January check in!

It's now more than half way through January and I am doing great so far! There is still room for improvement of course, but if I was an expert at dieting I wouldn't be in this mess to begin with!

So far for the month of January I have gone to either the gym, kick boxing or a hike/walk that was at least 30 minutes three days a week. For the 45 day challenge I am doing with I Love Kickboxing studio, I have to go to class at least 15 times of the the course of the challenge. So far I have gone 5 times, ten more to go by February 15!

Tuesday morning class, right round house!

I am trying to go to the gym once a week, because my roommate has a membership too and it's nice to encourage each other (even though I tend to be a solo gym-goer). We usually do arm day or leg day and then hit the treadmills. I am hoping to train for a 5k, I want to run 3 miles without needing to stop! Right now I can do a mile without needing to stop.

Treadmill time!

I have also been trying to take better note of fiber and protein intake. I wanted a meal that would have a lot of both, so I made some turkey chili. It didn't have enough flavor, (I doubled the meat and beans but not the seasonings, oops!) but if you like bland foods, it's pretty good!

I made this with:
2 cans red kidney beans
2 cans black beans
2 cans chick peas
2 cups water
1 can diced tomatoes with green chilis
3lbs ground turkey (browned in frying pan with a little bit of oil)
1 tablespoon minced garlic (should probably double this)
2 Tablespoons chili powder (should probably double this)
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin (should probably double this)
salt and pepper to taste
The actual recipe is: Simple Turkey Chili Recipe 
I just made a bunch of modifications.

 

Lunch today! pineapple, grapes and sugar snap peas, turkey chili with plain greek yogurt instead of sour cream, brussel sprouts with feta cheese, a tangelo, coffee and apple cinnamon oatmeal for breakfast!

 I have rubber bands on my teeth right now (part of the braces process to correct an overbite), and it's annoying to eat now because I have to take them out and put them back in before and after each meal. It makes snacking difficult! I suppose that's a good thing, but at the same time it means I want to eat larger meals, which is not so good. I'll try to behave.

My calorie counting has gotten better too. I went home to Maine last weekend and so I went over calories (I was NOT keeping track!)

 I am also making progress in my weight (slowly, but slow is best if I want to keep it off FOREVER). In November, my lowest weight was 182.4 in December, my lowest weight was 181. I know, not a huge difference, and so far I haven't gone under 181 in January, but it seems to take me half the month to get below last month's lowest. I have to keep in mind I have been working out a lot more this month than I have the past two months, so I will have to remember not to get discouraged if I don't get below 181.

That is my progress so far for 2017!