I started to cook really healthily around the beginning of 2009, but my pregnancy with Darcy put a halt to that. I know you are supposed to eat really healthy when you are pregnant and I really did try, but for the most part anything green makes me want to vomit when I'm pregnant. So I went slack.
Well, I'm not pregnant (hopefully), and there is really no reason why I can't be disciplined when it comes to eating except that I just have to DO IT.
So Danny and I are giving up sugar for a while. I guess I could say I'm doing it for lent, but really I wanted to do it anyway, and I'll use lent if someone asks why in the hell I would ever give up something so wonderful as sugar.
Now, we are still going to eat fruit, breads and pastas (whole grain on the last 2). This is not an all out no sugar of any kind like people do for the first 2 weeks of the Atkins or South Beach diets. But we are cutting out all the things you think of as "sweets". Candies, cokes, cookies and cakes. Oh and Starbucks. :-) It is going to be soooo hard. We are probably going to be grumpy for a few days. Or weeks. But we are going to do it and we are going to do it together. I am excited/nervous/scared.
In our small group this week we talked about how God has given us self-control through his Spirit. I'm not too proud to say that the only way I'm going to succeed at this will be by the grace of God.
Oh yeah, we are also going to start exercising together. We are going to do burst training, which kicks your butt in 12 (yes, twelve) minutes.
I might even be brave and post my weights and measurements and track my progress online. We'll see...
3 comments:
Good for you, Casey! I've fallen off the sugar wagon more time than I can count.
What is the burst workout?
First, I wanted to add something to my post that we will NOT be having "sugar free" items, diet coke, etc. to curb our cravings. I'd rather have the calories than the poison (yeah, I said it)
Here is how the burst training goes:
chose a burst time interval based on how active you already are. 15 seconds, 20 seconds, etc. I'm not sure the max interval time, but really 20 seconds is perfect unless you never work out then do 15.
Then you chose what you are going to do doing the burst. I like sprinting (not jogging or running) in place and squat jumps the best.
Then you do 20 seconds burst, 20 second rest, 20 seconds burst, 20 seconds rest, 20 seconds burst, TWO MINUTES rest.
After the two minutes repeat the three bursts and two short rests, then do another two minute rest; then do a set of burst/rests again.
Then you're done.
It's a REALLY hard workout. But it takes almost no time at all. I'm excited to start it!
I like the "(hopefully)" part of not being pregnant. lol
I've decided to start working out on a regular basis and I've thought about posting pictures on my blog of me in my bathing suit to show my progress. I have a friend that is posting pictures on facebook as an accountability so she wouldn't stop.
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