Days 10, 11

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Breakfast: 12 oz smoothie (strawberries, blueberries, peaches, red apple, green apple, orange with carrot and beet juice)

Lunch: My own version of SW salad (romaine, red bell pepper, black beans, tortilla chips) with guacamole (avocado, tomato, onion, lemon juice, salt), chocolate cookie

Dinner: Tiny bit of Pop's meatloaf and buttered corn, black bean and brown rice burger (black beans, brown rice, onion, garlic, shallot, red bell pepper, fried in vegetable oil) on a toasted pita with guacamole, diet Pepsi

Thoughts: It's hard to pass up my dad's cooking so I figured I'd just have a couple bites as opposed to making it my entire meal. I'm like addicted to this guacamole I made the other night. I love using it as a salad dressing! I have also found I like using plain ol' lemon juice as a dressing. Although I have hardly converted to the Eat to Live program, I'm seeing results all over the place. I couldn't resist weighing myself today and saw I was at 207.8 lbs today, the fact that number is consistently lower every time I look is just amazing, it's not bouncing around. I'm very proud of myself for not throwing my hands up in the air and giving up. I really feel like I'm gaining control in all aspects of my life, and it's so empowering.


Thursday, May 3, 2012
Breakfast: 15 oz smoothie (strawberries, blueberries, peaches, red apple, green apple, orange with carrot and beet juice)

Activity: 20 mins Beginners Yoga

Lunch: Black bean brown rice burger (black beans, brown rice, onion, garlic, shallot, red bell pepper, fried in vegetable oil) on a toasted pita with guacamole (avocado, tomato, onion, lemon juice, salt), Lindt 90% dark chocolate (eww!), chocolate macaroon (to get the gross taste out of my mouth!)

Dinner: Spaghetti tossed in EVOO and garlic salt with homemade tomato sauce (EVOO + garlic + onion + shallot + tomatoes blended, with olives, red bell pepper, salt, pepper, sugar), Port wine, tortilla chips with guacamole  (avocado, tomato, onion, lemon juice, salt), Ruffles with French Onion dip, 2 chocolate macaroons

Thoughts: I got a bit frustrated with myself while doing yoga so I didn't do the full 50 mins. I thought it'd be easy since I did yoga in college, but now I'm realizing that was FOUR years ago. I love the dvd my mom has though because all the poses are familiar so as long as I stick with it, I'll get back into the swing of things.

Omg, that spaghetti sauce was to die for. I will be making a much larger batch soon and either freezing or canning it. YUMMMY. The Port wine or possibly the junk food made me wake up with a headache. Next time I should resist the junk food and see if it's the wine doing it to me or not.

Last night I realized I wanted to get on a good schedule now so that once my job's training starts, I'll be ready for it. In my new schedule I included lots of time for activity. I wanna do yoga 5 times a week, cardio 6 times a week, ab exercises 4 times a week, and walking the 3 pups daily. I did not wake up on time today, because I woke up thinking, "What's the point of getting up early when I don't have any obligations." This is going to be a tough mindset to overcome, so I need to get creative in figuring out how to trick myself into getting out of bed. Hmmm..