Adventures in Food and Fitness

Reigning it in

rissamama3 — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 01:02:07 +0000

I have had a stressful week to say the least, my sweet little son had appendicitis and had to have his appendix removed on Monday. I did not handle the food part of this well, I ate at the cafeteria with no restriction and feel like crap basically. I could say that was the reason and that I had been fabulous prior to that but let’s be honest I was horrible last week too.

I could throw a pitty party but I won’t be doing that, I will be reigning it in.

I am starting following simply filling as of dinner tonight, you don’t have to say tomorrow I will start agian or Monday. You can start at your very next meal and that is what I have chosen to do.

Why simply filling, well simply put it’s the best of the best, it refocuses me on Power Foods. Which are my best buddies! I do and feel better eating this way and need to get back to basics. What better way than the great whole foods, best bang for you points plus Power Foods.

So I will be following simply filling for at least a week and maybe longer. I have been kinda working the plan and it’s kinda been working.

Tonight I am really working the pln and it will really work.

Fettuccine Alfredo??

rissamama3 — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:27:36 +0000

Creamy fettucine with asparagus and mushrooms!!! All from the pointsplus cookbook

Blueberry Dutch Baby

rissamama3 — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:06:53 +0000

This is from the WW Powerfoods cookbook

For just a few points plus…

rissamama3 — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:00:22 +0000

You can have this for breakfast!!

To full or not to full…

rissamama3 — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:24:25 +0000

This was the question of the run this morning. I asked my running buddy Laurie if she would be up for doing the Half at the Hamptons with me again this year. And she said welllll…. have you entertained the idea or a full marathon at all?? Well of course I have but figured a couple years out. But she has been kinda thinking about it this year. It would be the same course as the half last year, it does loop so that might be mentally tough but the course isn’t crazy which would be good. If we signed up and something happened we can always drop back to the half.

So now it’s a seed in my head, I want to do a full at some point but is this year the year??? Is this the challenge that I mentally need for 2012??

Could I be prepared for this??

Will my knee be able to handle the training?

Now I have a decision to make, to full or not to full…

~Riss

Making things hard…

rissamama3 — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:23:50 +0000

I choose to do a video at home today instead of heading to the gym. I was thinking while I was walking with Leslie and it occurred to me that I make things so much harder than they need to be. I have been slacking in activity lately because of my all or nothing attitude, I think if it can’t be a full on gym session or I can’t run the way I used to what’s the point!! The point is to do what you can get in whatever sweat time you can and count it, 5 minutes is better than none, not to mention the health factor moving is important and not everything needs to be so intense. I used to be so mentally hard on myself due to my horrible self-esteem and being over weight now I’m super hard on myself if I’m not living up to this standard that I set for myself that maybe isn’t that fabulous to begin with. I need to change my all or nothing perspective and understand that I don’t have to make things so hard.

~Riss

Simple breakfast

rissamama3 — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:46:55 +0000

Egg whites with spinach, peppers and feta

Delicious!

Believe in me…

rissamama3 — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:27:21 +0000

If you have been watching tv you’ve seen the WW campaign “Believe”. I will tell you I love this campaign, I just wasn’t sure how this fit for me. Until today, I was catching up on my blog reading and was reading Adrienne’s post and it hit me. She writes “it hasn’t been out of control, but it hasn’t been in control” I swear I threw up a little in my mouth because I the shot to my gut this gave me. I have been in the same place, I have been maintaining but I haven’t really been in control. I have been weighing at goal for six months now but as soon as I see that number it’s a free for all and then a fight to get back there for next month.

I have stopped believing in my ability to be in control, in my body’s ability and in my minds ability. I question myself all the time now, can I run that far? Can I track a full week, and stay on plan. Of course I can I have done it before. But somewhere my faith has been challenged and I have lost my belief in how awesome I am.

This is my goal for 2012 to get back that belief and make it rock solid. I can do it, I just need to believe it!

FYI I don’t know what I’m doing wrong with that link but WHATEVER!!!

Goodbye 2011

rissamama3 — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:25:55 +0000

While everyone is saying bring it on 2012, I am lamenting the end of 2011. It was an incredible year for me. I hit goal, reached lifetime, became a leader, maintained my weight for 6 months, run many races including my first half marathon. I am sad to see the year come to a close.

I am so proud of myself, this past year has been amazing. I’m not sure where next year will take me but I’m not sure it can top this one.

I am trying to come up with goals for 2012 but I am having a hard time coming up with any, yes I am going to do the half again as well as some bike touts. Yes I will still be maintaining my loss and I would like to lose another 10# (Which is another blog I will be writing), but a real goal I’m excited about isn’t coming to me. This makes me a little melancholy for the new year.

I’ll keep thinking and let you know what I come up with.

~Riss

And my belly hurt

rissamama3 — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 21:15:08 +0000

Yesterday I ate… A lot, and my belly hurt, I have the choice to continue that pattern get mad and eat to feel better OR I can pick myself up say yeah that happened so what and move on.

Today I am moving on back on track and back in control, because it’s choice not chance that determines your destiny.

Riss