CONSTANT CHANGES!!

Donna

Age:38

Height 5’5”

Starting Weight  April 18^th, 2016- 178

Current Weight- 169

No one said this process would be fast or easy.  I have my typical ups and downs like everyone else.  I am 100% committed to this process though.  Depending on what day of the week it is, I sometimes feel like I’m doing great and other days I’m not nearly impressed with my progress. I know 100% that I will reach my goal.  What frustrates me is not knowing how or when I’ll get there.  If changing things is what I need to do, then I will do it!

My kids are out of school which means they leave with my husband in the morning to go to summer program.  This leaves me an entire new time frame in which I can exercise.  So today I started exercising in the morning!  I laced up my running shoes as soon as the family left and I ran 3 miles before getting ready for work.  I’m not a morning worker-outer but it felt really good once I got out there.  The other bonus is that I didn’t drink my usual morning coffee.  I know coffee has little to no calories but I’m guilty of putting flavored creamer in my coffee. If I’m going to start counting calories, then this could easily be 60-90 calories that I’m giving up.  I’m all about changes!

I looked at my meals and tried to trim some unnecessary calories as well…this is my meal plan for today. Sticking to similar choices like this will help keep me in a 1200-1300 calorie range.

Bfast- protein shake w/almond milk

AM snack-chicken salad w/apple

Lunch-turkey meatballs, brown rice, Brussel sprouts

PM snack-2 egg whites, strawberries

Dinner-Homemade grilled chicken salad, w/avocado

I have some big things coming up in the next few weeks and I want to make sure I can handle temptations.  I’m traveling out of town for 2 weeks with work.  I’ll be in a group setting so many of my meals will be eaten out.  This can still be a slippery slope for me.  My husband and I went on a date night Saturday and I handled myself better than I expected.  I drank water, no alcohol.  When it came to the dinner buffet, I chose wisely.  I skipped breads and desserts!! I stuck to meats and veggies.  My unexpected slip up this weekend was ordering ice cream for the kids at dairy queen. I had no intention of even eating ice cream but the store messed up the order and we were left with an extra banana split.  God forbid I just threw it away.  I know better…I shouldn’t have ate it!!!!  But I did….and here I am still talking about it.  The guilt was not worth it. Lesson Learned! 

So the inner demon that rationalized eating the banana split because it had fruit in it, is also the same voice that feels irritated and frustrated that I’ve only lost 9 lbs in 8 weeks.  Then my rational brain says that losing an average of one pound per week is great.  If I could conquer the mind game in this whole process I’d be smooth sailing!!  It’s like a self-sabotage, a daily internal struggle that I am battling big time.  I will not let you win, Demon!! 

As you can see, I haven’t had the most exciting of weeks but I’m truckin along!!!  Here’s the recipe for the chicken salad!! 

It was OUT OF THIS WORLD!! The trick is to refrigerate it before eating…the longer the better!!!  So YUMMY!! 

http://cleanfoodcrush.com/chicken-salad-on-apples/

Here’s to another week of hard work and great food choices!! My size 12’s are getting loose and I want to put them away for GOOD!!