Re-Start..."DO OVER" she yells!

I haven't gotten off to a great start with my diet goals this year. So I'm officially calling for a re-start. You all remember when you were kids and playing the yard games, whatever they may be -- and someone up to bat or up to the kickball yells, "do over". That is where I am at! Ready to start again on the challenge of making lifestyle changes in my dietary and life habits. I really liked what Kit said about picking twelve things to change and in 1 year you will be twelve times healthier than you are at this moment.

I have figured out a few things. My willy-nilly attitude toward my diet just isn't working. Apparently, I am eating more than I think I am and exercising less than I think I am. So I went to http://www.fitday.com/ and signed up for the free account. It is an online food journal where you can keep track of foods eaten and exercise performed. It also has all sorts of reports for you to gauge your eating/exercise habits, a place to set goals, and a place to keep a diary.
I have to make a concerted effort to do it though.

I would just as soon eat all carbs, all day, every day! But I must start to take a serious look at every bite of food that goes into my mouth - that means, no more guessing as to portion size. And, according to most diet gurus, I must take a serious look at why that food is going into my mouth as well. I have to learn to eat when I am hungry, not just when I'm 'not full' or when I'm bored or upset. Recently there was a show where Barbara Walters was interviewing several scientist and other specialists "change agents" as I like to refer to them and they were saying that over the next 30 years, technology will change so much that people will be living well beyond 150 to 300 years. They are looking at growing body parts as replacements for ones that you wear out! They talked of many other new things that are coming our way for longer life.

Accountability always helps me...I need to face the changes I need to make. Who knows, maybe I would improve so much, I could get off the blood pressure medicine.

So, with that said, here is my list of things to remove from my life.

1. TV - do not watch TV before you have taken a walk on the treadmill or weather permitting, outside.
2. Stop eating anything with refined flour (whole grains and wheat, only) (roosters wings...I miss you already)
3. Choose fruits and nuts for snacks (need to go grocery shopping)
4. Choose lean meats / fish for protein
5. Control portion sizes...(might look for that divided plate - 3 ways)
a. food should not be bigger than the palm of my hand in each divider
b. add water to the meal vs. soda or alcohol
6. Do not skip meals (I hate to put anything on my stomach before noon--a cup of coffee is about as much as I can do)
7. Do not entertain "high fat foods for snacks" (ice cream, cheesecakes) or (Chips, Cookies etc)
8. Do not eat red meat (I'm almost there by nature...I really don't like steaks etc...)
9. Exercise through the summer by riding my bike through the neighborhood over watching TV with daylight still available for exercise
10. Blogging is an earned activity - Exercise with the toning and makeover program first-only twenty minutes of toning.

Weight this morning: 226.4