Momentum

Healthy eating on my days off is a challenge.  Its way easier to have pre packed meals to bring to work. It limits temptation (somewhat), and because I am at work, I'm preoccupied with actually performing my job.  So I thought these five days off would be a huge struggle, and it has, just not to the degree that I thought it would be.  For the first time in a while, I had some pretty bad cravings today  though.  On my walk with the dogs, I just kept thinking about eating cookies when I got back to my mom's house.  Instead, I diverted those thoughts to my frozen yogurt that I intend to eat after dinner tonight.

I got my momentum going now, and I want to keep it going.  Its been about 10 days without any chocolate!  Now I see it as a challenge to see just how long I can go without eating chocolate. 

Going out to eat with my mom on a near daily basis has stopped which has been a huge help.  Also, I am eating at my house as opposed to her house.  Instead of filling up on chips and chocolate, I am filling up on fruits and veggies!  Today I actually went grocery shopping again.  I don't remember the last time I ever went twice in one month's time.  Now I am stocked with food to help me keep making these good choices. 

Intake:
Cereal
cottage cheese
grapes
peas and carrots
loaded salad (complete with cucumbers, mandarin oranges, strawberries, carrots, broccoli.  NO salad dressing...I use the juice from the mandarin oranges).

On the menu for dinner tonight is
Hot Ham and Cheese on bun
Beans (Pork N Beans)
grapes


Dessert will be a bowl of Frozen Yogurt.

Activity:
Walked dogs for 50 minutes
Mowed my lawn for 15 minutes
total of 65 minutes.