A Little Background

I'm going to Dragon*Con this year, and I was desperately trying to find sandals that are comfortable.  I call up my sister to meet me at lunch, so she can help me decide if the sandals I'm looking at are too grandmotherly for a thirty-something-year-old to wear.  Sure, she says, but I have a webinar, and I'll meet you when I'm done.  When we finally meet up, she tells me about this webinar, which was for Healthé Trim.  For medical reasons, she can't take it, and because I have nothing to lose (besides 10 pounds, and boy, doesn't that make me sound like some kind of infomercial) I tell her, "I'll take it!" She emails me some links, and I look them over.  Looks like any typical weight loss study--some people lost a lot of weight, some people lost a little weight, and of course, it works best combined with a healthy diet and exercise.  Well, I eat fairly healthy and I exercise 2-3 times a week.  This stuff is all natural, so I'm not really scared of it, but you're supposed to take it first thing in the morning with 2-3 glasses of water and then not eat for three hours.  I don't know if that's gonna jive on the mornings I get up and go to the gym, but we'll try it and see.  So I decided to start a blog to chronicle my Healthé Trim journey.

Here are the basics of my diet/exercise routine:
1. I try to get to the gym at least three days a week.  I try to give myself an hour to work out, but it usually ends up being half an hour, because I get lazy and I don't like to pack my lunch or clothes the night before.  Lately I have been using the stationary bike, but I plan on switching up with the treadmill.

2. I eat six times a day.  Breakfast is at 7 a.m. or 8 a.m., depending on whether or not I go to the gym.  Second breakfast (i.e. mid-morning snack) is around 10:30-11 a.m., but I have been skipping that for about a month.  Lunch is anywhere between 12-1.  I have a snack around 3:30-4, and then dinner around 6:30-7. 

3. Breakfast is usually a piece of toast & peanut butter, banana, & milk; a protein bar or shake; or cereal & milk--whatever I can eat in the car.  Snacks usually consist of a handful of almonds; a small apple & peanut butter; baby carrots & ranch; or stick of cheese & some pretzels.  Lunch is usually a spinach salad or a turkey sandwich and some fruit.  Dinner is more random.  I drink 8-10 glasses of water a day.  I might drink one diet soda on the weekend.  Sometimes in restaurants I will order sweet tea.  I also have what I call Fat Kid Friday, where I eat out, whether it be fast food, take out, or in a restaurant.