Karen Maxwell's Personal Diet Information
http://glutenfreemommy.com/recipes/
One Step at a Time to a Healthier You: Week 1
(here is week one)This was a "challenge" I designed to help others "get
started" on the right track to living healthy. You can't follow the
challenge as it ended a long time ago. But you can look at it and the
info and try it yourself. It's designed to make changed each week and
tweak things here and there instead of information overload all at once!
My Cookbook at fatsecret.com (if you are a member at fatsecret.com, otherwise you have to wait until I get the recipes entered on this blog)
Recipes here on Maxwellshack! (click here for recipes I have on here so far, if you don't want to join fatsecret.com)
This
shows you me at my BIGGEST and me at my SMALLEST! Take pics of yourself
during your journey! It's amazing how thin we feel when we are large (I
had NO idea I was THAT big!), and how large we feel when we are thin (I
always see my flabby tummy and didn't feel thin, even at 116!). A
picture shows what you REALLY look like. It's easy to look good when
your tummy is sucked in standing in front of a mirror only showing one
side at a time! Have someone snap a pic of you while you are standing
around going about your daily business. The pic of me at my
largest..............was taken at my daughter's high school
graduation.........and I thought I LOOKED GOOD! Uh NOPE!
Karen Maxwell's Personal Diet
General Description
FREE (except you will have to buy food, but I don't use expensive
ingredients) and you will have to cook, moderation, good healthy fats
only, moderate carbs, and high protein. Nothing fried and no full sugar
desserts or drinks.
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- Promotes long term weight loss
- A healthy living alternative
- Teaches sustainable weight loss skills
- Provides an energy boost
- Improves mood and outlook
- A roadmap for a healthier lifestyle
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Tips
Make exercise a part
of your daily life. I started out working out in the mornings since it
got my metabolism going early in the day. I felt great and loved it.
Then the time change occurred and I can't seem to find a perfect time to
exercise! Still working on that. But the important things is to just do
it! I started out walking for 30 minutes as fast as I could every other
day. Then after a week I found myself wanting to walk EVERYDAY since I
was seeing results. Then I upped it to 1 hour a day. As I built up my
stamina, I started jogging with my walking. I would jog as long as I
could, then walk, timing each so I could report it properly. I took
along my cell and texted my hubby my progress so that I could add it all
up later.
Drink water! Try to drink 64 oz of water each day. I started with
drinking 1 glass while preparing my meals, then 1 glass with my meals.
This worked out great. Then I drank a glass before my workout and then
drank usually 2 glasses after my workout. This worked great for me. Also
add lemon to your water when you can. This works as a natural diuretic
and helps you fight the water retention.
Go to fatsecret everyday to record your foods and exercise. I
preplan my meals everyday. I either do it the evening before or the
morning of. (Now I preplan my meals a week at a time!) This way you know
what you are getting into. If you enter it afterwards, you may end up
way out of balance.
THIS TIP is for once you are comfortable with using fatsecret, not
for those of you just starting out. Use fatsecret.com's pie chart at the
bottom of the food diary. Aim for 20% or less fat, 50% or less carbs
and 30% or more protein. Make sure you edit your RDI and answer the
questions correctly.
If you aren't getting enough calories in your diet, you could
sabbotage yourself and make your body think it is starving. Don't ever
go below 1100 calories in a day. If you do, don't make it a habit.
Find friends or relatives to share your success with. I text my
group every 5 pounds! They give me props and I feel encouraged to keep
it up.
Take a pic of yourself in the most unflattering outfit when you
start! You will wish you had after you loose 20 pounds. I hated having
my pic taken, but now that I have lost 22 pounds, I wish I had that fat
me pic! (update! I have lost 35 pounds for the second time in 2 years!
My mother provided me with that dreaded pic of myself in an unflattering
outfit. That's the before pic of me on this blog!)
