We had a good week.
A really good week.
You know that magical day of healthiness I had on Monday? It has turned into five good days so far!
It has me feeling pretty good about myself.
This week was really great and here’s why:
Food
Calorie counting continued all week except for meals out which we made sure fit within our calories for the day by choosing healthy options based around vegetables and good sources of protein.
That pretty sums up most of our meals this week.
Like steak, broccoli, and sweet potato fries…
And fish, spinach, potato wedges, and avocado dip.
So good!
Exercise
Workouts this week were GREAT.
It’s the second week of working out since I moved to NZ and the first week I’ve done more cardio than my normal five minute warmup.
My main exercise wins for the week:
- Moving up to doing squats with 100 lbs (and I’ll be moving up again next)
- Moving up weight lifted in almost every exercise
- Starting cardio again with a 20 minute bike ride
- Starting to run again with a 5 min jog/15 min walk
Generally speaking, it was a good week. I’m easing back into cardio and triathlon training right now and this week was a good start.
Setting Up Rules For Success
After having five good days I’m going into the weekend with high hopes and motivation. It would be easy to go crazy and eat EVERYTHING I WANT, which I admit is something I would have loved to do in the past. But I promise, that’s not the plan for this weekend.
Instead Kepa and I set up some rules or guidelines for ourselves to help out with weekend eating. For example, we are going out to eat for lunch tomorrow (Saturday) then we will be eating healthy meals at home the rest of the day and on Sunday. We also love sweets (oh do I!) so we are eating cookies, but limiting the amounts. Giving ourselves some rules to follow helps us stay on track to achieving our goals. It’s a good thing!
Have a great weekend friends!
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Good for you! Love the cute hairstyle.
Love that you both have decided to do this together. Teamwork!
You are doing so well – well done. The strengh training exercise really helps because the more muscle you build, the more calories you burn. Those meals look really yummy and making me hungry!
You look fantastic Mary – you’re glowing!
Thanks Angelika! :)
Your proper diet helps you to be look young again. Your food is so delicious.
You look so pretty! I love your eye makeup!
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Thank you! I love wearing purple eyeshadow. :)
Yay for 5 days! I’m on day 3 of healthy eating and just came back from an appointment with the nutritionist and a stop at the grocery store for more healthy eats!
Your hair is super cute Mary. I had a cute little bob like that a few years ago and I loved it!
Great rules to help with success. I think cookies in moderation is a grand idea.
Your week sounds great! It’s such a good feeling to look back and know that you had a healthy and satisfying week. Bravo!
The food seems very tasty. Keep with exercises and healthy food and you will have the body you want. Personally I think that all people should make cardio training every day.
Congrats on having a good week. Sounds like you have a great plan for a successful weekend. It is good that you will have company that is on bored with the plan also.
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Hi Mary, sounds like you are right on track. Have a great weekend.
your hair and makeup look so cute in that photo!!
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You are so pretty Mary!
(and I have always thought that,
good week or ‘bad week’!
Plus…Kepa is handsome!
=adorable married couple ;)
Aw, thank you!
You look fabulous! Married life must be agreeing with you. Well done on a successful week!
You look amazing Mary!!!!!!!!!!!! I love that you set up some rules! I did not want to say anything in your last post cause people have different views on eating out & parties & such but for me, there are so many times we can have these situations that if a person enjoyed them all, would be hard to lose. Making a plan ahead of time & having Kepa to work with you on it should really help!
Jody – Fit at 54´s last [type] ..Saturday Funnies
great post, im currently trying to start eating healthy!
Aww you look so pretty here. Best picture I have seen of you. :D (besides the wedding pics of course)
You look gorgeous! I love your rules to success and it is totally inspiring me to look at my own guidelines now that the holiday season is starting.
I am going to try some of those meals also. They look very tasty. It’s good that there is no bread or rice involved. The sweet potatoes are a good substitute for those carbs. A great way to lose weight when you eat less starchy foods.
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