Weight Check Wednesday

I’m actually refusing to get on the scale today. I just don’t need that in my face right now. I may need to find a new topic to blog about on Wednesdays. Suggestions?

I'm feeling a little better today. I think getting out what I could, actually did help yesterday. The world in general just seems a little less bleak today. New challenges are always waiting for us. I just feel a little bit more ready to face them today.

I took S's advice and rather than wallowing in the fact that I haven't yet started weight watchers, I just took some time to get my notebook out and figure out my points. Do you know what? I actually remembered to think about points and what I was eating this morning.

So Right now I have rice cooking and I am making black beans to go with it. My kitchen smells amazing right now. I must remain vigilant and stay on my guard in case the Zombies wander to closely.

Speaking of wandering Zombies... I was sort of afraid there was going to be a massive attack right on the porch this morning. Mom and Dad were asking us if we ate certain foods. It's getting time to do grocery shopping around here. So first off was... Do we eat Sloppy Joes. While I dislike this sloppy meat creation, R likes them very much. Next on the list... Fish Sticks... then Salisbury Steak... finally Pot Pies... I began to get fidgety. THIS FOOD IS SO PROCESSED!! It's like ZOMBIE FODDER!

Don't get me wrong, I can find a few of these things tasty... but come on now. I’m going to have to get in control of the food I am eating. We have a rule here, that whomever is cooking chooses what to cook. You however, are not obligated to eat it. So it’s a good idea to have an emergency meal ready just in case you aren’t happy with the evening selection. This came about because on the whole, my parents eat pretty different food from my husband and I. FORTUNATELY, they have seemed to enjoy all of the dishes I have prepared so far.

I’m just nervous about the processed food. I just need to remember that I don’t have to eat it.

Weight Check Wednesday

I am happy to report that the scale has dropped slightly. I was absolutely sure that with all of the stress I am under right now, that I would have seen a gain if anything. I cannot express how much I miss going to the gym. I also am so frustrated that I keep not getting there. But then I also have to admit that when I am done moving for the day, I have nothing left.

I've barely got enough left to make food...

But it's a process and it's one I need to go through. And at the end of this, going back to the gym full time will be a reward.

Weight Check Wednesday

Happy Wednesday.

Wednesdays are going to be weight check days. I may also choose to include body measurements here, but not for right now. I decided my use of terminology was important for me. It's just a weight check and not a weigh in. I don't want to trigger my inner super soldier or anything by making it feel like this is a chore I need to do. Extremes are bad for me. They trigger my inner wild child to pull me in the other direction. I'm working on this. That is another post though.

So the weight check was not pleasantly surprising, but it wasn't as bad as it could have been considering the SEVERE indulgences that were going on during the cruise. I am guessing that the increased activity on the cruise helped counterbalance a little bit. Still the number was no where near where I want it to be and I don't think I am going to be able to make my original 12 week goal. But that is alright. Tuesdays are for goals, and I will make a new one then.

There is so much going on right now. I feel pretty overloaded. My original default mode for times like this is to just eat until I feel better. But I can't do that. I can't do that to my body and it doesn't work like it used to. Now I just feel worse after. My body and my mind are screaming for the changes I need to make.


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