Today is MONDAY. Nothing terrible, everything irritating---the most irritating is trying to get the right people to sign these forms so i can apply for a grant. This is made all the more irritating because I've put this off until the last second and now people aren't available etc. etc. and it's my own fault so I have no one to blame. On the bright side, Dave brought me flowers!!! Suddenly, the day is looking better!
Food-wise, I'm doing well. It was hard to stop at just one piece of pie last night, but I did. Today is flavor point, which is always hard, but I had that slice of bread to go with lunch and that made all the difference. There are m & m cookies in the kitchen, but I'm still feeling encouraged with the idea that my choices actually make a difference. Also, one of the most beautiful girls I work with won't have one either, she's got some digestive problems and can't tolerate that kind of stuff very well---I suspect her choices are part health driven and part good sense driven, but it helps a great deal to see someone without a weight problem say no to the cookies too.
I was only able to get in 1/2 hour of wellness time--but that's ok! That means anything I do tonight will count toward earned calories. I'll put in at least another 1/2 hour.
Best of all one grant application will go completely in--and the other will be sent to my mentor. Mostly, all I have to do now is sit and wait for approvals--or not. At this point I don't care. I'm just glad to have them done!!
Monday, 31 March 2014
Sunday, 30 March 2014
Great start!
Yesterday was a happy day--largely due to the happy thoughts from yesterday's post. I kept thinking of all the reason that I hadn't gained all the weight back and why the weight that I have gained back came on so slowly. There were just too many days where I worked out--sometimes I lifted weights, sometimes I played on the treadmill or rowing machines, there were days where I walked the 5K--too much of that stuff! Then there were more meals than I could handle that were veggie based, or even featured fish. I sometimes counted my calories--too much of that!!!
I LOVE it!!! This is the first time EVER that I've really felt that anything healthy I try to do makes any difference! It DOES make a difference. Even without weight loss it still makes a difference! Yesterday's plan went great--1500 cal (that's still way low for me) AND I accumulated 300 exercise calories!! I'll use 100 of those tomorrow with my flavor point day. It's hard for me to eat lightly, but it's made much easier now that I feel as though it's doing some good. And honestly, even on 1500 cal, the food isn't that scarce. It's a testament to how over indulgent I am that I feel the following menu is difficult.
Breakfast--pumpkin chocolate chip muffin, banana, milk
Snack--string cheese rolled in 3 slices of ham
Lunch--homemade bread with 3 more slices of ham, tomato, red onion and spinach, a big handful (24) potato chips and 2 tbls onion chip dip, and a pickle.
Dinner--leftover steak and blue cheese (3 oz), 2 med potatoes with fat free sourcream, and a cabbage salad with lite dressing and a few blue cheese crumbles.
Later--25 cal hot chocolate with light whipped cream
Today is even easier---pancakes for breakfast, a 500 cal lunch and dinner till I'm full PLUS a piece of the best key lime pie in the world. It's Sunday and sleeting outside so I don't know that I'll get any exercise points, but that's ok--it's the Sabbath.
I LOVE it!!! This is the first time EVER that I've really felt that anything healthy I try to do makes any difference! It DOES make a difference. Even without weight loss it still makes a difference! Yesterday's plan went great--1500 cal (that's still way low for me) AND I accumulated 300 exercise calories!! I'll use 100 of those tomorrow with my flavor point day. It's hard for me to eat lightly, but it's made much easier now that I feel as though it's doing some good. And honestly, even on 1500 cal, the food isn't that scarce. It's a testament to how over indulgent I am that I feel the following menu is difficult.
Breakfast--pumpkin chocolate chip muffin, banana, milk
Snack--string cheese rolled in 3 slices of ham
Lunch--homemade bread with 3 more slices of ham, tomato, red onion and spinach, a big handful (24) potato chips and 2 tbls onion chip dip, and a pickle.
Dinner--leftover steak and blue cheese (3 oz), 2 med potatoes with fat free sourcream, and a cabbage salad with lite dressing and a few blue cheese crumbles.
Later--25 cal hot chocolate with light whipped cream
Today is even easier---pancakes for breakfast, a 500 cal lunch and dinner till I'm full PLUS a piece of the best key lime pie in the world. It's Sunday and sleeting outside so I don't know that I'll get any exercise points, but that's ok--it's the Sabbath.
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