Eating Healthy Foods Has Made All The Difference!
So I lost twelve pounds in the first three weeks of my changed lifestyle. I’m actually quite eager to weigh in for week for Monday morning.
Some might think that I’m starving myself or that I’m on some sort of “fad diet.” This could not be further from the truth. In fact, I’m eating several times during the day. I’ll often wake at 5am and have a healthy breakfast. Something like two eggs and a slice of 100% whole wheat toast. I’ll then go for a walk in the morning, usually 3.5 miles or more.
During my morning walk, I burn around 400 calories, which is more than what I had to eat before the walk. After the walk, I’ll typically have a healthy snack. Either a fresh fruit, an ounce of nuts, or a yogurt. Because I have plenty of protein in the morning, this keeps me feeling full and satisfied till around 11am. That’s when I’ll have myself a very filling lunch.
For lunch, I’ll typically either have two servings of soup (only 140 calories) or maybe a deli sandwich. A deli sandwich for me would include two slices of 100% whole wheat toast, 2 ounces of deli fresh lean turkey meat, once slice of white American cheese, and a few slivers of red onion. Such a sandwich contains LESS THAN 300 calories total! With either my sandwich or soap, I’ll have a fresh piece of fruit, an ounce of nuts, or a yogurt.
A lunch like that listed above will get me through until around 3pm which is when I’ll allow myself about 200 calories for a snack. You guessed it, it will consist of either yogurt, nuts, or fresh fruit.
For dinner, my wife has been doing a terrific job of creating very low calorie dinner items which include fresh vegetables, whole grains, and lean meats like fish and chick.
When I follow this eating pattern, I’m usually WELL UNDER my allotted calorie allowance for the day.
So how am I losing so much weight? Sure I’m walking a lot.. But that’s not it. And yes, I’m counting my calories! That’s important also! However, the key is that I’m doing both of them. Perhaps even more important is the types of foods I’m eating when I take in those calories!
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Managing The Mornings – Podcast Episode 404
In this podcast episode, I play some voice mail feedback from John Portier, one of our gspn.tv Plus Members. He called to ask… “During the morning, when you get up at 5am, do you set yourself a to do list? What kind of methods do you use to get through your day?” In response, I shared what my my perfect morning routine would look like in my mind and I share my struggle to find balance with this awesome gift of extra hours in my day.
I also share some thoughts on some feelings that I’ve been having as they relate to me working for myself and the ability to choose my own schedule. In essence, I share that I’ve experienced a bit of self-inflicted guilt whenever I consider indulging in some of the freedoms that are afforded to me with the ability to set my own pace in how and when I work. I share where these feelings of guilt come from and what how I’m thinking through these feelings.
I briefly talked about my most recent blog entry titled “Why Am I Here? A Question That Leads To Success.” I mention that this is the first of what I hope will be many entries that will eventually make up the rough draft material in a book that I look forward to writing down the road. Of course I also include the comments from that post in the podcast as well.
I mention that Father Roderick, a great podcasting friend of mine, actually talked quite a bit about my pursuit of a balance life in the most recent episode of his Daily Breakfast Podcast. He even titled that episode Life In Balance.
I also mention that if you enjoy the Pursuing A Balanced Life podcast, you would definitely enjoy Episode 059 of the Family From The Heart podcast which was titled Eating Together As A Family.
I share some highlights from those who are using the #PABL in their tweets.
stephencross How many times have you said “Not right now” lately? #pabl
magestyayla Bought a pedometer…522 steps so far #PABL
danieljohnsonjr Doctor told me 3 yrs ago that walking 2 mi, 3x/wk was one of best things I could do for my back. Heading out for one of those walks. #PABL
jportier Thinking I’m going to go the Counting steps route first before I go down the Calorie counting road. I figure I already walk the steps. #pabl
theRamenNoodle Mission: Wake Up On Time: Accomplished. I feel great! #PABL
tiwwh See these? http://yfrog.com/0z5ppvj I’m not touchin’ them! #PABL No sodas for 11 days so far!
tonialiani #pabl Got 8266 steps in goal was 5000. Was 800 calories below goal. Went park with daughters. Ani got in 20231 steps. I’m jealous!
DadGetsFit 648 calories under daily goal. Tomorrow is weigh-in Wednesday. Learning visual portioning today by cup measurements. #pabl
danieljohnsonjr Thinking of spending the evening offline so I can spend time with my daughter, the youngest Dreamgirl. #PABL
jportier Woke up pretty fast this morning, already had breakfast, got dressed, checking email and listening to Piper. Love getting up early! #pabl
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Why Am I Here? A Question That Leads To Success!
This morning, my body woke itself up at 4:43am and I hopped right out of bed. This is a huge deal for me.
I had attempted to change my daily routine, many times in the past, to going to bed at an early hour so that I could get a very early start each morning. However, with each previous attempt, I was disappointed by my seeming lack of self-discipline.
Of course the same can be said of my previously failed attempts at living a more healthy lifestyle as it relates to physical activity and my eating habits.
If you’ve been following this blog and podcast the past few weeks, you’ll know that I’ve been experiencing a great deal of success in my pursuit of a balanced life. Oh, I’m no expert in the field and I certainly have a while to go before some will be convinced that this is indeed a lifestyle change and not yet another fad. However, I’m completely convinced that I’m on the path that leads to success.
As I look at the transformation of what has taken place in my life, I’ve been asking myself… What is different? What has changed? Why am I experiencing success in so many areas of my life now where I simply didn’t have the drive and commitment to pull this sort of stuff off before.
I think I may have found a key ingredient that may help to answer these questions! [Read more]
Twelve Pounds Lighter! – Podcast Episode 403
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Monday mornings have taken on a whole new meaning for me these days. Monday is the day of the week that I’ve set aside as my “Weigh In Day.” One again, I’m excited to announce that I have continued to drop a few pounds.
In fact, in the past seven days, I’ve lost another 3 pounds. This brings my total weight loss to 12 pounds in only three weeks. I also lost an additional 1.5 inches from around my waistline. Quite literally, there is less and less of me as the weeks go by.
In this podcast episode, I share my excitement not only about my weight loss, but I also share an exciting story from this weekend. I’ll first share the story with you…
This past Tuesday evening, I took the family to the “Dollar Saver Cinema” to see the movie, “Race To Witch Mountain.” It was an enjoyable family movie that our family enjoyed very much.
I had some major client projects to complete and a podcasting webinar to prepare for this weekend that caused me to have to work late into the evening Friday and all day long on Saturday.
Since I didn’t have much time with the family on Friday and Saturday, I decided to surprise the family by treating them to lunch at Chipotle (our family’s favorite place to eat) and to a movie at the Deluxe Cinema. We saw “Night At The Museum 2.” It also was an enjoyable family movie.
The story, however, happened as a conversation that occurred during our lunch at Chipotle.
Meagan, my 11 year old daughter, asked me… “Dad, where did you get all the money to take out out to eat and to the movies twice this week?
I responded by telling her that it was the result of me focusing a lot on my work and due the blessings of picking up a few new clients recently.
Then Meagan says… “But Dad, you haven’t been working as much lately, you’ve been spending a lot more time with the family lately!”
That my friends is what this whole “Pursuing A Balanced Life” thing is all about!
Also In This Episode:
I share some highlights from those who are using the #PABL in their tweets.
stephencross: Are you making smoothies? NYT article to get you started. http://tinyurl.com/oyupkk #PABL
TIWWH: Still working on my “baby steps” of the Dave Ramsey financial plan. The going is slow, but sure. #iWant to be debt free! #PABL
stephencross: Its nice do my exercise in the AM not PM. Love the weekends #PABL
ffluvssg1: Getting on the treadmill for an hour #PABL
tonialiani: #PABL under calorie goal today by 334, steps 5021 (21 over goal) drinking water. Tomorrow’s step goal is 5500.
marcuscarey: Before it gets too hot I’m going to plant my garden.
TIWWH: Got new pedometer today. Figuring out my LiveStrong iPhone App. Armed w/ these tools, I am #PABL. Also need to balance rest, recreation, etc
jportier: Total Miles Walked Yesterday: 8.74 Miles / Total Geocaches Found: 45 Caches #PABL
I share the significance of this tweet:
nkvanhoosier: @erikjfisher what’s #pabl?
I share some thoughts on this conversation:
johnbuehler: Falling of the #pabl wagon for a day or two. Giant chipotle burrito for lunch…yummm!
GSPN: @johnbuehler Chipotle tortilla is 290 Calories. If you get a Bowl w/rice, black beans, chicken, salsa, & cheese is only 640 calories. #PABL
GSPN: @johnbuehler Walking “fast” for 60 minutes would burn off 400 of those calories.#PABL
I also read a bit from a blog that was found in this tweet:
DadGetsFit: I’m just a bloke who eats less, moves more and lives to blog about it. #pabl – Link: http://dadgetsfit.wordpress.com
I finish off the podcast by sharing and responding to two awesome bits of audio feedback from Erik & Toni!
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Don’t forget to tweet about your pursuit of a balanced life, joining us in the #PABL campaign.
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Striking The Balance Part 2 – Podcast Episode 402
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This is part 2 of 2 of the podcast where I ask the question… Is there enough time in the day to really live a balanced life?
In this episode, I pick up where I left off in podcast episode 401. I review the areas of my life that I desire to achieve balance in. These ares are Faith, Family, Work/Career, Health/Fitness, Community, Personal Development, and Recreation. You may notice that I accidentally left out community when I was recording.
I also share my reaction to Family From The Heart podcast episode 058 where, after three weeks of daily consistency, Stephanie says that she is not yet convinced that I can sustain this lifestyle for the long haul.
Also included in this episode are your stories! That’s right, I’ve included many of the things that you have posted on twitter using the “#PABL” hashtag. It’s been remarkable to see how many people are being inspired and encouraged through our joined effort in Pursuing A Balanced Life.
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