More healthy is more HAPPY!

The past couple days have been my worst in eating in a couple months. I can even say that I ate pretty decent over the holidays.  I ate more, but I didn't really eat bad.  Friday I had class in the morning (for 3 1/2 hours).  I was running late in the morning and decided that I could just grab something at WholeFoods to eat.  I mean, come on, its Whole Foods so its a good choice, right?

I only had a 10 min break so I grabbed a meatless burrito and a small cup of coffee.  It wasn't high in calories, but I ended up hungry very shortly after. Which, in my hungry little mind, means it was a sucky choice.  This was actually the best thing I ate all day..... Here, I'll let you be the judge.....

I wanted to go somewhere with WiFi to get homework done and knew that if I came home, I'd get distracted.  I ended up at Panera AND McDonald's. Initially, I told myself that it was just a "free" day and no biggie.....it happens, right?  The problem was that I got fries and double cheeseburger from McDs and figured it would be happiness in a cardboard cup and delightfullness wrapped in paper. I was so wrong.  I didn't even ENJOY it!  What a total letdown.  By the time I got the kids, I was still hungry AND I only had EIGHTY-FOUR calories left for the day.  Totally NOT worth it. In the end, I wish I had just come home, grabbed lunch and headed to the library.

Today, I have been struggling with 2 things: 1) I worked last night and am on a screwed up eat/sleep schedule, and 2) We are super low on groceries and I have no time to go shopping.  This means I am eating what I can find in between trying to sleep and take care of 2 kids.  I haven't even tracked my food today, but I did have 2 hot dogs for lunch. I've always liked hot dogs and I didn't even finish them.  They just didn't taste.....good.

All this healthy cooking and eating has totally screwed up my taste buds!  Typically, if I am going to have a treat, I want it to be worth every calorie or I usually don't finish it - just not worth it. A great restaurant.....go for it!  Best dessert in town....I am THERE!  Bacon for breakfast......Mmmmmm BACON!  Crapola fast food or junk food......I will pass.

Pretty Much.......  Yeah.....

So, lesson of the week is.......

Pack my food ahead of time

Don't go to McDs or eat hot dogs (unless they are on the grill ;-))

Healthier food is pretty much just more delicious. Period. The End.

Why is this simple statement SO hard for us to figure out (or admit)?

Question......What works for you? How do you manage your busy lives and still eat well?

Again and again.....

Last night, I was reading a post from one of my fav blog divas, Trish, at Begin Again and Again and Again tonight. I can so relate to her wondering frustration with whether this is the last time I will make my comeback to fitness, the strive for healthiness, and announcement to our bloggy world that this is IT; no more setbacks.  

Her post, Will It Stick?, is one that I am sure many of us can relate to. I always wonder the same thing when I have gotten off track and I start back up again.  Will this be the time that I meet my goals?  Can I do it?  Will I have to hold my head down in shame AGAIN??  I just have to believe that this is it for me--that I CAN do it and that if I stumble, I will get back up, not stay down this time.  I think we all have to believe this because if we don't believe in ourselves, who will?  I found this and put it on my desktop because it is something I want to see and remind myself of over and over and over again.  I just.....have to.

To end, I stumbled upon these messages yesterday and I think they fit.  Hope you enjoy them as much as I did......

Till next time friends!

Keep doing it!  Keep pushing!  Keep trying!  Your dreams are worth it!

XOXOXO,

The moment I've been dreading for.....

Today, I am going to do something I always thought others are so brave to do - something I never thought I would EVER do.  I am going to post pictures of myself and disclose my current weight.  The reason I am doing this is... Well, there are a couple of reasons.

Reason #1 being that I see myself EVERY day in the mirror.  I do not know if my current loss of 17 pounds can even be seen yet!  I would like to have a visual of my weight loss.

Reason #2.....I want to be more accountable.  To put it all out on here gives me reason to KEEP GOING.  I need all the help I can get and accountability is always a motivation for me!

Reason #3 - Perhaps someday, I will have met my ultimate goal and I will be able to be an inspiration to someone like myself to show that YES, they too can obtain healthy happyness.

My plan is to post pictures once a month and update my weight once a week.  To date, I have lost 17.2 pounds since November 14. That comes to a little under 2 pounds a week which is a great pace!

Starting weight - 260 lbs
Today's weight - 242.8
Goal weight - 150 lbs

This was the best outfit to show my "shape" and I am confident it will show any progress from here.  Anyway......

Next weight report - January 31

Pictures - February 24

Nighty Night all!