I come here on Mondays, feeling very accountable to all of you. The process of sharing my victories and setbacks is a good one for me, albeit hard. And “hard” describes this past week rather well. I fought through a lot of fatigue and cravings to make it to today. Let’s just say that I know there will be weeks, here and there, when dietary discipline and emotional/hormonal stability is challenging (ladies, I know you understand, and yes, this may very well be the understatement of the century). Fair enough, right?
When you look at my chart you will see some up and down numbers and some poor food choices…but you should also see a great attempt to circumvent my fatigue and cravings….despite the numbers on that document. I tend to be a pretty OCD (obsessive compulsive dieter) when I put my mind and heart to a plan…but I came to my calculations today and realized it’s hard to really see a week of fighting with myself and not giving in to each and every craving on an Excel document. It’s hard to see all my effort amidst the tootsie rolls (holy calories, Batman!), ice cream (at least I didn’t order chicken nuggets and french fries), oriental chicken wrap (even though I selected grilled chix over fried…man - that thing had a lot of calories), and a hot dog (I know I told you on my Flight36 picnic post that I didn’t eat hot dogs or hamburgers or chips or twinkies…and I didn’t during the picnic - I neglected to pack a meal for the 3pm meal when I was cleaning up the picnic and traveling home…thus the quick pick - (however, without the bun)…but wow, it tasted good).
2 Quick Recipes from my Food Chart:
1. Broiled Onions: Lay a piece of wax paper on a cookie sheet. Slice up a whole onion and spread out on the pan. Sprinkle with olive oil and Herbamare (organic herbal blend found in nutrition stores). Broil for approx 10 minutes till translucent (and we like ours black around the edges). This is my favorite way to enjoy veggies of any kind…carrots are really good this way too…just make sure you thin slice them.
2. Watermelon Ice: I had a lot of watermelon left over after the picnic yesterday. I cut it all up and put it in containers yesterday for easy access this week. I found a recipe online for watermelon italian ice. Take 3 cups of watermelon juice (I pureed watermelon in my Magic Bullet), add the juice of half a lemon and add 3 tablespoons of sugar. Mix and pour into a shallow baking dish. Freeze, stirring every half hour for 4 hours. It is delicious…yes, I know it has sugar in it, but for the amount you are actually eating per serving…it’s really not too bad. Check out my chart.
All in all, I’m pleased with my week. I ate pretty well despite those few bad foods and I worked out 6 days - 5 at the gym and 1 walk at home with Jeff. The scale does not represent my real progress this week as I know I had a hormonal gain (2.8)…but I know I lost a few inches and I’m feeling good. Thanks again for your prayer and verbal/written support! God is using you to keep me motivated and excited about the new work He is doing in me.
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* Also, the turkey slices I am eating are NOT Louis Rich - they are Oscar Myers Deli Fresh…sorry for the confusion on that one!
* And the website I go to for nutritional values of foods I don’t have package labels for is Calorie King It’s one of the only free calorie counter sites I have found that has most foods and doesn’t make you “register” (so they can send you junk mail) to view their nutritional values.