Monday

Today was our Greeley trip. I had peanut butter honey toast with banana slices on it for breakfast. We ate at Burger King for lunch. I had the grilled chicken salad. Side note: Burger King does NOT have great salads. I also had 3 of Sarah's chicken flavored, crown shaped sponge nuggets and some of her fries, too. Sarah did not eat much of her lunch and I found out why when we were leaving. She threw up allllll over the bathroom floor. Stupid "green" movement meant there were no paper towels, just an air drier. I had to push the puke into a puddle with wet wipes and go tell the worker that there was a tidy little puddle of puke under the sink. Lovely. Anyway, I should not have eaten her food. We had turkey burger patties wrapped in whole wheat tortillas with spinach and tomatoes for dinner. AAAAND, my personal favorite, sweet potato fries! Yum. I made them with olive oil, agave nectar, salt and pepper. I try not to use that agave nectar too much, but this is one of my favorite ways to prepare sweet potatoes. I usually use brown sugar, so it is an improvement. :) I had some grapes and cheese and crackers for snack today, so I definitely hit my fruit and veggie quota for the day. And it was not even hard.

Sunday

I skipped breakfast today. We were going to be late and I taught the lesson in RS so we had to be there on time. When we got home I just ate both breakfast and lunch for lunch. :) We had Chicken Tortilla Soup for dinner. Delicious! I was not that hungry today. Full on sickness has hit. Yesterday I could barely talk. Today my voice is better, but a cough has set in. It is crappy. I am going to see how I feel tomorrow before I decide if I am going to exercise. I have to drive to Greeley tomorrow to drop off the check for our new car. It is three hours round trip. With two children, maybe more. Still no sugar! It is getting easier to stay away from, too. I almost ate some out of habit the other day, but caught myself before I made a mistake. I bought Sarah some yogurt covered raisins. I was looking for a healthy snack and saw those. I almost reached for them, but then I remembered they are loaded with sugar! It will be easier to have those things around when I get into the habit of NOT reaching for them! I am tired and want to go to bed now, so goodnight!

First skip

I skipped my Power 90 today. I am going to skip tomorrow, too. I am sick and would very much like to get better. I am taking it easy and trying to get plenty of rest so I will be able to fight this off quickly. My personal goal this week is to take my vitamins every night, so I am hoping that will contribute to a speedy recovery. My eating was ok. I got in my fruits and vegetables. Still no sugar. Mucho tired. Need sleepy. Good night.

Grrrr

I managed to eat mostly healthy today. Peanut butter English muffin with banana slices for breakfast, ham and cheese wrap on a whole wheat tortilla with spinach for lunch, and a chicken wrap on whole wheat tortilla with spinach, tomatoes and a little bit of ranch for dinner. I did break down and have a peanut butter and honey English muffin with pumpkin seeds after the girls were in bed, and I ate some Fiber Selects Veggie Wheat Thins this afternoon. I woke up with a headache and kept trying to work at the knot in my neck. Did not seem to help. Thought maybe it was food related. Eating did not seem to help. I finally caved and took some Tylenol. This afternoon I started feeling not well. Sore throat, fatigue, cough. Not fun. I hate exercising when I feel like crap. I am glad tomorrow is just strength training. I would not want to do cardio feeling like this!

Shopping Day

Wednesdays are my shopping days. We used to always stop at Burger King, or Sonic, or Taco Bell, or, well, you get the point. Since we have to drive so long it seems like we are always out during lunch time. I made a special effort to get going early this morning so we could be home in time for lunch. We were hungry on the way home so I got the grapes out of the grocery bags and we ate those on the trip. I got whole grain tortillas and when we got home I had a ham and cheese wrap with spinach. Some days I seem to really get it, and some days I struggle to find something healthy that I want to eat. I am realizing that my eating is stalling out my weight loss. If I want to get my pounds down, I really need to crack down and change those things that are STILL holding me back. I only ate peanut butter honey once today. :) That is quite an improvement from yesterday! I make peanut butter and honey on multi-grain English muffins topped with sliced bananas or pumpkin seeds. I may try the bananas on it without honey. That will be fewer calories anyway. I am beginning to learn how to adjust recipes to be healthier and making healthy choices out of habit. It is pretty exciting!

PMS

Ate p.b. and honey on bread for 3 meals today. I sprinkled pumpkin seeds on it to help beef up the nutrition. I am approaching the p-word. I am sure that has a lot to do with it.

And I'm Back!

It has been a few days since I last posted. My girls and Tyler are all sick. I have had a lot of late nights and tired days and blogging has been low on my list of priorities! I woke up with a splitting headache this morning and missed my morning workout. I did get it in after I put Jane to bed, though. I was really thinking I might miss it today, but Tyler gave me a little encouragement and instead of snapping at him like I would normally, I got my butt in gear and did Power 90! I am glad I did even though my headache is back and it really was a little late in the day for me. I think I am definitely a morning exerciser. Lesson learned. I will not put it off this late again!

I am getting pretty excited about starting running. I still have 30 pounds to lose before I want to start running, but I am feeling a second wind in my eating efforts. If I want to run a half-marathon, losing weight is not one option, it is the only option!

I got rid of a bunch of "skinny clothes" today. I was going through old boxes looking for clothes I can wear while I am losing weight so I do not have to waste money on clothes I do not plan to wear for long. I found all these clothes that I loved and had not wanted to get rid of, but a lot of them were dated or not age appropriate. I found it quite liberating to get rid of all these clothes I was waiting to fit in!