Sunday, February 7, 2016

Bad nutrition = no (positive) results

When I first decided to start the 90 day journey with P90X, I was a bit worried how I could do it. And now here it is: week number 13: the final week with P90X! My thoughts are going crazy: at the same time I'm excited, sad, happy and nervous. Excited and happy, because I showed myself, that I can commit to a long program and I can finish it. Sad, because this journey is almost over and nervous (and also a bit excited), because I need to choose a new program to start after this one. There are so many good ones to choose from!

Last week I shared my frustration with not getting visible results. I knew that I had no trouble keeping up with my workouts, but nutrition has been my trouble for some time now. I've noticed that since my goal is not weight lose any more, it's easier to let myself have a treat every now and then. . But I also know, that nutrition is the key to any change: you cannot workout enough to make a change, if your eating poorly. That's why I planned to write down everything I eat. I did will the first two days, but on Wednesday I got too busy to write everything down, and then I forgot about it. But as promised, here are my first two days from last week. I noticed right away on Monday, that once you need to write down everything you bite, it makes it easier to avoid all the little nibbling. It's so easy to grab a little something every time you pass kitchen, but once you know, it all goes to the list, you sure don't want to be writing "piece of chocolate, bite of pie..."

As starting with my final week with P90X, I will do what I did the very first time I took part in a accountability group: I printed my meal plan and placed on the kitchen wall. After I had ate a meal from the plan, I made a check on the plan. If I did some modifications on the way, I wrote them on the plan. That way I kept tack what I was eating, but it didn't take as much time as writing each nibble on the paper. And hey, that's why I have the plan: so I don't need to think what should I be eating next!

Here is my meal plan for the final week, wish me luck!





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