Free Day

Again, this change began in very small steps! Once I had been working out consistently for a couple of weeks I decided to try and go back to the "Body for Life" style of eating that I have attempted before (and been successful for a little while). So, I began eating 4-5 small meals a day with a protein and a carb. It wasn't very long before I realized "I CANNOT LIVE LIKE THIS!" Sometimes I'm not even hungry when I HAVE to eat and I don't always WANT a protein!

I have absolutely nothing against this program--believe me, it works if you can stick with it!

However, the one part of this program that I did like was the "Free Day." Well, what's not to like, really????? You take one day a week and get to eat whatever and however much you want! Sounds pretty awesome to me!!!!

So, I started trying to just eat healthier during the week and usually made Sunday my Free Day.

Let me explain why I think this Free Day is SO effective:

1. You are not deprived of everything you love all the time! You will get to ENJOY food for one day a week!

2. Your metabolism actually benefits from "shaking things up" so your body doesn't get used to the same thing for too long.

3. This was a great motivation every Monday for me to eat better because I felt SO disgusting after my free day.

4. You still can ENJOY life! Go out to eat once a week, have some birthday cake at that party, you know--live a normal life!

Even now that I don't have too much trouble eating well during the week, I still force myself to eat CRAP on my Free Day because I know what it does for me mentally! I know that if I were to say to myself, "You can never eat that," well that's the first thing I would want to do and then I would binge and feel terrible all the time--instead of just on 1 day a week!

Try it, I think it's a brilliant thing!!!!!