Haven't had a chance to workout lately. I won't make excuses, but I should be getting back into the swing of things this week. Won't be tomorrow, but should be on Thursday, hopefully Friday, and maybe Saturday. I have an appointment tomorrow and am going to a fitness meeting at work on Wednesday. Diet is going well. Still needing to make a better effort on the portions, but we're still making progress. The cleaning should occur regularly starting this weekend. Cya around!
M.G. Farmer
Monday, August 11, 2008
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Chapter 2: Working Out and Diet - Week 2 (Part 3)
Thursday
I think that I have discovered that I do better when I've eaten my lunch before working out. Normally I go and work out around 11:30 AM and then eat afterwords. For the most part I am tired during the afternoons and I'm wondering if this is why. On Thursdays, I am unable to go and workout until the afternoon. Because of this I ate my peanut butter and jelly around 11:30 AM. At 1:00 PM we worked out. I felt like I had more energy and did not have the mid-afternoon crash. I think next week I will try eating at 10:00 AM. If I have more energy next week, I'll make it a habit.
The actual workout was more of the same. I did the eliptical and then moved onto weights. I walked around the track between my sets of lunges. That seemed to help. When I got to the machine where I lift the weight up with my legs, I upped it to 135 pounds on each side. I may be sore in the morning. The diagonal squats had 45 pounds. Today was a good day!
M.G. Farmer
I think that I have discovered that I do better when I've eaten my lunch before working out. Normally I go and work out around 11:30 AM and then eat afterwords. For the most part I am tired during the afternoons and I'm wondering if this is why. On Thursdays, I am unable to go and workout until the afternoon. Because of this I ate my peanut butter and jelly around 11:30 AM. At 1:00 PM we worked out. I felt like I had more energy and did not have the mid-afternoon crash. I think next week I will try eating at 10:00 AM. If I have more energy next week, I'll make it a habit.
The actual workout was more of the same. I did the eliptical and then moved onto weights. I walked around the track between my sets of lunges. That seemed to help. When I got to the machine where I lift the weight up with my legs, I upped it to 135 pounds on each side. I may be sore in the morning. The diagonal squats had 45 pounds. Today was a good day!
M.G. Farmer
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Chapter 2: Working Out and Diet - Week 2 (Part 2)
Wednesday
Today was another day to run. This was much of the same when it came to running. The only thing of note was that I was tired and low on energy when I started. This meant my motivation was on the lower end of the scale. I was happily surprised, however, that I was able to maintain the pace I set for this week.
The weights were increased for this week. For the bench press I am now doing a warm up set at 35 pounds, and then two sets of 40. Slowly but surely! When I got to the bicep curl, I did three sets at 10 pounds. I also increased the weight on the hand weights. I started using 20 pound weights. I hope that next week I will be able to increase to 25. Enjoy!
M.G. Farmer
Today was another day to run. This was much of the same when it came to running. The only thing of note was that I was tired and low on energy when I started. This meant my motivation was on the lower end of the scale. I was happily surprised, however, that I was able to maintain the pace I set for this week.
The weights were increased for this week. For the bench press I am now doing a warm up set at 35 pounds, and then two sets of 40. Slowly but surely! When I got to the bicep curl, I did three sets at 10 pounds. I also increased the weight on the hand weights. I started using 20 pound weights. I hope that next week I will be able to increase to 25. Enjoy!
M.G. Farmer
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Chapter 2: Working Out and Diet - Week 2 (Part 1)
Monday
Today was a good day for running in a climate controlled gym. One of these days I'm going to run outside more often. Maybe I should do that on Saturday. There are plenty of parks around here. When I go to Florida and run outside my performance always suffers due to the heat. If I ever hope to participate in a 5k, I'll need to improve this. I've decided to incrementally increase the difficulty of my runs. We'll see how this works out. Each week I plan on adding an extra half of a kilometer. Last week I was running two kilometers, walking one, and running the final two. This week I will be running two and a half kilometers, walking one, and running the final one and a half. I hope to keep this up until I can run 5k without stopping. I may have to extend some of the intervals, but one can hope.
Due to circumstances beyond my control, I wasn't able to do as much as I wanted. On Wednesday I should be increasing my weights, I'll let you know how it goes.
Tuesday
Similar to how I'm increasing the difficulty of my runs, I am also increasing the resistance of my eliptical exercises. I am now up to resistance eight and I can definitely feel that. Other than that, the first part of my day was pretty standard fare. I also decided to up the weights of my squats. I warmed up with 55 pounds and did two sets of 80. At first I was hesitant of doing weights because they weren't that much fun, but I must admit they are growing on me. I talked last week how I felt a lack of focus on the leg days. Today I started to rectify this.
After doing the squats, I decided to do lunges with the weights on my shoulder. I did three sets of 55 pounds on each side. The first set went well. I think I did the second set too soon after the first as I started to feel light headed. I walked two laps around the track before I completed my set of three. I think I will start doing two laps around the track before going on to the next set. The next exercise was a leg lift machine. The machine is a free weight machine and after being shown how to use it, I put 115 pounds on each side. Basically I'm sitting at a 45 degree angle and lifting the weight upwards. I did three sets of ten and plan on increasing the weight next time. The other one was a machine that made me do a squat at 45 degrees. I did 35 pounds on each side for this one. Once again I'll increase next time. Now I want to find some good abdominal exercises to add to this day and I think I'll be set. Any suggestions?
On a side note, I think I will check with my gym to see if they will let me take pictures of the gym for this blog. It should give you a better idea of what I'm doing. Cya!
M.G. Farmer
Today was a good day for running in a climate controlled gym. One of these days I'm going to run outside more often. Maybe I should do that on Saturday. There are plenty of parks around here. When I go to Florida and run outside my performance always suffers due to the heat. If I ever hope to participate in a 5k, I'll need to improve this. I've decided to incrementally increase the difficulty of my runs. We'll see how this works out. Each week I plan on adding an extra half of a kilometer. Last week I was running two kilometers, walking one, and running the final two. This week I will be running two and a half kilometers, walking one, and running the final one and a half. I hope to keep this up until I can run 5k without stopping. I may have to extend some of the intervals, but one can hope.
Due to circumstances beyond my control, I wasn't able to do as much as I wanted. On Wednesday I should be increasing my weights, I'll let you know how it goes.
Tuesday
Similar to how I'm increasing the difficulty of my runs, I am also increasing the resistance of my eliptical exercises. I am now up to resistance eight and I can definitely feel that. Other than that, the first part of my day was pretty standard fare. I also decided to up the weights of my squats. I warmed up with 55 pounds and did two sets of 80. At first I was hesitant of doing weights because they weren't that much fun, but I must admit they are growing on me. I talked last week how I felt a lack of focus on the leg days. Today I started to rectify this.
After doing the squats, I decided to do lunges with the weights on my shoulder. I did three sets of 55 pounds on each side. The first set went well. I think I did the second set too soon after the first as I started to feel light headed. I walked two laps around the track before I completed my set of three. I think I will start doing two laps around the track before going on to the next set. The next exercise was a leg lift machine. The machine is a free weight machine and after being shown how to use it, I put 115 pounds on each side. Basically I'm sitting at a 45 degree angle and lifting the weight upwards. I did three sets of ten and plan on increasing the weight next time. The other one was a machine that made me do a squat at 45 degrees. I did 35 pounds on each side for this one. Once again I'll increase next time. Now I want to find some good abdominal exercises to add to this day and I think I'll be set. Any suggestions?
On a side note, I think I will check with my gym to see if they will let me take pictures of the gym for this blog. It should give you a better idea of what I'm doing. Cya!
M.G. Farmer
Chapter 3: The Master Bedroom
The master bedroom is actually one of the better looking rooms in the house. All it really needed was the floors vacuumed and the clothes put up. I'm going to try and keep the bed made, but that probably won't last long. We don't do tours of our house, and it's going to get unmade anyways. Also, since it's the bedroom we don't have a lot of people hanging out in it (at least we better not!).
Anyways, the vacuum we had was kind of old and was not sucking as much as it used to. We bought a new vacuum that was designed to pick up pet hair. I'm really surprised at how much hair was in that carpet. I think we could have built another Trixie out of that hair. Eventually we're going to tear up the carpet in that room. The previous owners of the house put carpet over the hardwood floors. With very little work we will have hardwood floors in the bedroom which should make it easier to clean. Here are some before and after pictures for your viewing pleasure.
Before:
After:
Anyways, the vacuum we had was kind of old and was not sucking as much as it used to. We bought a new vacuum that was designed to pick up pet hair. I'm really surprised at how much hair was in that carpet. I think we could have built another Trixie out of that hair. Eventually we're going to tear up the carpet in that room. The previous owners of the house put carpet over the hardwood floors. With very little work we will have hardwood floors in the bedroom which should make it easier to clean. Here are some before and after pictures for your viewing pleasure.
Before:
After:
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Chapter 2: Working Out and Diet - Week 1 (Part 3)
Thursday
I had a good workout today. I think I need to keep working out around 11 am. If I go later, I start running into meetings and other random things start to occur. I think 11 am is generally quiet because you have the beginnings of lunch. Anyways...
First up was the eliptical machines. They are a nice change of pace from running because I work up just as much sweat, but I don't get out of breath as easily. I use the pre-programmed fat burner workout. Basically you start off at an incline of 4ish for two intervals (an interval is two minutes when doing 30 minutes). Then you go up to an incline of 8ish for two intervals, down for two, up for three, down for two, etc. I've also been gradually increasing my resistance and am up to a seven.
Today was leg day when it came to weights. I need to find some better exercises for this. For a leg day there isn't a whole lot of leg. Anyways, I start off with squats. Using a standard bar, I do a set of 10 at 55 pounds on each side. Afterwards, I do two sets of 10 at 70 pounds. Once this exercise is done I start to feel a bit lost. I want to incorporate more leg exercises and more ab work. Today I did 50 crunches (although I think I was doing them wrong. My stomach should be killing me now). I then randomly visited machines until it was time to go. It wasn't that I had a bad work out, but it seemed like I lacked focus. Anyways, I guess I need to do some research on this.
The food today was standard. Yesterday I made tacos and they were very good. I was also proud that I had left overs today. I still think I ate too much, but I'm making progress (last time I ate the whole batch). I'm glad that, for the most part, I like left overs. It's nice not to have to cook (although I need to start cooking more, my fiance has been doing the lioness' share of the work. Sorry dear!). I think I will cook next week. The question is what should I cook... Hmm.... This will take some thought. Anyways, I tried an experiment today that worked at well. I had a peanut butter and jelly burrito for lunch today! I used the tortillas I bought for tacos. It was good, but not as filling as a normal sandwich. I think I will switch back to the sandwiches. Only 30 more calories and I feel fuller. I think that is pretty much it for today. See ya tomorrow!
M.G. Farmer
I had a good workout today. I think I need to keep working out around 11 am. If I go later, I start running into meetings and other random things start to occur. I think 11 am is generally quiet because you have the beginnings of lunch. Anyways...
First up was the eliptical machines. They are a nice change of pace from running because I work up just as much sweat, but I don't get out of breath as easily. I use the pre-programmed fat burner workout. Basically you start off at an incline of 4ish for two intervals (an interval is two minutes when doing 30 minutes). Then you go up to an incline of 8ish for two intervals, down for two, up for three, down for two, etc. I've also been gradually increasing my resistance and am up to a seven.
Today was leg day when it came to weights. I need to find some better exercises for this. For a leg day there isn't a whole lot of leg. Anyways, I start off with squats. Using a standard bar, I do a set of 10 at 55 pounds on each side. Afterwards, I do two sets of 10 at 70 pounds. Once this exercise is done I start to feel a bit lost. I want to incorporate more leg exercises and more ab work. Today I did 50 crunches (although I think I was doing them wrong. My stomach should be killing me now). I then randomly visited machines until it was time to go. It wasn't that I had a bad work out, but it seemed like I lacked focus. Anyways, I guess I need to do some research on this.
The food today was standard. Yesterday I made tacos and they were very good. I was also proud that I had left overs today. I still think I ate too much, but I'm making progress (last time I ate the whole batch). I'm glad that, for the most part, I like left overs. It's nice not to have to cook (although I need to start cooking more, my fiance has been doing the lioness' share of the work. Sorry dear!). I think I will cook next week. The question is what should I cook... Hmm.... This will take some thought. Anyways, I tried an experiment today that worked at well. I had a peanut butter and jelly burrito for lunch today! I used the tortillas I bought for tacos. It was good, but not as filling as a normal sandwich. I think I will switch back to the sandwiches. Only 30 more calories and I feel fuller. I think that is pretty much it for today. See ya tomorrow!
M.G. Farmer
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Chapter 2: Working Out and Diet - Week 1 (Part 2)
Wednesday
It turns out that today was the birthday of one of my co-workers. We decided to go out for lunch. It was a blast and very enjoyable. However, this meant that I was not able to work out (had to work a little later and had chores around the house). I am proud to report that I can still eat out on Friday. I did not eat a single piece of food at the restaurant. It was Mexican and I love Mexican. Anyways, this one is short and sweet (like yogurt!). Cya!
M.G. Farmer
It turns out that today was the birthday of one of my co-workers. We decided to go out for lunch. It was a blast and very enjoyable. However, this meant that I was not able to work out (had to work a little later and had chores around the house). I am proud to report that I can still eat out on Friday. I did not eat a single piece of food at the restaurant. It was Mexican and I love Mexican. Anyways, this one is short and sweet (like yogurt!). Cya!
M.G. Farmer
Monday, July 14, 2008
Chapter 2: Working Out and Diet - Week 1 (Part 1)
This post will be slightly different than the rest. I plan on updating throughout the week with my status report of my working out. Each week will (theoretically) get a post. My goal is to work out at least three times a week. I'm actually hoping to average four. If I have either more time or the want, then I will work out more. Here we go!
Monday
Today was the first time working out in about a week and a half so I thought I would go slightly easy on myself. Let me tell you, it wasn't easy. Today I started out with a brisk five kilometer jog. I warmed up by stretching and walking one lap. Then the fun began. I then proceeded to jog for two kilometers and then walked the next. I then decided to try to jog the last two. They were tough! It was shear willpower that kept me going! And I didn't even use my power song! Although that's probably because I forgot.
Some of you may not know what I mean by power song. My brother got me hooked on a Nike/iPod running system. It's called Nike+ and is a runner's best friend. Not only do you get to listen to music while you run, it tells you when you've reached certain points. I don't know about you, but without the music I get bored while running and that decreases my chances of a successful run. I also have a bad habit of underestimating how long I've traveled and that causes me to give up when I only have a short way to go. You have a sensor that you place in your shoes that measures your distance. It transmits the data to a receiver that you put into your iPod. You set your type of workout (I usually do distance, but you can do time, calories, and probably something else I'm forgetting). Depending on your distance you get notices when you reach a certain point (on the 5K, it's every kilometer). You also get a notice at the half-way point and then one at 400 meters, 300 meters, and so on. I know what you're thinking, I started this paragraph talking about the power song, but haven't even got to it. Basically you choose a song on your iPod and when you hold the center button for three to five seconds it plays your power song. It gives you that little boost when you really need it! Mine is Push It by Static-X if you were curious. Anyways, enough about running, let's move on...
The second part of my workout involves weights. I've never been fond of the weights and it shows. I can't lift a whole lot, but you've got to start somewhere. I've read that the more muscle mass you have, the higher your metabolism is, so I've started working this in. I started out by doing a lower back exercise where you are on a diagonal bench with the above of your waist hanging down. You then bring your self back up straight. I did three sets of ten holding ten pounds each. Next time I'm going to up the final set to 25 pounds. I then started the bench press and did three sets of ten using 35 pounds on each side. I think next time I will try 40. I then did bicep curls using the bar and five pounds on each side. I then did some hand weight exercises.
That was pretty much Monday and I am tired. I won't be able to go on Tuesday so I will be back on Wednesday (I hope!)
Cya!
M.G. Farmer
Monday
Today was the first time working out in about a week and a half so I thought I would go slightly easy on myself. Let me tell you, it wasn't easy. Today I started out with a brisk five kilometer jog. I warmed up by stretching and walking one lap. Then the fun began. I then proceeded to jog for two kilometers and then walked the next. I then decided to try to jog the last two. They were tough! It was shear willpower that kept me going! And I didn't even use my power song! Although that's probably because I forgot.
Some of you may not know what I mean by power song. My brother got me hooked on a Nike/iPod running system. It's called Nike+ and is a runner's best friend. Not only do you get to listen to music while you run, it tells you when you've reached certain points. I don't know about you, but without the music I get bored while running and that decreases my chances of a successful run. I also have a bad habit of underestimating how long I've traveled and that causes me to give up when I only have a short way to go. You have a sensor that you place in your shoes that measures your distance. It transmits the data to a receiver that you put into your iPod. You set your type of workout (I usually do distance, but you can do time, calories, and probably something else I'm forgetting). Depending on your distance you get notices when you reach a certain point (on the 5K, it's every kilometer). You also get a notice at the half-way point and then one at 400 meters, 300 meters, and so on. I know what you're thinking, I started this paragraph talking about the power song, but haven't even got to it. Basically you choose a song on your iPod and when you hold the center button for three to five seconds it plays your power song. It gives you that little boost when you really need it! Mine is Push It by Static-X if you were curious. Anyways, enough about running, let's move on...
The second part of my workout involves weights. I've never been fond of the weights and it shows. I can't lift a whole lot, but you've got to start somewhere. I've read that the more muscle mass you have, the higher your metabolism is, so I've started working this in. I started out by doing a lower back exercise where you are on a diagonal bench with the above of your waist hanging down. You then bring your self back up straight. I did three sets of ten holding ten pounds each. Next time I'm going to up the final set to 25 pounds. I then started the bench press and did three sets of ten using 35 pounds on each side. I think next time I will try 40. I then did bicep curls using the bar and five pounds on each side. I then did some hand weight exercises.
That was pretty much Monday and I am tired. I won't be able to go on Tuesday so I will be back on Wednesday (I hope!)
Cya!
M.G. Farmer
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Chapter 1: The Office
Since this post should be shorter than most, I'll give you a rundown on how these things go. I plan on showing you pictures of the rooms before and after. This should give you an idea on how well things went. In the case of the office, however, I didn't get this blogging idea until after.
What I wanted to do with this room is give my fiance a quiet place where she can study. Now I know what you're thinking. This guy must be dating a college student! Wow! Actually my fiance is a little older than me and is studying to improve her skills. She really impresses me in that regard. I didn't want to study when my grades depended on it, let alone with personal betterment as my sole motivation. Anyways, I'll get there yet!
Anyways, basically before I cleaned up the office, the desks didn't even have room to put a laptop. There was all sorts of junk on there, most of them paper. It's amazing how many pieces of mail one can accumulate in such a short span. Either way, some of it got thrown away and others were placed in desk drawers because I was doing this as a surprise (which worked well in case you were wondering. She loved it!) and we'll need to go over those a little later on. There were also the decomposing remains of old computers. These are being kept so at some point we can cannibalize them and build a Linux server out of the spare parts. They were laying on the floor waiting for the day they could trip you. Those were moved to the closet.
I also went shopping for this room. I figured some fake plants would help with the environment of the room and I ended up buying two 6 foot fake mango trees (mangos not included). We also needed some desk lamps and those look pretty good on the desks. I was also thinking of getting one of those stereos where you plug your iPod/iPhone into, but most of them were not designed for the iPhone in mind, so I'll be getting one of those later.
I was glad that I started with the office. It is not one of the biggest rooms in the house. This allowed me to take a little extra time and get the hang of things. I was able to take a step back and see what I wanted to do and I was able to succeed. The second reason I'm glad I started with this room, is that it made my fiance very happy. I have included some pictures of the clean office. I hope you have enjoyed this riveting chapter in cleaning!
M.G. Farmer
What I wanted to do with this room is give my fiance a quiet place where she can study. Now I know what you're thinking. This guy must be dating a college student! Wow! Actually my fiance is a little older than me and is studying to improve her skills. She really impresses me in that regard. I didn't want to study when my grades depended on it, let alone with personal betterment as my sole motivation. Anyways, I'll get there yet!
Anyways, basically before I cleaned up the office, the desks didn't even have room to put a laptop. There was all sorts of junk on there, most of them paper. It's amazing how many pieces of mail one can accumulate in such a short span. Either way, some of it got thrown away and others were placed in desk drawers because I was doing this as a surprise (which worked well in case you were wondering. She loved it!) and we'll need to go over those a little later on. There were also the decomposing remains of old computers. These are being kept so at some point we can cannibalize them and build a Linux server out of the spare parts. They were laying on the floor waiting for the day they could trip you. Those were moved to the closet.
I also went shopping for this room. I figured some fake plants would help with the environment of the room and I ended up buying two 6 foot fake mango trees (mangos not included). We also needed some desk lamps and those look pretty good on the desks. I was also thinking of getting one of those stereos where you plug your iPod/iPhone into, but most of them were not designed for the iPhone in mind, so I'll be getting one of those later.
I was glad that I started with the office. It is not one of the biggest rooms in the house. This allowed me to take a little extra time and get the hang of things. I was able to take a step back and see what I wanted to do and I was able to succeed. The second reason I'm glad I started with this room, is that it made my fiance very happy. I have included some pictures of the clean office. I hope you have enjoyed this riveting chapter in cleaning!
M.G. Farmer
Introduction
Before I begin describing my methods, here are a couple of pictures of what I look like now. Feel free to leave the room now if you are not ready to view the awesomeness that is me!
Let's get started, shall we? I must warn you that since this is the introduction it may not be the most interesting of posts. I have a bit of an issue. You see, I'm quite a messy person and I'm also overweight. I've tried many different approaches to fix both and have failed every single time. I think it's a combination of not caring and a lack of motivation. This blog is my next experiment. I'm hopeful that this will work, but if it fails, it should prove interesting.
Exciting isn't it? This experiment is divided into two categories. Cleaning up the mess and cleaning up myself. Let's start with the latter. The last diet that worked for me was a diet of abstaining. I didn't eat out and also did not eat fatty condiments. This diet caused me to lose about 8 pounds. Keep in mind that I was also working out. The reason you can't tell that I was on that diet (besides the fact that some of you may have never even seen me) is that the past two weeks have not been good for the old belly, or maybe it was too good. Either way, we're starting back this week.
The diet has been slightly modified as such. It now includes a new restriction, pizza. This will be heartbreaking, but is something I must do. Secondly the not eating out was to strengthen my willpower and it worked well. This time, I am allowed to eat out, but only with friends and only once a week. Once a month I get to go to any restaurant I want even if the food is on the restricted section of the diet. The main focus on this month is the control of portions. This is probably my biggest weakness. I like to eat and I like to eat a lot. Often times I will get the largest plate and put as much food as I can on there. I also love bread. Oftentimes, me and my fiance will split some Texas Toast and I end up eating 6 out of 8 slices. This has to stop. I plan on achieving this in two ways. Step one is to only use the smaller plate. This should control my eating as it will look like I'm eating more. The second step is to put up the extra food immediately! This way I won't be tempted to go back for more. That is my diet. I believe this is something I can stick to and in the long run, is more of a lifetime change than it is a diet. Of course all this includes regular exercise!
The second step to cleaning up my life involves cleaning up my house. My house is a mess and should not be in the state it is. My plan on this is simple. I plan on taking one day out of the weekend (probably Sundays) and cleaning one room. Not the whole house, but just one room. Once all the rooms are clean I'll talk maintenance. For now, let's focus on the beginning. In fact, I have already started! You will be able to read about it all in the next post! Cya next time!
M.G. Farmer
Let's get started, shall we? I must warn you that since this is the introduction it may not be the most interesting of posts. I have a bit of an issue. You see, I'm quite a messy person and I'm also overweight. I've tried many different approaches to fix both and have failed every single time. I think it's a combination of not caring and a lack of motivation. This blog is my next experiment. I'm hopeful that this will work, but if it fails, it should prove interesting.
Exciting isn't it? This experiment is divided into two categories. Cleaning up the mess and cleaning up myself. Let's start with the latter. The last diet that worked for me was a diet of abstaining. I didn't eat out and also did not eat fatty condiments. This diet caused me to lose about 8 pounds. Keep in mind that I was also working out. The reason you can't tell that I was on that diet (besides the fact that some of you may have never even seen me) is that the past two weeks have not been good for the old belly, or maybe it was too good. Either way, we're starting back this week.
The diet has been slightly modified as such. It now includes a new restriction, pizza. This will be heartbreaking, but is something I must do. Secondly the not eating out was to strengthen my willpower and it worked well. This time, I am allowed to eat out, but only with friends and only once a week. Once a month I get to go to any restaurant I want even if the food is on the restricted section of the diet. The main focus on this month is the control of portions. This is probably my biggest weakness. I like to eat and I like to eat a lot. Often times I will get the largest plate and put as much food as I can on there. I also love bread. Oftentimes, me and my fiance will split some Texas Toast and I end up eating 6 out of 8 slices. This has to stop. I plan on achieving this in two ways. Step one is to only use the smaller plate. This should control my eating as it will look like I'm eating more. The second step is to put up the extra food immediately! This way I won't be tempted to go back for more. That is my diet. I believe this is something I can stick to and in the long run, is more of a lifetime change than it is a diet. Of course all this includes regular exercise!
The second step to cleaning up my life involves cleaning up my house. My house is a mess and should not be in the state it is. My plan on this is simple. I plan on taking one day out of the weekend (probably Sundays) and cleaning one room. Not the whole house, but just one room. Once all the rooms are clean I'll talk maintenance. For now, let's focus on the beginning. In fact, I have already started! You will be able to read about it all in the next post! Cya next time!
M.G. Farmer
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