End of week 2! I’m doing really good when I am at home, but it is kind of stressful to eat out when temptation or lack of options are a factor.
My son had a baseball game for his school team on Tuesday night. We did not win the championship, but the girls team won theirs so some families went to Barro’s to celebrate. I LOVE Barro’s pizza, but I did good and had a Sicilian salad. It has salami, pepperoni, ham, peppers and other veggies on it so it is filling. The supreme pizza looked really good so I scrapped the toppings off and ate them. I didn’t miss the crust at all!
My husband worked late on Wednesday and I was running errands all day so I didn’t get very far on making dinner. I also had to take my son to baseball practice for his Pony league after parent-teacher conference. Since I didn’t get dinner prepared ahead of time, we ended up eating at Filiberto’s again. I keep choosing that place because I love their taco salad. My kids don’t complain though, because the kid’s meals come with a little churro.
Friday night was double date night with our friends. We ate at Oregano’s and I again ordered the Antipasto salad (meats, peppers, cheese). This salad came with fried cheese curds on the side. I really really love fried cheese curds and only ever see them on our annual trip to Wisconsin. I ate 2 of them (they were small) and put the rest on my husband’s plate so I wouldn’t be tempted to eat more. They were yummy!!
I had planned ahead to make my special treat of the week be movie theatre popcorn. I asked my hubby if he’d share just a medium bag with me (normally we share a large bag & we’ve been known to use the free refill in the past, too). He was happy to just share a medium sized bag since he has been watching what he eats lately, too. It was the perfect treat. I didn’t even finish my half!
We also normally take our plastic refill cup for soda, but this time we planned ahead to get just ice water in it. I didn’t even miss the soda! Yay!
I was on my own with the 3 kids Saturday for a Pony league baseball double-header. I packed tons of water and healthy snacks for me and my younger two. It was plenty of food to tide me over for both games. However, I was starving by the time we were heading home. We went through the Taco Bell drive-thru and I ordered my go-to taco salad. I dug into it at home and discovered there was white rice in it!! I didn’t even think to ask if they put rice in it… I ate it anyway and decided to not feel guilty about it at all. I’ve been doing really well and it was only a tiny amount.
So, a few weeks ago, candy corn was on sale and I bought 2 bags. This was before I knew I was going to challenge myself to eat better for 12 weeks. I stashed it in my cabinet because I have always put the candy out when I decorate for Fall (around October 1st). Well, I remembered it was the 1st on Saturday and I remembered the candy. I got it out, decorated & watched the kids eating it. I kept eyeing it and finally gave in to one of the pumpkins. I told myself that would be it – no MORE. However, I kept eyeing it and seeing it and telling my kids they had enough and it was really just irritating me. I told my son to throw what was in the bowl away (I found out yesterday that he put it in a baggie because he was eating it during church-haha). I have the other bag and a half in the cupboard still and I have decided to pack a little as treats in their school lunches and for upcoming baseball games. I’m hoping I won’t be tempted when I take them out to pack them for the kids, but at least they are in a cupboard I never open (it only has Christmas decorations in it).
And finally, yesterday we had a birthday celebration in the class I teach at church. One teacher brought mini cupcakes to celebrate. Those were easy to resist (I’m not a big fan of store bought cupcakes). I’m glad they weren’t homemade cupcakes or brownies or something!! I ignored the normal donut supply in the Welcome Center, too, and I was tempted once more by cookies when we went to lunch with the lady whose birthday it was. Again, they were store bought cookies so it wasn’t too hard to resist.
The weird thing is that I was thinking a lot about ice cream and sweets on my way home from that lunch, but thankfully I have nothing at home and wouldn’t have dreamed to stop to get anything. And it went away once I got home and had an apple and peanut butter.
So, I had a couple slip ups (cheese curds, white rice, popcorn, and a pumpkin candy corn) and a whole lot of wins this week (considering what I would normally eat at Barro’s, Taco Bell, the movie theatre, Oregano’s, birthday celebrations, etc.)!
Other notables from the week:
I received my Shakeology and drank it for 4 days in a row. I have 12 chocolate packets and 12 vanilla packets. I'm not a big fan of the vanilla flavor, but when I add berries to it, it's ok. The chocolate is delicious (especially with banana and peanut butter). My stomach was hurting and I noticed I hadn't gone the bathroom during the time I was drinking the Shakeology. When I googled it, it appears others have had that problem. The suggestion was to try the vegan option instead (it is dairy free). I have had problems with dairy in the past, so hopefully switching to the vegan option will help. I was really enjoying having that extra protein and nutrition in my diet. I'll update once I try the vegan version.
I haven't noticed that I fit in my clothes better, but it does look like/feels like I am not as bloated at the end of the day as I used to be.
I don't need as much sleep as I used to. I used to feel tired even after 8 or 8 1/2 hours of sleep, but now, I feel more awake all day (even if I only had 7 hours of sleep). So, I have been in a better mood, I've had more patience with my family, and I feel more optimistic about things in life.
I'm actually looking forward to the upcoming week!
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