Tuesday January 31, 2012

Today's Good Things:
Up on time
Followed meal plan
30 min exercise before lunch
My husband got home about an hour early and brought me a treat so we could still have a bit of date night
Sorted baby clothes
Evening stretch with my Ruthy

Today's Not So Good Things:
Felt down and defeated most of the day
Fasting number highest yet
Short on patience with the littles

Today's Food Choices and Numbers:
Fasting: 108
Breakfast: Chicken thigh
After: 107
Snack: english muffin with pb
Lunch: Grilled turkey ham and cheese on ww, carrot sticks, clementine
After: 111
Snack: pb sandwich crackers, handful of pretzels
Dinner: eggs scrambled with bacon and cheese, 1 piece rye toast w/ butter, clementine
After: 111
Snack: buffalo chicken sub (about 4 inch)

I did get in grains today and I guess I did okay with them. I noticed, though, that I was eating less at my meals than the meal plan suggests. Personally, I don't mind. I always feel like it's too much for me.  Maybe this will be part of the trick to keep my numbers on course.  I've also dropped having milk at my meals, also suggested by the GD diet.  I find I do crave milk while pg, but I also know that since I'm drinking skim, it's basically just sugar going down. With as much yogurt and cheese as I'm getting, I'm not concerned about losing the calcium and I don't believe there's much else to the store bought milk.  We'll see what happens in the coming days with decreasing the amount of foods at each meal. I don't walk away from a meal hungry, so I'm not concerned with baby's growth at this point.

So after a tough day, my sweet husband called to say he was going to be home by 8pm. That was especially nice since Tuesdays are our normally scheduled date night. We've had to set that aside now that he's wearing an accountant's hat again and working tax season hours.  When he got home, he had a special treat for me. Half his sub he had at dinner.  He knows I love buffalo chicken. :)  So, since I've been experimenting with my evening snack and haven't found anything that is working, I decided to enjoy the treat he brought for me and have it for my snack.  It was yummy. ;)

Sorted baby clothes today. They're in the wash and tomorrow I can have fun folding, hanging and setting up Baby Dear's dresser.  Folded laundry with my two oldest girls tonight which was very sweet.  Got in 30min on Wii Fit this morning since I knew I wouldn't be out for an afternoon walk. We have sewing lessons after lunch and it was snowing most of the day. Walking in snow is fun, but not when it's covering the ice on the road. Not ready to take the chance of slipping with Baby. Did notice that I was about .5 pound down today from last week.  That varies for so many reasons that I don't pay much attention. Just glad to see I haven't gained any huge amounts. Another good sign on the GD front.

Praying tomorrow gives me a good start. My husband doesn't have to leave early so we'll be together for family devotions. That's always a better start to my day. I just want to be motivated to work hard and do well. That's my prayer.

Also, I updated my "Tools" button to include my description of the Wii games we use at our house. I listed the two that give the most exercise. The other games we have are Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort, and Cabella's Summer Camp (or something like that).  We've purposed to keep the game choices focused on exercise and activity rather than games and fantasy type play. Just our preference.