I have found that I need to make some adjustments to my program - to help achieve my weekly goals and cut some empty calories from my plan. Specifically I want to:
- Workouts first thing in the morning are much more effective on my weight loss goals. I did a week of workouts first thing in the morning and lost 4lbs. I did a week of workouts in the evening and only lost 1.6lbs. All of the science shows the benefits of working out earlier in the day not only from a metabolic standpoint, but also a mental standpoint - I get it out of the way and don't have to stress later in the day about getting it done.
- Cutting out cheese from my diet entirely will help save those critical calories for other more nutritious foods. I will miss you cheese. =)
- Cutting back on my sugar intake needs to be a focus for me moving forward. I got some Agave Nectar and I generally only use Turbinado sugar (raw sugar), the two tablespoons I am adding to my huge iced tea in the morning ends up being a huge percentage of my calories at the end of the day compared to the other foods that I am eating. The Agave Nectar is 60 calories per teaspoon, so it is right in line with the Turbinado, so it will really have to be a reduction of my sugar intake that will help.
Those are the adjustments I am going to work on. =)
- Workouts first thing in the morning are much more effective on my weight loss goals. I did a week of workouts first thing in the morning and lost 4lbs. I did a week of workouts in the evening and only lost 1.6lbs. All of the science shows the benefits of working out earlier in the day not only from a metabolic standpoint, but also a mental standpoint - I get it out of the way and don't have to stress later in the day about getting it done.
- Cutting out cheese from my diet entirely will help save those critical calories for other more nutritious foods. I will miss you cheese. =)
- Cutting back on my sugar intake needs to be a focus for me moving forward. I got some Agave Nectar and I generally only use Turbinado sugar (raw sugar), the two tablespoons I am adding to my huge iced tea in the morning ends up being a huge percentage of my calories at the end of the day compared to the other foods that I am eating. The Agave Nectar is 60 calories per teaspoon, so it is right in line with the Turbinado, so it will really have to be a reduction of my sugar intake that will help.
Those are the adjustments I am going to work on. =)
This is working out quite well!
ReplyDeleteI am working out more days per week in the morning than the evening. Big improvement.
I am now using only blue cheese instead of the organic mexi-mix that I was using before and I only need a small amount to get its rich flavor in my meals.
I have cut my raw sugar intake by 1 TSP in just a few weeks and I am going to start to cut another TSP out this coming week.
WOOT!