So far so good on my Dietbet gameplan. Essentially it consists of:
No white flour foods (except Thursdays)
No foods that are solely junk (except one small treat on Thursdays - unless this becomes a slippery slope)
When buying something with added sugar (like spaghetti sauce) look for the one with the least.
Track actual food eaten on Myfitnesspal - goal - between 1600 - 1800.
Increase veggies consumption.
No soda.
No dairy or eggs - exception Thursdays.
Strength train 2x a week.
Get at least 7k steps 4x and 9k steps 2 days.
Thursdays I'm allowing exceptions (and major holidays like July 4) within reason. Mainly so I can eat what DH fixes for dinner, but also to leave room for one thing I'm craving each week.
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Thank you everyone for your comments on the post I deleted. I felt it wasn't a post I wanted left up for too long.
On that note though - I took the advice a number of you gave, and came up with this plan:
When I get home this is my routine:
*Feed cats
*Put away items from day
*Put together gym bag
*Prepare lunch and breakfast for next day (unless Fri.)
*Clear out sink / empty dishwasher
*Clean litterboxes
*Set timer for 15 minutes and do something
*Get something to eat
*relax
I think this is something I can actually stick to doing. (Of course, this doesn't include laundry, etc.)
I'm thinking of proposing something similar to DH - only he'd be exempt from the 15 minutes if he did something major that week like mowing the lawn or snowblowing.
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Ugh Pact. This is an app that I use to track veggies/food tracking/workouts. I usually make at least $10/month up to as much as $16.
A few weeks ago I missed my veggie pact by 1 item (I'd eaten the right amount, but didn't get the photo uploaded in time.)
So now I'm back and forth emailing them because they aren't going to pay me for last weeks Pact because my Paypal agreement expired. I wasn't told of a problem. My first inkling was when I couldn't edit my pacts for this week.
I'm thinking I'm going to get back to the $10 cashout, and then be done with it. I hate to lose the extra money, but it sure would b one less thing to worry about.
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January 19th, 2017 at 04:22 am
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January 19th, 2017 at 12:59 pm 1484830773
Thanks VS. That's what I'm hoping for.
January 19th, 2017 at 03:33 pm 1484839984
Once this new habit becomes routine you can consider ways to make laundry more routine as well. My daughter does hers every Sunday afternoon. .
January 19th, 2017 at 05:18 pm 1484846332
January 19th, 2017 at 06:51 pm 1484851891
Spaghetti sauce is really easy and cheap. Some tomato sauce, diced onion, add veggies (I use a hand blender thing and mix it up for more veggies well blended.) I find it is cheaper than bought and it freezes well - as does my red enchilada sauce.
January 19th, 2017 at 09:07 pm 1484860065
Go ahead, borrow away.