Cooler 1 did not get off to a great start today, My son had a doctors appointment and I didn't get to the gym, so that just threw my whole day off. My day was so busy that I didn't get my 6 meals, I did only have clean food when I eat, but not exactly as the cooler 1 plan.
I am having a hard time with limiting my fruit to just apples and pears, I am really getting tired of them, and I need something on my veggies, I don't use butter but I do like a little olive or coconut oil. Now this morning I did eat my oatmeal without any sweetener (I usually use agave) I just seem to need something in it so today I cut up my pear and it did sweeten it up.
Tonight for dinner I grilled cod, and I made a pineapple salsa which was completely clean and delicious on my fish but not following cooler 1,
I just can't seem to follow the cooler plan exactly, I really want to see results. Do you think that the few things that I am adding to the plan is a big deal, I am still eating clean it just those few little things,
My problem is that I was such a yo-yo dieter, that my metabolism is so screwed up that I really think doing the cooler 1 will help me to jump start things, but maybe as long as I am keeping my potions in control, eating a lean protein, and a complex carb with all six meals that is all I need to do. Any Ideas I would love to hear them.
14 minutes ago | By soontobefit
Weighing in........
43 minutes ago | By klacey
i'm so happy again. I have made it through first day of Cooler 1 and it's going great! Not hungry really at all. Well I am right now, but supper's cooking. Plus I did the full video (with a couple breaks) of the P90X yoga. Only to find out that It wasn't supposed to be yoga today LOL so we'll change that up tomorrow... Still getting the hang of it :).
I am going to keep with this momentum! I'm so excited.
1 hour ago | By AshJorg
Alright, so it begins, well it actually began yesterday. I am committed to this challenge, to get healthy, lose weight, be fit, and quite frankly just look smoking hot in a bikini!!!
There is a lot of time to do this, and I need to stay on track with motivation and determination. My boyfriend is standing beside me doing the challenge as well, but on his own and not on the website. So cheers to the road of hard work!
(back fat.... seriously?....gotta get rid of that!!!)
1 hour ago | By bknox009
I've had a rough couple of days as far as clean eating goes. I blame my scale to some extent. On September 1st I weighed 147lbs. I was determined to eat clean and I did. I was so proud of myself for eating so well all week and nudging myself to exercise. I even made it through the Labor Day holiday without losing my focus. Yesterday, I stepped on the scale and saw 142.4 lbs. I couldn't believe it! One week I had lost almost 5 lbs! So......I ate my healthy diet all day yesterday until....dinner. My 20 year old nephew was coming to visit so I stopped to pick up a pizza. I ate 2 slices of pizza and had a small soda (yes, small....just a small amount left in the bottle). This morning I stepped on my scale and the number moved up to 145.2. How is that possible???!!! I discipline myself for a whole week and lose 5 lbs only to gain 3 back after 2 stinking pieces of pizza??!! How does weight work like that? So...discouraged isn't a strong enough word for how I felt. I thought, why bother??? I went to a working lunch and had a tuna melt with fries and a coke....plus a refill! Felt like crap the rest of the day. Didn't stop me from having more than one brownie when I got home from work. All because of the numbers on the scale.
I am an obsessive weigher. I weigh myself in the morning. I weigh myself when I get home from work to see if I lost any weight throughout the day. I weigh myself before bed in an attempt to determine how much I might weigh again in the morning, often disappointed when I was too generous with my prediction. I think I need an intervention!
1 hour ago | By haveaheart
Hello Fellow Clean Eaters :)
I wanted to get on here and say that I'm a happy girl this morning! The reason for this is the fact that clean eating has been going strong and I have been consistent in saying "no thank you!" to myself on cravings! We cook mostly from home but when I slink by the baked goods section in the co-op or the ice cream in the frozen section - I remind myself what I am doing and why I want this for myself. I don't want to sabotage my efforts for what? A sugar high that makes me feel like crap afterwards not to mention guilty! And I should be able to say no because honestly food shouldn't have that type of power over me! I'm usually pretty good with avoiding sugar but I have noticed with the birth of my sweet daughter, breastfeeding, and hormonal fluxes that I really really get a wave sometimes of cravings. There are 2 that are particularly strong that sometimes stick in my head all day long Top 2 Cravings: (1) Ice Cream & non-dairy coconut ice cream (2) chocolate! What are your top cravings?
I still haven't yet entered the contest yet but that is because I took my measurements and lost them! Now I need to get them again ... I'm excited about this and I cannot tell you all enough how much it helps coming on here every single day so THANK YOU for all of your posts, recipes, ideas, thoughts! I appreciate it so much! And I love the food tracker as I have been able to be much more consistent it's been great. I used to write everything down but this has been so much easier paper free! I feel a ton better but I can really tell if I don't consume food every few hours as wow I am hungry! Fueling the fire I guess! My tummy is even looking flatter! At any rate I wish you all nothing but success in your goals!! Keep saying No to your cravings!
Danniel
2 hours ago | By danniel21