Week 3 - Day 6

Well, yesterday was great.  Wednesday wasn't so much.

And, well, I thought I was have a really great week, overall, but the scale doesn't agree.

I certainly didn't eat like I should have gained 4 pounds. No way.

Sigh.

So, I guess I just keep going forward.  I don't know why that number showed up. Is it the salt from eating out?  I have no clue but I'm pretty frustrated at this point that I can eat right and not see that scale move.

Other points to note, however:

My head cold is almost completely gone
I have had much more energy this week
I'm getting to bed earlier and not waking in the middle of the night with insomnia
I'm not battling awful cravings so much at the mid-afternoon time
I'm satisfied with eating less

So, aside from the scale, I feel like those are certainly worthy places of improvement. Definitely enough to keep me focused and moving forward.

Still, I see my guy binge eating do deal with stress and, I have to admit, it's hard not to join in. This is a really crazy time of life around here. If I can get through without completely giving in to comfort food, junk, and food-as-my-salvation, it will definitely be the grace of God.

It's Friday.  Gulp.  Always a hard time for me.

Week 3 - Day 2

My food:

Breakfast - out to eat with my guy, fried potatoes with spinach, broccoli, mushrooms; 1 slice ww toast with jelly, decaf coffee with flavored creamer

Lunch - Breakfast salad

Snack - trail mix (dried fruit and nuts and seeds) and about 4 bbq potato chips (boy, are those hard to resist!)

Dinner - bowl of Broc-n-shrooms covered with mushroom gravy; decaf coffee and frozen cherries dusted with cocao powder for dessert

My Thoughts:

I feel good about my day. It wasn't perfect and I did cave with those few chips. BUT, it was a FEW chips instead of half a bag or so like I have been doing while out and about with my guys. I was really happy with myself. 

Dinner was filling and I was so happy that I got my lazy self to just cook up some easy food. A bag of broccoli from the freezer with some mushrooms, onion and garlic powder and I have a great meal.  Bonus was the leftover mushroom gravy in the fridge that I reheated for a topping.  A bowl of healthy goodness stepped up to Comfort Food just like that. 

 

I feel like I've got some good momentum going. My step is lighter, I'm getting better sleep, my energy I increasing.  I'm hopeful this continues. The fog of battling illness, sleep deprivation, and the high stress have been getting the better of me.  The stress is still lingering but the others things seem to be lifting a bit. 

I'm hopeful for the days ahead.

Oh! I finally tried this little treat that I learned about from my friends at Love Chard (check out their website and fb page, great, encouraging folks. :) 

Grapefruit wedges dusted with cinnamon.  It's good! I never thought to cut my grapefruit like this and I never dreamed to sprinkle with cinnamon.  What a great taste.  I love finding something new to enjoy. :)

Week 3 - Day 1

My food:

Green Apple, black decaf coffee, bottle of water

Two bowls of leftover 15 bean and veggie soup, head of romaine leaves, whole grapefruit, tea

Cup of decaf coffee with flavored creamer

Bowl of frozen cherries dusted with cocoa powder

My Thoughts:

I feel so great about my day today.  What you don't see above is that I ate that wonderful lunch while my family was pigging out on KFC while visiting after church today. So, there I was in the midst of some of my favorite SAD food, even having to feed some to the baby, and I didn't cave!!! Yay me. :)

I feel pretty good about this week. I stepped on the scale on Thursday and saw a new decade, even. That made me smile. :) 

Saturday I crashed by eating pizza. Way more pizza than I should.  That stunk. But I followed up today with a great day cleansing with raw foods and lots of water.  I'm really happy with how I finished the week. Hopeful for the days ahead. 

I have this thought in my brain that I've got about 1.5 months before life gets packed up in boxes. I'd really like to not even take the size clothes I'm in now with me. Wouldn't it be great if the only clothes I pack to bring to the new house are the next size smaller ones?? :)

Week 2 Day 2 - March 1

My Food:
Breakfast salad

Romaine topped with black beans and a scoop of buffalo chickpea dip, carrot sticks

2 chocolate date balls

My thoughts:

I've been missing, but, overall, I've had some really great days.  I haven't stepped on the scale recently, so I don't know if I'm making progress, but I've been trying and avoiding junk.

That said, we are fighting colds here and I wish we were eating even better so we could get it out of the house for good.

I shared our presentation again tonight at our library. I love doing that. It's so fun to talk with other people and encourage them to make changes for their health.  Two teenaged girls came on a whim and I think they really enjoyed the talk and I know they loved the food. It makes me so happy to think about them being there. 

We've been pretty overwhelmed with some stressful things going on in life right now. I am trying my best to keep focused and eat well so that it doesn't make it all worse. Sickness, intense work schedule for David, and some big changes on the horizon leave me with all sorts of excuses to deal with stress in wrong ways.  I'm really grateful that for the last few days, at least, I've made good choices and am doing pretty well.