This coming month Im going to make a commitment to keep very close track of my calories, generally I just watch my fat intake and try to keep to running 3 days a week and at least one of cross training in some way. But since I havent lost any substantial wieght in over a month I need to really re-evaluate what Im doing. I am thinner, people have noticed but my wieght hasnt budged in so long I have to do something. So I am going to watch my calories closely for a few days to see what Im taking in, generally without and restrictions I take in 1600 calories, give or take a handful, thats just where I usually fall. I need to find out if Im still in that range and Im going to need to figure out how many I need to eat to start losing again. Another suggestion I was given was ramp up my work outs. Which I am doing already. I am running four days a week now, training for a local 5k race. Im changing up my running routine from two 45 minute runs a week and one long slow run (5-10 miles) to include 3 mile interval training and 3mile hill training and one longer run (4-6miles)which will mix things up for me a lot! Im hoping this combonation will assist me in dropping some pounds!
Also water water water! I have been SO bad with drinking water lately. Its getting hot so I really need to pay attention to my water consumption as well.
I sent my husband to the store for milk and bread- milk, bread, bacon and a bunch of things later I was holding a 25 ounce container of Safeway Signature Golden Split Pea Soup in my hands. We are on a grocerie budget so I had never purchased these before, but it was on sale. $4.99 for 25 ounces. Thats a bit steep for my cheap self but it was absolutly delicious! I made it go a bit further by adding a drained can of corn to it. This made it stretch much further and didnt affect the taste much at all, in fact I think it made it better! I think some cooked cubed potatoes added in would turn this into a really great hearty soup!
As it comes a 1 cup serving size (about 3 to a container) was 200 calories 3 g of fat high which is 13.5% calories from fat. It comes ready made and only needs to be heated for 5 minutes in the microwave.