So there's this new Japanese Banana Diet craze going about... banana sales in Japan flew thru the roof after some actress lost 26 pounds on it. Blah blah blah.
Now everyone is thinking its some miracle diet.. ohhh ahhh.
Not that I do, but I could stand to incorporate some fruit into my daily diet.. prolly would do me a world of good. My problem is that while I do like fruit.. I am far too lazy to get it, peel it, cut it up, etc. If it is done for me and placed right under my nose, I'll eat it. I am going to make it a point to eat some fruit dammit. Banana's here I come.
Tomorrow I go to the store and purchase some raw bananas per the diet plan. Let me make this clear though.. I am NOT on a diet.
I do not diet. I am simply trying to eat better.
I think I eat fairly well WHEN I eat. I just rarely have the time to eat - mainly dinner. And still while my weight on the scale is reasonable, having this baby has left me with a floppy belly. Boo hoo. And considering I'm tired all the time, I should make some changes.
SO... tomorrow begins Banana Craze. Or an attempt at least...in some shape or fashion.
I will also exercise more. This is key. I was all gung-ho in January and some of February - then I got lazy. I was doing sit ups and that plank pose every day at home - multiple times. And Wendy and I would walk the stairs at work at least twice daily. Somewhere along the way we forgot to walk them.
The rules of this banana thing are pretty simple:
1) Banana for breakfast - you can have as many as you want until you are full. Drink with room temp water. Or is it warm water? See, i already forget!
Then depending on what site i'm reading from, it says nothing more until lunch OR eat a regular breakfast roughly 15 mins after your last banana.
Well, considering i'm not dieting.. and simply trying to eat better, I will eat a banana or two and continue along with my regular morning breakfast which i've always eaten - MorningStar veggie patty w/toasted oatbread and a slice of cheese.....and ketchup. A must.
2) Lunchtime you are supposed to be able to eat anything you want.
I think what they neglect to mention is ANYTHING you want doesn't include stuffing your face with every item on the McDonalds menu and then some. Eat sensible.
3) Around 3pm or so you can have a snack - but not cookies or junk. Fruit maybe? Banana??
4) Dinnertime - should be eaten preferably before 8pm minus dessert. This is going to be tough. I get off work at 6pm, pickup Khai from school, get home and get him situated and fed and before I know it its 8pm and i'm having to get him ready for bed which takes forever. By the time thats done, and IF I don't fall asleep with him.. its at least 9 or 10pm.
5) Bedtime - by midnight. Shouldn't be too hard since i've been falling asleep with Khai almost daily for the past two weeks!
I think overall, just eating better, sleeping better and incorporating some form of exercise will do the trick. I don't expect to "lose weight". I really don't care if I do or don't. I'm not seeking to. I just feel so worn and lethargic after having Khai (2 whole years ago!!) and need to make some adjustments in my life. I'll use the banana as some form of I dunno (lack of word here) to get me going.
GO BANANAS!
Now everyone is thinking its some miracle diet.. ohhh ahhh.
Not that I do, but I could stand to incorporate some fruit into my daily diet.. prolly would do me a world of good. My problem is that while I do like fruit.. I am far too lazy to get it, peel it, cut it up, etc. If it is done for me and placed right under my nose, I'll eat it. I am going to make it a point to eat some fruit dammit. Banana's here I come.
Tomorrow I go to the store and purchase some raw bananas per the diet plan. Let me make this clear though.. I am NOT on a diet.
I do not diet. I am simply trying to eat better.
I think I eat fairly well WHEN I eat. I just rarely have the time to eat - mainly dinner. And still while my weight on the scale is reasonable, having this baby has left me with a floppy belly. Boo hoo. And considering I'm tired all the time, I should make some changes.
SO... tomorrow begins Banana Craze. Or an attempt at least...in some shape or fashion.
I will also exercise more. This is key. I was all gung-ho in January and some of February - then I got lazy. I was doing sit ups and that plank pose every day at home - multiple times. And Wendy and I would walk the stairs at work at least twice daily. Somewhere along the way we forgot to walk them.
The rules of this banana thing are pretty simple:
1) Banana for breakfast - you can have as many as you want until you are full. Drink with room temp water. Or is it warm water? See, i already forget!
Then depending on what site i'm reading from, it says nothing more until lunch OR eat a regular breakfast roughly 15 mins after your last banana.
Well, considering i'm not dieting.. and simply trying to eat better, I will eat a banana or two and continue along with my regular morning breakfast which i've always eaten - MorningStar veggie patty w/toasted oatbread and a slice of cheese.....and ketchup. A must.
2) Lunchtime you are supposed to be able to eat anything you want.
I think what they neglect to mention is ANYTHING you want doesn't include stuffing your face with every item on the McDonalds menu and then some. Eat sensible.
3) Around 3pm or so you can have a snack - but not cookies or junk. Fruit maybe? Banana??
4) Dinnertime - should be eaten preferably before 8pm minus dessert. This is going to be tough. I get off work at 6pm, pickup Khai from school, get home and get him situated and fed and before I know it its 8pm and i'm having to get him ready for bed which takes forever. By the time thats done, and IF I don't fall asleep with him.. its at least 9 or 10pm.
5) Bedtime - by midnight. Shouldn't be too hard since i've been falling asleep with Khai almost daily for the past two weeks!
I think overall, just eating better, sleeping better and incorporating some form of exercise will do the trick. I don't expect to "lose weight". I really don't care if I do or don't. I'm not seeking to. I just feel so worn and lethargic after having Khai (2 whole years ago!!) and need to make some adjustments in my life. I'll use the banana as some form of I dunno (lack of word here) to get me going.
GO BANANAS!
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