Fertilehealthy

It’s one thing to have motivation, but one still has to have a plan. 

So for nutrition, my plan is as follows:

• Drink plenty of water.  There’s a lot of factors that determine how much water we should drink and this handy Hydration Calculator takes them all into consideration.  According to that I should be drinking 4-5 liters of water per day, depending on my intake of water-rich foods.  Of course I haven’t been drinking a lot of water lately, so I’m going to have to ease into this.  I can’t go from 1 to 4 liters in one day!
• Have at least one fruit meal every day and snack only on fruit.
• Have at least one salad meal every day.
• Have at least one green juice (plant blood) every day.
• Avoid food additives as far as possible.  I don’t need anything preserving my fat cells, thank you very much!

As you can see, it’s not about “giving up things”.  I don’t eat junk food anyway, so it’s not a biggie for me.  And when you’re drinking that much water, you’d be hardpressed to still find room for soda, alcohol or coffee!

As for exercise, I found a gem of a book, Walk Off Weight by Andrew Cate.  We all know that walking is extremely good exercise and Cate has put together three wonderful 8-week programs. 

I started the “Beginner” program yesterday.  I find it hilarious that someone who’s been walking for 38 years can still be called a “beginner”, but it makes sense.  I am obese and haven’t been active for quite a while.  While walking for 10 minutes at an easy pace for the first few days looks like child’s play on paper, I have been feeling it these last two days.  Better start slow and work my way up!

The plan is to do all three programs consecutively.  After that I may be ready for Couch to 5K.  Who knows? 

In a few weeks I’ll start Pilates classes again and in the new year I’ll add weight training (isn’t it weird to be talking about the new year already?).  In the meantime I get up every morning, swing by the bathroom, slap on some sweats and shoes, drink a glass of water and go for my walk.  It wakes me up and puts me in a great frame of mind for the rest of the day.

I also plan to be more consistent with body brushing, meditation and going to bed early. 

I’m not really going to worry about the scale too much.  I weighed myself this morning and will do so again after the first 8 weeks.  I found a great site for logging my workouts and stats.  They even have graphs for measurements.

I feel good about these measures.  They’re entirely doable and with the right attitude, can be very enjoyable. 

And they work!