On My Mind For The Day

I am going to be brutally honest today. Recently, I have been told by my doctor that it is time to up my calories from 1200 to about 1500 or 1600 calories. While this may not seem like a lot, I have been doing 1200 calories for so long, that it scares me to try and up my calories to ensure that my body is getting the right amount of nutrition. I often times with exercise or without it will not reach my 1200 calorie limit, so imagine the struggle that I am going through to get to the right amount of calories for my body. It is constantly a struggle for me to get the right nutrition and the right amount of calories for my body to even function.

My body is starting to show the wear and tear, so I am now trying to find healthy ways that I can fit more calories into my diet. It may sound weird to put onto a blog about my weight loss journey, but it is all a part of my journey. Everyone’s journey is going to be totally different, but I hope any of the things that I have talked about will reach that one person that need that little bit of inspiration to take the first step.

Now that I have gotten off track, let me bring it back to my original thought. To add more calories to maintain a healthy lifestyle, I have decided to start making healthy and nutritional smoothies. It was suggested to me by the trainer of my circuit group that attends twice weekly.  My family went out and bought a new blender, and all sort of fruit. We bought strawberries, bananas, pineapple, apples, blueberries, peaches, and to add it spinach. I know I am going to be looking like Popeye in now time! I also needed some more substance, so I got vanilla protein powder.

I will let everyone know how they taste. I am really hoping that these can make a difference for me on my journey to health. I don’t want to have lost all of this weight , to in the end end up damaging my body in another way.

 

PS. If anyone has any questions for me, or wants me to blog about something I am taking suggestions. You can email me at taylor.tuin@smsu.edu

 

Tootles J