My Food:
Breakfast: Mini Breakfast Salad (just look at that cute little thing!) I ate it on the drive to church with a cup of decaf, black
Lunch: Mega salad from the grocery store salad bar (romaine, carrots, zucchini, beets, chickpeas, sunflower seeds, corn and black bean "salsa", granny smith apple slices) and a few corn chips with salsa while I was making the children's lunch at my in-laws' house after church.
Dinner: Small baked potato topped with leftover broccoli, cashew "cheeze" sauce and peas
Exercise: Walk downtown and back for rehearsal tonight
My Thoughts: I'm trying to be quick tonight. I'm tired and need to start early in the morning.
My breakfast was small. I had to pick out the best of the last of the spinach in the fridge because I just couldn't stand not seeing some green in my salad. ;) It was such a tiny salad, but still filled my tummy and held me over for lunch.
Lunch was at my in-laws. We stopped for a visit after church. I didn't have food to pack so we went to the grocery store on the way. David, my oldest daughter, and I built massive salads for ourselves. Then I grabbed some eggs and bread and clementines for the rest of the family. David scrambled eggs and I toasted bread for the children when we got there. It was SO HARD to not eat that buttered toast I was making for them. Man, I haven't battled with myself that hard in a really long time. Bread is such a hard thing for me to give up. I am so super proud of myself to not eating that bread. I know it sounds so dumb, but it was a real victory for me. I did give in on having a few chips with salsa while I was making their lunch.
Dinner was a crazy rush. We had just gotten home from grocery shopping. David threw some potatoes in the microwave for the kids. I didn't have time to heat up the frozen veggies I planned to eat so I made due with the last of the leftovers in the fridge and grabbed a potato. I didn't want to have one. I wanted to fill up on broccoli instead. But, time dictates and I knew I needed to eat something to get through rehearsal tonight. I didn't want to come home and eat a meal at 9pm.
Looking Ahead:
This week will be interesting. I didn't get any food prep done this weekend so the meal plan I made is revolving around easy and simple. I am also having a guest for dinner, so I need to carve out time to make something nice for company. Lasagna usually fits that requirement.
I am eager to take on another week. I'm feeling more confident as each week passes. I did go through a little "I'm getting tired of being so strict" feeling for the last few days. But, man, making it through a big project while staying the course, resisting so many treats and not using the excuses that seemed so legitimate, well, it's empowering. I'm getting back into the groove and I'm really hoping my body starts to follow as I grow stronger and healthier each day.
I can completely understand those moments of "I'm so sick of being so strict." !!! I hate when I get like that and have been struggling with that on and off for the past few weeks. I just get to where I am so sick of thinking about food and trying to muster self control! Usually it doesn't last for long, but I have gone through many stages like that!
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