Day One

My Food:

Breakfast salad, half eaten:

I got up early this morning to get my grocery shopping done. That means I'm fully stocked for the week ahead.  We've got greens ready to pick in the garden, fridges full of fruit and trimmings for salad and beans soaking. 

Bring it on!

I didn't get my salad until late, so that means I finished eating it at about noon. I'm not sure what that means for my lunch salad. I'm going to try to eat it, but I might have it along with my dinner so I can keep my meals spaced out well.

Side note: Mixed up a green smoothie for the kidlets for breakfast. Mixed it with some oatmeal for my babiest one and he liked it pretty well. :)

 

 

Lunch was non-existent. I wasn't hungry at lunch time so I skipped eating. However, I WAS hungry around 3pm and was frustrated with myself trying to figure if I wanted to just go hungry or eat something. I ended up eating a big ol' pickle. NOT on the ETL plan, due to the salt and such, but still a better option than my previous days.  Filled me up real good too.

 

Monday night is pasta night at our house. I generally skip the pasta, though. Tonight I served whole wheat linguine to the family topped with broccoli and cashew alfredo sauce and a side of green beans.  My plate was filled with broccoli, green beans, mushrooms, and a small drizzle of the cashew sauce.  I was still sort of hungry after my plate was empty and I realized I hadn't had my serving of grains/starch yet today.  So, I enjoyed a piece of Ezekiel toast and finished off the remains of the broccoli and green beans.  I am stuffed now!

 

I did, however, enjoy about a 1/2 cup or so of our home made chocolate-peanut butter Nice Cream.  It was, of course, delicious. And, I wasn't the only one who thought so!!

 

 

 

My Thoughts:

 

Today went pretty well.  I was very pleased with my major victory while out shopping today. I did NOT stop to get a coffee at the drive-thru or store either on my way to or from the grocery store. That's a major accomplishment these days.  I've been *treating* myself way too much and felt really happy to have resisted that temptation.

 

I did feel snacky this afternoon and had to battle that out a bit. I am not happy about eating that pickle, but mostly because I know I could have chosen something more nourishing.  Still, I was busy, tired, and just didn't want to stop what I was doing to chop up food for myself. 

 

And that's been the story all along of why I keep falling off the 6 week train.  I don't want to make the time or put in the effort. Sometimes it's because I'm busy, sometimes it's because I'm tired, a lot of times it's because I'm just plain lazy.

 

Looking Ahead:

 

Tomorrow I have a big Kitchen Day planned to prep food for the rest of the week. I NEED to do this if I'm going to stay on track.  So, tomorrow I'll be posting my list of things to make and hope I can get it all done. 

 

In the meantime, I'm already looking forward to my breakfast salad in the morning. I think I'll add a little cocoa powder to it. Yum.