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How To Stop Being Hungry All The Time

Sue — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:22:50 +0000

I’m sure that most of us at some point in their life, including me, has felt like they’ve eaten too much. Sometimes I feel like after I eat a meal, I start feeling hungry all over again! I wanted to know why I was feeling this way, so with a little research, I was able to figure out why.

Eating wayy too fast. This happens a lot, especially when I’m at work and lunchtime starts creeping closer. I would wait until I was so hungry to eat, when I finally got my lunch I would wolf it down and in 5 minutes I ‘d be done. Then probably an hour later, I’d feel hungry again. So lately, I’ve been eating slower, enjoying and savoring every bite of my food, and I’ve actually found that to work. It takes about 20 minutes for your body to realize that it’s had enough. Now when I have lunch, I take my time, and eat as I catch up on reading blog posts in my Google Reader.

Knowing if I’m REALLY full or not. A recent example happened to me while I was on vacation. In Vegas, there are lots of buffets, and the idea is to just eat and eat so you get your money’s worth. I definitely did, and I’ll admit it wasn’t a wise choice because once you know you’re full, you’re full. Going overboard and over eating results in feeling really sick and then you really think about the value of eating at a buffet. Sure, you may think you got your money’s worth, but I think health is more important. Good thing I don’t live by any buffets!

Eating whatever you want. That sounds easy enough, but I’m saying this with some kind of control. With a mentality of wanting to avoid junk foods like chocolate and cookies will just make you want to indulge even more when you actually get to eat a piece of chocolate (its like gambling… you just want to pull that slot machine one more, leading to another one more and so on). Have a mentality where you’re going to have at the very least 2 pieces of chocolate and then put it away, knowing you’ll have more for another day. (I say chocolate because I actually just had two Hershey kisses and stopped there - it was dark chocolate btw!)

So whenever you’re eating, enjoy your food, savor the flavor because food is a treat in itself!

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Back From Vacation, Back On Track

Sue — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:38:18 +0000

I’m back from my vacation – learned a lot, saw a lot and experienced a lot too. A vacation in my opinion is to get away from the normal grind and do something totally different. Las Vegas is a crazy city, not to mention really hot this time of year! I wish that I went during another time of year, but now I know!

I did a lot of walking around, and ate a lot too. I came to the conclusion that the buffets are more of a value than restaurants and a lot tastier!

Now that I’m back home and back to reality, I have to get back on the track of being healthy and exercising regularly. After work I went to Greenwise and bought the rest of this week’s lunch, and will prepare my meals the day before so I don’t have to scramble in the morning, which gives me more time to sleep and get ready for the day.

As far as exercising is concerned, the only time I can is after I get home from work, so I plan to work out at least 2 times for this week and gradually increase as weeks go by.

A plan always helps and definitely will help to stay on track!

View some pictures of me on vacation…

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I’m On Alltop!

Sue — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:05:09 +0000

Just wanted to drop a quick line to let everyone know that WorkinOnMyFitness.com is featured on Fitness.Alltop.com! This is really cool because I’m included with a lot of popular fitness blogs on the web. So I feel really good about this. Alltop.com is categorized by niche so you can pretty much read the top blogs in that niche.

Thanks Alltop, for including me in the list of fitness blogs!

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Vacation!

Sue — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:07:06 +0000

Tomorrow I’m leaving on vacation and won’t be back until late Saturday. I’m heading over to Vegas to do some relaxing and attend a convention with my bf. So it’s kind of a work/play trip. Being that I’ll be in Vegas, I know its a place of buffets galore! So I will try to eat as healthy as possible and burn off calories with a LOT of walking!

I’ll be really busy, so I probably won’t be posting this week, but will be back to regular posting when I get back!

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Portable Fitness: 6 Week Plan to a 6 Pack

Sue — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 01:02:54 +0000

I was happy to hear that my boyfriend wanted to start working out again. He started his new job 6 months ago and was so busy, he had no time to get into exercising. Right now he’s not happy about it and decided to find a workout plan. He told me his goal was to get a 6 pack, so he went to MensHealth and found this downloadable routine called the “6 Week Plan to a 6-Pack.” There are a series of workouts and you can even watch them on your iPod and computer. I think even if you had a compatible cell phone too!

The workouts are by PumpOne and I looked at the plan, and it seems to be promising. In addition to the video, there is a version you can print out and take with you, such as the gym, as well. You will need certain equipment. My boyfriend wants me to get in on it, and I’m definitely not complaining. I’m just glad that he finally wants to workout with me.

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