Digest Diet

So I have started the Digest Diet. For some reason I started it right after my bday and right before Jackson's. Bad choice. Then came Girl Scout cookies. Oy! But all in all I still lost 11 lbs since I've started and I haven't been keeping track but I know I've lost inches. So that's a nice feeling! I've been eating a lot better. I'm tracking my food and I have my body media armband on me so I can see what I'm doing. I love my armband! It is so awesome to see how many calories I burn in a day and how well I sleep. It shows my activity and its really helping me to see what I'm doing. Yesterday was sweet because I had a 1700 calorie deficit! Go me! It's just a really cool thing to help with weight loss.

So the digest diet isn't really a "diet." It is more of a healthier lifestyle. It's all about learning to be happy with what you have and to train yourself to eat healthier. I really didn't think I ate bad before but I'm taking in way more fresh stuff now. I love fruits and veggies and don't have issues eating those at all. I've tried a couple things I've never had before. I have also decided to try eating new things more often. I tried shrimp again. I used to love it as a kid but over the years haven't been able to. Yeah, I didn't like it. I hate the texture. I don't like the texture when I bite into it. The flavor wasn't too bad but I hate the texture. I'm willing to try other fish at some point when the opportunity arises. I'm willing to try pork again. Not bacon. I can't do it. Fried fat. Sick. I like turkey bacon but I hate fat on my meat anyway so bacon is a no go. Unless its like mixed in with something then I don't care. I've been able to deal with sausage now for a while but I don't like it plain unless its turkey sausage. At least I prefer the healthier options though, right?

I'm so glad I bought the digest diet book. I've even decided that I'm going to complete Knowledge for YW in Excellence later this year. There is a project to learn about living a healthy lifestyle and implementing an exercise program or something like that. My goal is to get back down to my high school weight by Oct at the latest just in time for YWIE. I think I only have like 24 lbs to go. Not too bad! I also just want to be in shape. I've been running more. I need my bro in law to check out my bike next time he's in town. It's been acting up and I can't ride it. But I'll ride a ton more when it gets fixed and its a little warmer. I'm just really excited to make changes. And I've learned that I can't just wish to be skinny. I need to love myself for who I am and what I am. I was not made to be a stick. I am curvy. I am muscular. I was built like an athlete. I need to embrace that and make the most of it. Every day is a battle. I love food. I love cooking up super delicious stuff. I just need to stay on track like this for a while then maybe allow one indulging meal a week. Something from a favorite cookbook. I just need to watch portions too. I wanted a piece of Costco pizza so bad when we were there. Instead I just took a couple bites of Charlotte's and was satisfied with that. I'm so glad those Girl Scout cookies are gone now. Those are the devil! I just need to keep everything in check and log it all. When I see how much I'm putting in it makes it easier to answer "no" when I ask myself if it's worth it.

I just notice a huge difference in how good I feel when I'm eating good food. I feel good when I can get out and run. I love seeing my endurance go up. The uphill is hard but downhill I feel like I can go so much further than ever before. My goal is to also be able to hike Deseret Peak this summer. Once all the snow melts. Hopefully by end of July or Aug. I love hiking and it seems like it could be an amazing hike with amazing views. I just really want to be healthy and happy with myself. We also had this guy who is a family counselor talk to us for a Relief Society thing. He said it's not about learning to be happy all the time. If you try to do that you will fail. We are human and we have feelings. Sometimes we get angry and sometimes we get sad. That is a part of life. The key is to how we deal with it. It's all about being at peace with it all. There will be times we will have trials and adversity. We can't change the way some things work out but to learn to accept it and be at peace with it is really what we need to focus on. I loved that! I think so many people (us LDS especially) try to be happy all the time. We don't have to be! It's okay to feel other emotions and to mourn and be sad or angry. It's like the word of wisdom in a way. Moderation with everything. Feel those things then find a way to move on.

With all this new information in my head I'm hoping I can just make myself a little better one baby step at a time. Line upon line right?