Day Seven

First week complete!

My Food:

Breakfast: Breakfast salad (a little light on fruit, I need to grocery shop)

 

 Lunch: Grocery store salad bar and a cup of blueberries picked from the bushes at church. Yum.

 



 

Dinner:  Mashed pinto burrito, broccoli and mushrooms sauteed in vegetable broth, onion and garlic powder, half an ear of corn on the cob, one glass of berry, cherry, kale smoothie.

 

My Thoughts:

 

Feeling good! It's empowering to look back at last Sunday and compare it to this Sunday.  This week I feel confident. I don't feel a slave to my cravings. I can resist temptations.  I feel a sense of purpose and determination to my eating choices.  I'm proactive rather than reactive with food, thereby enabling me to win the battle over emotional eating just a bit. I still have a long way to go. Well, probably a lifetime, since I don't know as I'll ever completely conquer my flesh on that issue this side of heaven. But, I'm feeling that spring in my step that was missing and I'm grateful.

 

Headaches are gone. Right now I'm just flat-out tired.  I DID get in my nap today, thanks to my great husband. I even got nearly 8 hours of sleep last night when he got up with the baby. Amazing.  Seems like my body got a taste of it and is craving more of the good stuff. 

 

After feeding the baby and myself a big, hearty, delicious meal I've put myself back to bed ready for a good night of more sleep.  Tomorrow begins an all-out marathon of packing, cleaning, prepping, and directing as we head out on our big road trip. 

 

Looking Ahead:

 

I'm still a bit anxious about how I'll do on the road.  I've got questions like, "What do I do when Pizza Happens?",  "How do I avoid snacking when I know I'll need something to keep me awake on the long drive?",  "What can I do to avoid the easy-eating habit when we need to leave fast and I don't have time to prep?"  "How am I going to deal with feeling too tired to cook?"  "What's going to happen when all those vacation foods start beckoning to me?"

 

I have some intentional foods that I will enjoy while we are on the trip. Foods that make those places we are visiting special and should be enjoyed.  I also have a loving mother who is already preparing some of my childhood favorites to enjoy while we are there. Of course I will be grateful for those treats.  Those are things I don't have guilt or anxiety about.  I feel that's how the Lord wants to bless us through the fellowship of food. 

 

What I'm concerned about are the temptations to "treat" myself while on the road.  The use of food to deal with fatigue, boredom, stress, and even just indulging.  I know, from our last trip, that once I start making concessions, especially unplanned ones, that just starts an ugly ol' ball rolling and I can't stop it. 

 

I'm determined to not let that happen again.  I'm going to come home from this trip feeling triumphant.  I don't have to be ruled by my emotions.  This week proved that I've got this. I'm past the detox, mostly, and I'm on my way to a much better place.