Making Goals

I've been away again!  Blogging has not been my priority but I have been taking care of myself!  I did lose 40 pounds and I've seen the scale creep up a bit so back to the grindstone!

I've made goals for myself this week!

• Drink 60 ounces of water
• Eat 2 fruit
• Eat 3 veggies - I know that's not enough but we'll start there!
• Lose 5 pounds

So far so good - I need to go eat another fruit and drink a bit more!

When temptation comes my way and I know it will may The Lord give me the strength to turn away!

A Challenge

Your most adorable five year old brings you breakfast in bed!  A chocolate chip muffin and a chocolate doughnut!  Thanks to your husband who brought them home!! I wouldn't say my husband was trying to sabotage me.  He was getting treats for himself!  My 5 year old was just being sweet.  But these are the challenges we face and how we handle them.

Well, I decided to eat the smaller muffin!  He was so proud!  I did forgo the doughnut!  He had lost interest by then! Now it's time to eat my protein so I don't crash!

Plan Your Week

I am down 17 pounds!!  I am feeling pretty good!  The clothes are getting looser!  Even my rings are loose!

Some things I am doing!

• Visited my doctor!  Gave me an appetite suppressant.  It is really helping but I'm not only using this!  I'm working hard! 
• Keeping chips out of the house!!
• Keep Beef Jerky Sticks or Tender Bites in my desk at work 
• String cheese makes a great snack too!
• I love the Greek yogurt.  Make sure to read the labels.  Some contain a lot of carbs.
• Eggs in the morning!  Keep boiled eggs ready for days you can't cook.
• Pre-make your salads for lunch.  Found this great idea on pinterest.  Use Mason jars - put your veggies, cheese, meat, dressing on the bottom and build your salad.  Lettuce on top. I leave off the dressing and take it along in portion cups.  The salads keep a long time.
• Prebag your veggies so they are easy to take along.
• Portion cups for ranch dressing for the veggies.
• Reduce the fruit - they contain carbs!  Smoothies are not a good choice!!
• Exercise - I went to the gym twice this week!  Hey that's pretty good!  I did 6 miles on the bike! 
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I'm motivated and I'm going to keep going!!  Join me!  I'm on vacation this week so I will need to be focused on being active!

Cutting the Carbs

I have poly cystic ovarian syndrome and Type II diabetes.  My endocrinologist has recommended that I go on a low glycemic index diet or insulin resistant diet.  Basically lower my carb intake!  Well, I didn't realize fruit, milk and yogurt contained so many carbs.  I thought I was eating healthy foods!  So this week I have changed what I'm eating.  It actually has been easier than I thought.  The protein makes me much fuller.  I have already lost 6 pounds this week!  I hope I can keep it up.  Please pray for me to continue on this successful journey and I would love for you to join me.

This week to help out I broiled 5 chicken breasts on Sunday.  I diced them up and sprinkled Mrs. Dash on them.  Yummy on my salads, alone and one day a baked potato with a little ranch dressing!

God's blessings to your upcoming week!

Trying!

This week hasn't been perfect but I have been trying!  I have cut down my food consumption but the cravings sure are tough.  I so want some chips.  It 's not in the house so that's good.

I am a teacher and students are constantly bringing birthday treats to us.  I turned down a cupcake! Yeah for me!  I also didn't buy Girl Scout cookies!

Small Steps!

School is canceled for Monday - we are going to have -35 to -50 wind chills.  Past -10 who cares IT'S COLD!  Pray we all survive!

Sad

It's pretty sad that it has been a year exactly since I blogged in Daily Crave!  I did not make losing weight priority in my life.  Many things took over: my job, kids, house, extra job, blogging for teaching and sadly eating for enjoyment, stress or boredom!

I need to take care of myself!  I need to get healthy so I can take less medication and live my life with my family!  We are thinking of going to Yellowstone and hiking!  Honestly that sounds like a lot of work and sweat so if this is what the family wants to do I need to get my butt moving and change so I can enjoy the vacation too!

We moved our Wii system to the basement so I'm looking to use the Biggest Loser game to help me out.  I need to make time to go to the gym not just pay for the membership.  I wish I had a friend to do this with me!

So here's to 2014!  Join me and help me to keep going!
Lori

Tying My Happy!

Well I made it through last night!  I thought a lot about my choices.  The hardest part was not eating the Homemade Chex Mix that was in a gigantic bowl right in front of me!   I did it!

One of the things I worked on was not standing in the kitchen and eating from the bowls.  I put food on my plate and always included veggies.  Then left.  I restricted my alcohol and guess what I didn't feel denied or restricted and I only gained 0.4 ounces!  Yeh!!

Today I'm making French Dip in the crockpot using a recipe from Fix it Lightly!  Very easy - roast, 3 cups of water, 1 cup of soy sauce, 1 tsp garlic powder, 1 tsp rosemary, 1 tsp thyme, 3 peppercorns (I just used pepper), bay leaf.  Cook on high 5-6 hours then shred or slice the meat.  Strain the juice for dipping.  Steamed cauliflower for the veggie!  I'm looking forward to it!

I'm kind of bummed the Wellness Center is closed.  I'll have to figure out a different way to work out!

So today, the author Lysa Terkeurst talked about how we tie food to what we do.  Popcorn at the movies, birthdays have food, good grades = go out to dinner, even lose weight = give yourself a treat! Instead I need to tie my thoughts and activities to Jesus!  I need to go to Him.

I've had the fantasies of being the perfect size and everyone is awe of what I've done!  This makes me an incomplete person.  Being thin will not be the only way to make me complete.  There are many things in my life that would improve my happiness: not fighting with my husband and kids, kids getting good grades, a clean house, bills all paid, the house not breaking down, all of us healthy!  Well some of this is out of my hands but a lot of it is not!  I guess I have quite a list to work on!  I'm going to start with the money problem - Today I will cut up my credit cards!  Lord give me strength!!

Happy New Year Everyone!  God's blessings to you!
Lori