My apologizes

My bad, I'm sorry I haven't posted anything this week... I've been super busy working on all sorts of crafts for my sons first birthday party... I have forgotten what I have eaten over the past few days, and will confess it has not been the healthiest. Saturday is only 2 days away then the party will be over and I can clean my house, bake, prep foods, and regroup

It's okay to have a treat, as long as it isn't all the time or over done

So last month I tried to do the no sugar challenge and for the most part it was successful but this month I am allowing myself sugar, just not a lot like I was having before. I still don't do soda (unless I need a drink and don't have my water with me and take a sip of my husbands soda) and still not drinking coffee (because I like a little coffee with my sugar) so it's been unsweetened tea and water.

But it feels good when you have the will power to walk away halfway through your dessert! Today we went to look at sidewalk art, and it was only in the 80's, but I tell you, I'm just over the heat already. All of us felt hot and icky and well ice cream sounded good. So we got some. And I didn't finish mine!

Dinner ended up being a grilled chicken salad because I wanted something lighter, and the banana pudding that I love, that was given to me by my mom, went home to my husband!

Feeling good about my choices... Tomorrow will be less busy and I will have time for a walk!

Breakfast:
Banana / peanut butter, toast

Lunch:
1/3 of a sub sandwich stacked with veggies and a handful of plain tortilla chips

Dinner:
Grilled chicken breast salad

Snack:
A few boneless buffalo wings

One of those days

Frustrated and busy today. At work right now which is probably a good thing because I don't have anything to snack on.

One of the tough days, we all have those times. I wanted cake earlier, but I stood my ground!

Hoping tomorrow is better. Thank you for holding me accountable!

Breakfast:
Banana/peanut butter and a few bites of chocolate zucchini bread

Lunch:
Cheese, tortilla chips, half an avocado

Dinner:
Sub sandwich

Busy day, normally ends up meaning eating out... tried to do it smarter

Knowing todays was going to be another long  day with little time for cooking my own meals I started off the day with protein and not much extra fluff (extra bread, hash browns, meats, fats etc...) We had to drive 45 mins to do our shopping before my baby's birthday party next weekend and we had lots of things to do and tried to get it all done in one day (we were very successful at that by the way)...


So for lunch my husband suggested Chinese... and I suggested we share a meal. At first he didn't seem so thrilled about it and said if he was still hungry he'd just get something else later... there was no later. We both ate enough, not too little or too much. No guilty feelings of over indulging. No hunger pains later!!! It ended up being a very enjoyable meal, a sit down time in the middle of the day. We ate outside, the weather was pleasant, and enjoyed the reminder of our blessing that was sitting between us.... also sharing in our meal.


Dinner was late also, getting back 7 hours after we left. Shopping for party stuff and groceries takes it's toll.... so I wont be eating a snack.


Breakfast:
Eggs, 1/2 piece of toast


Lunch:
Chinese food (I shared a meal with my husband)(eat less pay less it's a win win)


Dinner:
Taco Salad

Pre-prepped food!!!! Why it's so important!

So last night my baby had trouble sleeping again which meant not much sleep for me. I was running late, had a ton of errands to run, and my breakfast was the premade banana bread I baked myself with oatmeal peanut butter and honey instead of sugar!!! I only had a little time between running errands for my mom (who generously lets me borrow her car) and my dental appointment.  Luckily I had precut up fresh lettuce and parboiled eggs and threw together a quick salad.

May I insert here... it is MUCH healthier that you get your own lettuce and pre-cut it yourself as opposed to the pre-cut packaged lettuce you by in the store that has lost much of it's nutrients and laden with preservative to keep it "fresh".

May I also add, there is a trick I haven't tried yet but have heard it works wonders. Add a paper towel in your bagged pre-cut lettuce, it absorbs the moisture to help keep it fresh, and as the paper towels gets wet replace it!

Breakfast:
Banana Peanut butter bread sweetened with honey

Lunch:
Garden salad with boiled egg and kidney beans

Dinner:
Chicken breast and mashed potatoes

Snack:
Cheeto's (yes cheeto's)

Exercise:
1 mile walk and rapid pace

Lunch:

I stopped myself from going overboard... because this board

Soooo the reason I made this board was to hold myself accountable... and today it helped! If you have never eaten homemade (especially my homemade) Chicken Fried steak with real homemade gravy and real mashed potatoes... well then I don't now how to explain that you want (definitely not need) to go back for seconds... what I went back and got second off was the very healthily cooked zucchini!!! It was a very unhealthy meal to begin with true... but I kept myself in check!!! So for those of you that read this post (or at least "view" the page so I think people are reading it) thank you!


Breakfast:
Eggs, toast, 1 sausage link, bacon strip


Lunch:
Salad with croutons, 1 boiled egg, 1/2 banana (shared with my son) and 1/4 cup milk (what my son left over)


Dinner:
CFS, mashed potatoes, gravy, zucchini


Snack:
I have no clue (last night after the blog I was hungry and had a handful of nuts) it's late maybe I just need water!!!

House cleaning... yes it counts as physical activity!

As much house work as I needed to do, going from room to room to put things in perspective places, bending over to put toys away and then bending over to do it again because he is playing while I am cleaning, scrubbing, sweeping... yes it counts as exercise especially when I work about 3 hours straight!

The week before vacation had been busy and the last few days the house got messy, I figured it's okay since my husband was staying home he would do it... but after the laundry and packing and work schedule it built up... and then my husband ended up coming with us after all (YAY I was super happy about that) Needless to say by the time we got home and unloaded the car nothing got unpacked... so house cleaning on top of unpacking... Yes house cleaning counts as exercise!

Breakfast:
Eggs with cheese, toast

Snack:
Boiled egg and 1 yam cookie

Lunch:
Burger and fries (sending my husband out to grab lunch was necessary at this  point.... there was no room to make lunch, and did I really want to add to the mess?)

Dinner:
Ceasar salad

Exercise:
1 mile walk and housecleaning!

Back to the grind!

So I'm back from vacation and ready to move... last night we took a mile walk, not much but as tired as we have been from our trip it was something... tomorrow we hit our house which is a disaster but today was all about appointments and my sons bad afternoon after his vaccine shot =( he was a hot mess! (just very cranky)


Today I went to the dentist... and because it was at the college and it's a teaching program they poked and prodded my mouth very thoroughly, I am however pleased to shared that my gums weren't nearly as bad as I was told they were from my dentist back in June. My gums which had been super sensitive and bled easily were fine enough that we did most of the cleaning today and didn't use even topical anesthesia. That's what doing your research and sticking to it will get ya... now onto using that technique in diet and exercise!


I will admit sadly I awoke way too late to have breakfast, my son had trouble sleeping last night due to teething.


Breakfast:
None (unhealthy by the way and does not help you loose weight)


Lunch:
eggs, toast, 1 hash brown patty


Dinner:
few bites of cheese, chicken pot pie


Snack:
Sandwich and sunflower seed kernels


Exercise:
None today... but will have time to walk (on top of plenty of house cleaning)

Vacation

Tomorrow I jump back on the wagon... I went on vacation this week, did a lot of walking, but also didn't monitor my intake... so I don't know if I gained but tomorrow is my Sunday church nap day and Monday I will start walking!!!

My idea this month will be to keep the sugar to a minimum and cut out gross yucky processed meats as much as possible!