Still rolling along. I feel like I've settled into this nice little zen place in this part of my "journey." I'm living in balance of healthy eats, fun eats, activity, good head space, and all the positive vibes. My middle sister reached out and asked for recipe tips on healthy eating so I started a Facebook group just for the two of us so I could link her to the healthy recipes I've been eating the past several months. I'm trying not to be overbearing with it and I think for the moment I've struck a balance in that.
I did lose another pound early in the week but the scale has been fluctuating three pounds ever since which I can only assume is water fluctuations so I'm not stressing over it. My clothes feel good, other than my asshole knees and foot, my body feels good. I've eating lots healthy veggies and lean proteins with a little bit of birthday cake (the university turned 141 this week), girl scout cookies (samosa and tagalongs, two each night after supper), and a donut (butterfinger at the campus bakery).
I've fallen in love with chia seeds. It started with making chia seed pudding to help with some digestive issues but I've discovered that I also like them on my peanut butter banana toast and just this morning I put them on my avocado/egg toast. They're a great boost of fiber and offer a tasty crunch without a lot of bulk/calories.
I've also discovered that I like plain Greek yogurt with a drizzle of honey. I made multigrain French toast Sunday and instead of syrup, I drizzled some of the yogurt/honey mix with some cooked blueberries and it felt so decadent that I'd never think it was actually healthy.
One thing that's bothered me this week in regards to other people...it's something else I've noticed but it really struck me the other day. You know how I've said that a lot of people who notice I've lost weight always ask me what I've been doing to do it. Well, Wednesday I saw a lady I haven't seen in a long time and she asked me and because I was in a good mood I told her the thing about quitting lattes and cutting back on Cokes and she did the thing that I've started noticing a lot of people do..."Oh, I don't have a problem with Cokes. Oh, I've never really drank a lot of lattes." As if, "well, I don't have that problem so I'm good."
Like, totally missing the point. Lattes and Cokes were MY biggest issue holding me back. They were MY starting point in making small changes. I don't literally mean that the only way you can kickstart your weight loss by giving up Coke and lattes. Folks need to look at their own eating/drinking habits and identify what habits they've developed that may contribute to what's keeping them from losing weight.
Coke and lattes weren't/aren't my only problems. They were my starting point!
That's why I HATE it when people ask me "what I'm doing" because it's so much more complex than I can even describe. I'm working on changing habits. Getting in a healthy head space. There is nothing magical. I'm still not convinced that it isn't a fluke!
OH! But one major thing I did this morning to emphasize the healthy head space, thing...
I actually bought TWO donuts this morning. One was a banana split donut and the other was the Butterfinger. I saw them on the bakery's Instagram earlier this week and decided to make them my Friday morning/I survived the week treat. I made my coffee before walking over there so I wasn't tempted by Starbucks and took my donuts into the little "dawghouse" area of the union. It's this cozy little room that's set up lie a club with table and kind of soft/dark mood lighting so I could just relax and enjoy my treat: Intentional eating. But the big breakthrough was that I took two bites out of the banana split donut and when I realized I didn't love it, instead of finishing it just because I'd paid for it, I threw it out and at the Butterfinger instead. Like, I just literally decided that the one I didn't love wasn't worth the calories.
I know, that seems like such a small thing but it's kind of huge for me. I'm from the clean plate/no waste club and before would have been just MAD that I had to eat something I didn't love. But I just shrugged, threw it back in the bag and happily at the donut I DID love. And now I know that banana split donuts are just wet cake with nuts and chocolate on top. Bleh!
I still haven't gotten completely back into walking every day but I've gone two days this week and if it isn't raining later, I'll walk this afternoon. I have done four days of weight/strength training, though. So far I'm only able to do 10 minutes or so before I give out but it's a process, right? I'm working on my "abs" the most because I bought swim suit (it has legging style bottoms, don't get too grossed out. lol) and the top would look better if I could get rid of/reduce the teardrop part of my belly. And why do I need a swim suit? Because THIS GIRL is going to the BEACH at the end of the month to celebrate my 40th birthday. I'm not going to go nuts trying to drop a load more of weight before then but I figured it's worth a shot to try and reduce or reshape my belly. I'm still going to wear the swimsuit even if there's no positive change because I am dedicated to having fun on this trip and not being so dang self critical. Besides, I'm going with my sisters and WBF who I'm pretty cool with being myself with and I don't know anybody on the coast so what do I care what they think about my body?
^^^ Major strides, y'all! ;-)
Anyway, that's this week's report.
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