Day 21 - Three weeks in

Today is the end of my third week. I can see that I'm making progress in my eating and exercising but I still have quite a way to go to get to my goal.  I'm not eating as much but I haven't really changed the types of food I've been eating.  I'm a terrible creature of habit and I'm not much of a cook, so new meals take up a lot of time initially.  I'm a little frustrated because I don't seem to be getting anywhere weight wise but, part of that has been estrogen and progesterone madness and my thyroid still isn't quite right.  I had my blood drawn again yesterday and I'm hoping it comes back better than before.  We shall see.

So, yesterday seems like it will be my last derailed day this week.  The rest of the week seems pretty easy.  I was going to compensate for my burger and french fry lunch by having yogurt for dinner but I was ravenous (because I didn't have breakfast) so I had a small serving of chili verde instead.  I was able to get in four rounds of the elliptical and I have increased it to 7 minutes per round.  My goal for each day is 5 rounds and I want to increase the time for each round by another minute each week until I get to 10 minutes per round.  I missed strength training yesterday (my plan was to add it to Tuesday and Thursday like I used to do) but I'll be able to get it in tomorrow and then, depending on what ends up going on this weekend, I may do it again on Saturday (even though I said I am taking weekends off).  This will allow me to get that started and then keep to my regular days after this week.

Alright, so this is going to be short today.  I still have quite a bit to catch up on.

My meal plan for today is:

Breakfast: Greek yogurt with GF granola and chia seeds

Lunch: Chili Verde

Dinner:  Small homemade burger

Snack: Cherries or melon

Exercise:  Cul-de-sac loop and 5 rounds on the elliptical (total 35 minutes)

Day 18:  Emotional Eating 30 Day Journal Challenge

What do I feel stressed, guilty or angry about?  What do I do with these feelings?
What do I feel joyous, happy and abundant about? What do I do with those feelings?

Right now, I'm all of the above (stressed, guilty and angry) because I lost my job because the lab I work for lost their grant money. I'm super stressed about money.   I'm also feeling a little guilty because I'm not spending all day every day looking for a job.  I feel guilty that I am glad I have this time to do work on myself. I have Generalized Anxiety Disorder so I ruminate on stuff like this which leads me to eating anything I can find.  I haven't been doing that as much right now and I completely believe it's because I'm doing this.  I can see what I'm doing to myself, so it's making it easier to stop it when I can see it happening.

My ultimate joy is my dogs and my cats. They're my angels and stick by me,especially when I'm feeling down. They don't care what I look like.  They love me anyway.  I'm trying to practice abundance thinking but it's hard right now, which doesn't help with the whole "positive thinking" idea.  When I am feeling happy, I tend to want to be out and active.  I don't sit and eat my feelings so much.

Okay. So, on with the day.  I hope you all have a wonderful day and...Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything