it's dolma we just look up ground beef and rice? - LILIT
ReplyDeleteBetter day today. I wasn’t very satisfied and content with my food intake.
ReplyDelete7:00AM
1/2 tsp Nescafe, 1 tsp coco with hot water
2 Ezekiel Toast
1 tsp yogurt butter
1 tsp Blueberry Jam
1 apple
9:30AM
1 medium apple
12 almonds
12 cashews
1:00PM
3 oz. Chicken
¼ broccoli
¼ cauliflower
1 Tbsp vegenaise
1 tsp balsamic vinaigrette
2:00PM
¼ broccoli
¼ cauliflower
1 tsp vegenaise
1 tsp balsamic vinaigrette
6:00PM
1 Turkey paddy
1 ½ cup Salad with balsamic dressing
8:00PM
½ cup cereal with soy milk
I should have had veggies instead of cereal but I was craving something sweet.
Take the major ingredients and look up the calories. For example when we eat stews, count the calories for the veggies and the meat and add extra 50 to 100 calories for rest of the minor ingredients.
ReplyDeleteAvocadoes are great source of fat but they are high in calories. As long as you count the calories and you stay within your daily calorie intake then enjoy the avocadoes. For example on Wednesday I had a tuna sandwich and I would have liked some avocadoes on my sandwich but I couldn’t afford the calories.
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