Day 6 of Preparation.....

I decided that it was best to start preparing my body, now,  for what is to come.   At the Resort they don't allow any soda (obviously) but they also don't allow caffeine.   They don't even allow coffee.   All we are allowed to drink is Water or Herbal Tea.   They do have a coffee substitute available for those who just have to have the smell and flavor it wake them up, but that doesn't really affect me.   At this moment, out of everything that is about to come my way I am dreading the fact that I have to drink WATER.....I HATE WATER!   Don't ask me why, I just do!   I can't stand the taste, or the "lack" of flavor water has.   Maybe its just because I have grown up drinking all the super sugary soda pop and never learned to drink it.     I'm slowly weaning myself off of sugary drinks.   I have stopped all caffeine and carbonation consumption.   I have started drinking more water and have replaced the soda with Gatorade, Sobe Life Water, and Mio.  Friday started the caffeine deprivation headaches, and they are still continuing, however they are not as severe.  

I have also started eating healthier and doing so I have found myself becoming more aware of the things we eat and put in our bodies.    I know I should know all of this "new" information that I am just now paying attention too, but as a good friend mentioned to me the other day, "It's just like wearing or not wearing your seatbelt.   You are told over and over again to use it, but some think that nothing will ever happen to them, until something slaps them in the face (the steering wheel or a windshield maybe) and you realize how important it is."

In a Facebook post on Wednesday, I talked about my soda consumption in relation to calories.    Once Maverik opened I would stop in on my way to work and grab a XXL Coke and then I would stop again on my way home and grab another.    Each one of those drinks has around 800 calories, so times that by 2 and that gives me 1,600 calories that I just drank.   At the resort we get 3 meals, 2 snacks, AND dessert every day!  The crazy part is that ALL that food has to be less than 1,500 calories.   So now compare that to the drinks.   A whole day's allotment of food has fewer calories than just 2 drinks.....kinda crazy.  Plus then on top of all that soda, you have to add in everything else you eat or drink.

I have started to eat A LOT more fruit and veggies, and have started watch my portions for my meals.  One thing I did when I first started watching the portions was fix my plate like I normally would.    After that I would portion that food out correctly onto another plate so I could visualize how much I was actually eating now to how I was overeating, and to help train my eyes to see the proper portions.    It was amazing how much I would eat of certain things and how little of others.    Give it a try once and see for yourself!  

I have only been doing the for a week now and I can not belive how much better I feel already!   I can't imagine what I am going to feel like in a month!    That feeling is what is driving me.   What I am most looking forward to.   I am not going down there to lose "weight" as in a number.  I don't care what the scale says.  I don't really have goal weight.  As I mentioned in my first post I just want to feel good in my clothes.   I just want to fit in a roller coaster.   I just want to be able to live life unrestricted......