Day #27- #29 The first 100 days: A journey to health and wellness
Day #27- #29 Over the weekend we have been busy getting ready for our trip to Disney, working out at the gym and preparing for our 30 day progress update. We are surprised by our physical changes even though we haven’t seen any changes on the scale for 2 weeks. Tomorrow we will post our […]
Day #24- #25 Healthy comfort food. The first 100 days: A journey to health and wellness
Day #24 – #25 It isn’t easy sticking to the weight management plan on a Snow Day. We both really wanted to eat comfort food and snuggle under a blanket all day. We made Ground Turkey and Sweet Potato Chili, a healthy alternative to typical comfort food. We forced ourselves to exercise too, besides the snow shoveling we also […]
Day #23 Portion Control. The first 100 days: A journey to health and wellness.
Day #23 Portion control is not something we have discussed in the past but it has been a big part of our success. Dr. Sferra gave us portion control advice when we began this journey. He told us to follow the hand chart (shown above) because it is a good reference to have when making […]
Day #22 – Week 3 progress. The first 100 days: A journey to health and wellness
Day #22 Progress update and week 4 plans and goals. Week 3 weight management progress update: Neither of us lost weight during week 3. Although we didn’t see any changes on the scale, we feel great. We also feel noticeably stronger (and slightly sore) as a result of our weight training during the week. Sean: Although it […]
Day #21- Free Day. The first 100 days: A journey to health and wellness
Day #21 Today was our free day and it was a bit disappointing. Our cheat foods: Chicken Parm Pizza, chocolate chip cookie ice cream sandwiches, multi-grain chips and homemade guacamole. The food tasted good but we agree that we don’t get as much joy from eating those foods as we did in the past. We […]
Day #19 and Day #20 The first 100 days: A journey to health and wellness
Day #19 and #20 Sean: “It’s not easy, but it’s worth it.” I have repeated that quote in my head about 100 times this week. Most of the week I felt hungry, despite eating hearty portions of food and drinking 4-5 glasses of water per day. Then to make it worse, at work there were […]
Day #18 The first 100 days: A journey to health and wellness
Day 18th We mentioned a few days ago, we are experimenting with some healthy recipes. Here are a few that we love: Apple and Cinnamon cookies (DELICOUS) Adapted from RAWvolution 2 pounds apples, cored and peeled (5-6 apples such as Fuji or Gala) ½ -1 cup agave nectar (adjust sugar to taste) 1¾ cup soaked […]
Day #17 The first 100 days: A journey to health and wellness
Day #17 Sean: We both had a busy day today and I still need to exercise so I need to make this entry quick. The bad weather has not made it easy to stick to our new routine, but so far we are rolling with the punches and still making healthy food choices and keeping […]
Day #16 The first 100 days: A journey to health and wellness.
Day #16 We met with Dr. Sferra today, he advised us to begin increasing the intensity of our weight training. In the meeting we learned some great information about the benefits of weight training (see list below) and how to train efficiently and effectively. We will begin to increase the intensity over the next few weeks, but because we […]
Day #15 The first 100 days: A journey to health & wellness. – Progress Update with Pictures
Day #15 Topics: Progress update (with pictures), weekly goals and plans and “Free day” recap Progress update *In a previous post, the chest measurement was incorrect. The actual starting measurement is 39” not 29” Weekly plans and goals: Sean: Now that I have a routine, this weight management is a breeze. Preparing meals ahead of time and […]
