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Sticking with it

So, I contemplated moving my blog to livejournal, but I've decided that I've already spent hours configuring this journal and finally have it looking exactly how I want. So I'm sticking with this.

I think I'm going to set a new goal for food. I'm going to count my calories for 2 weeks starting today. I think if I do I'll lose 10 pounds - or close to it. I can tell that I'm getting some tone from the few things I have been doing to exercise, I just want to keep some forward momentum. I've actually been eating fairly healthy for the most part. I found these really delicious chicken sausages that are only 90 calories at costco that I've been eating for lunches. I think if I can just watch that I don't eat too much of what I'm eating I'll be in a good place.

Tuesday I paddled dragon boat practice without my inhaler. I felt like I was going to hyperventilate a few times, but I survived. It's amazing the mental conversation I had with myself during that practice. It was something like..."you just have to survive for a few more minutes and you won't even remember how bad your lungs hurt anymore...my lungs hurt, if I hurl myself into the river I won't have to breathe anymore!...it's okay you'll be fine..." back and forth. I'm sure I'm not the only one that has these mental battles when I exercise. I think it really helps to think about it when I'm not in the thick of it though. Right now I feel fine and I can breathe!
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  1. 3 Bed, 2 Bath, 1 BabyJuly 22, 2010 at 11:52 AM

    How do you count calories with food you make?

    I'm in for two weeks!

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  2. Bethany Schweitzer GoshornJuly 22, 2010 at 11:54 AM

    I use websites for things that don't have nutrition information on them.

    http://www.thecaloriecounter.com/ is a decent one.

    For meals, you add up the calories of all the ingredients and divide them by serving.

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