June 10, 2013

Monday weigh in day...and the scale didn't budge!! Still 302.....but I'm Ok with that....I know I've made major changes in the past 3.5 weeks....I'm OFF sugar, white flour and white pasta/rice which is major for me.      Especially the sugar/flour.....

Today I spent 5-6 hours at Walmart waiting for car battery to be tested/exchanged/replaced...I hung out at McDonalds...where, in the past, I would have eaten burgers/fries....and oatmeal cookies...theirs are the best....but instead had a chicken salad, and a couple hours later, still hungry, ate two side salads......even more impressive, I spent part of the time walking through the store shopping..and passing up all the snack-y stuff I would have gone to immediately in the past....

My nephews are going to Oregon in a week or so with my brother for their annual trip....they have been making this car trip since the kids were born. Back then, my brother was broke and I started sending up a "snack box" with all the kids' favorite road trip snacks....a tradition which has continued even now the "kids" are 31, 25 and 23....he-he-.....so, I shopped for "snack box" stuff at WM, mostly individually wrapped items like Little Debbie oatmeal cakes, the little packs of Oreos/Nutter Butter cookies, chips, etc.....and invariably, a few of those would end up in my pantry for my snacks...not this time!! I didn't get anything that I thought would tempt me....and I don't think there will be any problem with those boxes and bags of snacks sitting here ready to be delivered for the trip.

The fact that I was able to handle a day that was out-of-whack like today---car battery dead but luckily here at home, called road service, spent the entire day at Walmart whilc they did their thing....without eating/snacking/pigging out is something of a milestone. Usually, I handle stress by snacking...but I didn't do that today and I feel good about that.

So, new plan...Obviously, I am eating enough to absorb enough calories to maintain my weigh at 302  for the past week or so...and, obviously, veges won't do that!! I'm limiting fruit to 2 servings a day of berries/cantaloupe which are so low in calories I can't believe that's making the scale stay put...I'm also limiting grains to no more than 2 a day...Kashi cereal in the morning and brown rice or whole wheat pasta/tortilla.at one other meal....hard to think that is slowing things down when I still have so much to lose.  I need to look at the protein and fat again...so, the plan this week is to cut those serving sizes roughly in half and not snack on cheese....that should cut out enough to hopefully get the scale moving.

My other goal for this week is to move more....my feet and legs are still hurting so I'm not sure how much I can walk...but it's nice and warm out and the pool is right here for me to walk in or paddle around in....so, I want to make it to the pool at least twice this week....and continue to make good choices and learn new ways to deal with life without snacking on salty/sweet stuff....