So, Thursday. It went well. I was feeling nauseated again so I did eat some off plan crackers to try to settle my stomach. I also used my DigestZen essential oil. It worked great. Just a couple drops in a shot glass of water and I felt better in about an hour. However, it does not taste great. I was told that if you like black licorice you'll like this. I love black licorice but *cough cough* this stuff, not so much. I'm seriously not trying to sell this stuff but I just think it works well and I am recommending it if you want to feel better and don't want to take a bunch of semi-helpful medications. Other than the crackers though, I stuck to my food plan for the day. My walking was cut short. I only got about 5200 steps in (still better than not doing it at all). It is just too hot right now. That combined with nausea did not work out well. But, I'm fine with that.
Yesterday, I didn't really have a 24 hour plan for because it was my husband's birthday and I really wanted to let him have what he wanted. I did alright though. He wanted to go cruise around our old neighborhood because we always had a good time when we lived over there. He was super cool about it though. We went to Whole Foods (one of our favorite places because you can actually get a fairly healthy meal there). He didn't want to each a bunch of food in front of me, so he suggested we split a sandwich and a piece of birthday cake. He didn't want me to make a cake for him and have that temptation around all week. He's awesome, right? For dinner, though, he wanted Chinese. I love Chinese even though the sodium is just off the charts. I didn't fill my plate to overflowing like I usually do and didn't go back for seconds. Pretty good considering. My steps were short too (only about 4500) because I wanted to spend the time with him. My choice completely. I could have done it but I wanted to spend his day with him more. Plus it's still miserably hot here. It's supposed to be horrible until Tuesday (I think). I tried to do 2 laps around the complete cul-de-sac to make up for it but I could only get through a lap and a half because I just couldn't handle the heat. For the next few days, I will be almost solely relying on my elliptical. It doesn't register my steps (which is super frustrating) but it's exercise.
And, I can't believe I didn't lead with this, but yesterday was also my first weigh in. I was super nervous because I wasn't obsessively weighing myself all week. I am down 3.6 pounds!!!!!!! I am so excited about this I cannot even tell you. With all the problems with my thyroid and all the stress, I wasn't expecting much if anything. It was a fabulous way to start my day!!! AND I got to move four pebbles from my weight to lose jar to my weight lost jar. Thanks again to whoever came up with that it's great motivation because I keep it in the bathroom where I see it everyday multiple times a day.
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Okay! That's it for now. My food plans for the day is:
Breakfast: Shakeology (my last one because I am out and, since I'm currently unemployed, I temporarily cancelled my order)
Lunch: Yogurt with berries, GF granola and chia seeds.
Dinner: I'm planning for chicken and brussel sprouts. If not that then a small piece of tuna noodle casserole.
Snacks (if necessary): cherries or goldendew melon
Emotional Eating 30 Day Journal Challenge:
2 questions today to catch up
Day 6: Looking back over the past five days of writing, what patterns or understandings can I now see about myself and where I'm heading?
I'm making progress with my food and exercise but there is a lot of room for improvement. I'm not snacking in the evening which is a huge win but I need to start making changes to my meals that I prepare. While there not horribly unhealthy, I need to start finding ways to fit in more veggies.
I've made a decent start to getting back into exercising but I can be doing more. Specifically, I need to start adding in strength training. I've lost a lot of strength since I quit doing it and I really don't like that. I always enjoyed being able to pick up heavy things relatively easily (like 30 pound dogs and 40 bags of dog food). I also enjoyed being able to open my own jars. I hated having to ask someone to help me.
Day 7: How does food make me feel? How do I wish I felt about food?
Food makes me feel guilty. Mostly because I haven't been controlling what I'm eating. I would eat junk and, the whole time I'm doing it, I'm beating myself up. Even still I just keep eating. Ridiculous!! I wish I felt more confident around food (I'm sure that will come at some point). I just always feel like I'm going to go out of control (which, of course, leads me to going out of control).
Anyway, that's all for today. I hope you all have a great weekend and always remember...If You Are Tired Of Starting Over, Stop Giving Up
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