Happy Humpday

[jadesfire]

Mornin' all. It's grey and a little miserable out there this morning, but not raining at least (yet). Because of this, I have decided it is about time we started being awesome again. Not that we ever stopped being awesome, you understand, but I feel our awesomeness went into hibernation with the winter.

To get us going:

Today I am awesome because I worked out how to create a .CSV file. It probably saved me an hour of tedious copying and pasting into gmail and was almost ridiculously easy to do. (I feel like I should be wearing a badge marked 'ask me how!')

I am also awesome because I got a coffee on my way in to work but didn't buy any baked goods. My weight has been slowly creeping up over the last few months, which isn't a problem in abstract, but is when my clothes were bought for someone 14 pounds lighter! It won't be a major wrench to cut out the junk, but it is going to require concentration. I feel like I'm off to a good start :D

For anyone who's wandered in and is wondering why all the egotism, from my original post:

The British are normally terrible about being proud of what they achieved. We get all embarrassed and blushy and 'ah, well, you know'y about it. But for the next month, I'm going to try and post the things I am achieving, the things that I am proud of, the things that make me awesome. Because I want to be awesome. Come join me.

This is not a space for embarrassment or modesty. I *know* you all rock, whether it's because you aced that exam or took that picture that you're proud of or left someone a comment that made them smile or took a walk in the sunshine and felt good or remembered to take your tablets this morning. There are days when keeping breathing for the next minute is a stunning achievement. I want to know about that. Please, tell me.

So tell me, flist, how are you awesome today?

Comments

[perspi.livejournal.com]

INDEED TRUFAX.

As for eating: Good luck to you! In the exercise programs I've been following, they advocate a fairly large portion of your daily intake be protein (so, macronutrients of carbs, protein, and fat, yes? And they recommend 40% of your calories come from carbs, 30% from protein, and 30% fat). And the recipes include 100-calorie or 150-calorie snacks, planned into your midmorning and midafternoon, and the snacks are high in protein (like 10 or 12 grams). I have found that these kinds of high-protein snacks are great, because they satisfy my hunger and the protein keeps me from being hungry again for longer. (For example, I just had a protein shake for a midmorning snack, and I have some Greek yogurt for my afternoon snack! MMMMmmmm.)

This does require some planning, but once you get the hang of it it's easy, and it helps me a LOT in terms of making good eating choices--if I have something planned, I can resist temptation, and if I'm not hungry, it's also easier.

My favorite snacks: Greek yogurt (very high protein! Yummy!), 3 oz shrimp cocktail, 2 oz of fresh mozzarella cheese with 5 cherry tomatoes and a spoonful of basil pesto, a deviled egg, or some hummus and red bell pepper. I have a small fridge in my office, though, so I can get away with some snacks that others may not be able to do...

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

That's really interesting. I (more or less) follow the Slimming World plan, which is pretty un-restrictive in general terms and fits nicely with that. I shy away from calorie counting, because of the way my brain works, and tend to go for fruit for snacks. It has to be said, though, that after 3 days of 'fruit for snacks' I am so booooored of sweet things, and start really craving savory. One of the things SW taught me was that proteiny food really satisfies, even if I look at it and think "hmmm...there's not much there." It's big on low-fat more than anything else, so maybe I should get back to making my own hummus again...

The short version of which is: ooh, that's really helpful! I struggle for snacks and those are really good ideas.

I'll have to eat them in the staff room, though. They don't like us getting food near the books!

[perspi.livejournal.com]

Yes, exactly! I mean, I don't like calorie-counting, either, but the idea of 'roundabout' 100-calorie, high-protein snacks fit right in with my eating habits, in that I need to eat something and if I have it, it will be a better choice than going to get some junk from a vending machine.

I'm glad to be helpful! These snacks are all pretty low-fat, too, since that IS part of the eating plans, also. As part of my recipe-post series, I will have to do a snacks post, with all the snacks I like...

[jadesfire2808.livejournal.com]

I am always trying to find new things to put into my diet. I tell myself that it's because I'm interested in new things, rather than because I get bored easily ;)

A snacks post would be awesome! I remember seeing your chilli recipe and thinking that it looked epic. When we have a bigger kitchen, I will definitely have to try it out (ie when we have a cupboard big enough for a pot big enough!)