Thursday, August 8, 2013

Snacky-snacky. 

That was me today.  The children and I made plans to go visit friends. I stopped to pick up some snacks for the children and caved when I saw those yummy Terra Exotic chips.  My oldest daughter and I munched on them in the van. 

We had to skip our visit due to a child getting sick on the way there.  Detour back home.  Cleaned up the house and then sunk down to enjoy a movie and snack.  More snacky. I munched on some blue corn tortilla chips and salsa. 

The food wasn't bad.  A little outside of ETL due to the oils and grains I'm supposed to avoid.  But, I really enjoyed the treat with the children. 

I felt SO full, though, by dinner time.  Maybe that was a good thing.  I made Lemony Steamed fish and chicken (separately, but same seasoning) and roasted vegetables.  I had one bite of chicken (eh, I haven't been missing much) and a small pile of vegies, only two bites of sweet potato in the mix.

I think I'm *okay* on calories for today. Maybe a bit over. But, wow, can I snack if I let myself! I really need to stick to that rule if I want to stay on track with weight loss.

I nutri-tized my taco soup recipe today.  I posted it on my recipe page. It turned out really good.  As I was eating it, I had the thought, "THIS is what I was wanting," as I remembered my frustration yesterday in finding something satisfying to eat.  I'm not sure what it was, the familiar taste/texture? This is one of our favorite meals.

Oh, and I weighed-in today. I'm calling that last weigh-in a fluke, as I'm up today. BUT, if I look at Tuesday's weigh-in compared to today's, I'm still down a pound. I will take that, for sure!

I pinned a few recipes tonight. I want to try making some crackers from juice pulp tomorrow when we finish up school.

My new habit building list has been a huge help to me.  I'm really happy with how our days are going.  We're getting lessons done and I'm pretty much keeping up with checking and grading work.  Still wishing I had a bit more time to keep up with meals, but, judging from the slow and steady progress we made with school and routine this week, I think it'll eventually come.