Dont let the voice tell you to quit

 

I have found this quote to be very true the last couple of week. More than likely I will find it more to be true in the future as well. When I started running again last week I ran 1 mile stopped for about 15 minutes and then ran back the other mile. I was completely gassed (or so I thought). Our bodies can do so much more than our minds. If you push through that initial pain your body will understand that it can do it and you WILL succeed .

Valentines Dinner

 Usually for valentines day we go out to dinner which turns out bad for my nutrition. I decided yesterday after work I would stop at the grocery store and grab some food and I would make Shaileen dinner for Valentines day. I just have to say that I have the best wife on the face of the planet. I can assure this because she has put up and stayed married to be for the past 4 years. :) I love her.

As you can tell I grilled up some chicken breast in a Hawaiian marinade.I also found some Brown Whole Wheat Rice that comes in little baggies. I usually suck at cooking rice but all you have to do is throw it in a pan with 4 cups of water and let it boil for 10 minutes. It cooked perfectly (in my opinion at least, Shaileen may have another opinion though, haha) I then cut up some Romaine Lettuce and put some seasoning on the top, not sure what it is called though but really good. Light Italian dressing on the lettuce is what finished it up. I ate it as shown on the first picture but shaileen mixed it all up and made it into a salad with rice and chicken.

I would definately recommend the rice baggies, check em out.

Shopping List

Tonight I am going to go grocery shopping finally. It has been a while since we have gone shopping as we have been eating out way too much. As you can imagine it has not been good for my diet and health. As soon as I woke up this morning I knew that I needed to make a grocery shopping list so the moment I got here I started searching online and making a list of what I am going to get. Here is what I have put together.

Grains

• 100% Whole Wheat Bread
• Whole Wheat Tortillas
• Whole Grain Cereal (cheerios,quaker oatmeal squares)
• Brown Basmati Rice

Fruit

• Apples
• Oranges
• Bananas
• Grapes
• Berries
• Dried Fruit
• Canned Fruit (packed in 100% juice or light syrup)

Vegetables

• Romaine Lettuce
• Kale
• Broccoli
• Asparagus
• Zucchini
• Red Potatoes
• Frozen Veggies w/o sauce
• Canned Veggies (packed in low salt water and drained before use)

Meat/Beans

• Lean Cut Beef
• Boneless and Skinless Chicken and Turkey
• Lean Cut Lunch Meat
• All Natural Chicken Sausage
• Black Beans
• Kidney Beans
• Pinto Beans

Dairy

• Skim Milk
• 2% Reduced Fat Shredded Cheeses
• Low Fat or Fat Free Yogurts (greek or regular)
• 1% Cottage Cheese
• Reduced Fat String Cheese

Other Snacks

• Reduced Fat Wheat Thins
• Original  Sun Chips 140 cal for 16 chips
• Veggie Chips from Costco
• Snyders Multigrain Pretzel Chips
• 100 Calorie Smart Packs
• Instant Pudding and Jello

Weigh-In Tomorrow

Can't wait for tomorrow morning to come so I can jump on the scale and see my weight progress. I have decided that for the next while I am not going to weigh in every day and to just weigh in on Wednesdays and Saturdays. I think it will be better for my mind not seeing my weight fluctuate during this process. It is nice seeing the weight drop but I am more excited to get healthy. Thanks to all that watch and view this blog as it helps give me motivation. This is not going to be a thing that is going to be for a couple of months. It HAS to be a lifelong decision.