Friday, March 22, 2019

A Forever Lifestyle

Here we are, another Friday….my work week is almost done.  I am so looking forward to the weekend (do I sound like a broken record?).   The week has flown by and the weekend promises to fly by even faster.  (Why do weekends disappear so quickly?).  Anyway, I figured that it was the perfect time to do a check in and to see where I am at.


First let me say that I have been a goddess in the kitchen this week.  Ok, well…maybe not a goddess….but I have experimented quite a bit.  We eat at home almost every night except Fridays.  Fridays the kitchen is CLOSED…it is delivery night!  But that means that I cook a fair amount.   But this week I turned up the burners and really exerted myself on some new recipes.  On Wednesday night I made a Hamburger Casserole.  It was Italian in nature with Italian seasonings, hamburger, cheese and egg noodles. (The recipe didn’t call for it but I added a hogs load of garlic and hot pepper flakes!).   It was a winner; however we have both discussed one or two tweaks that would make it over the top delicious.  Chalk up a win for me!   On Tuesday night  I made a Turkey Rice dish.  It sounded good on paper.  I even doubled the garlic (hey, we like garlic so I almost always double the garlic in a recipe).  Yet the dish was BLAND BLAND BLAND!   It was edible…but we resorted to various techniques to make it something that we wanted to eat (I utilized a bottle of honey mustard….Jason utilized a bottle of hot sauce.) fail!! On Monday night I finally used the spiralizer that my mom gave me a month or two ago.  I made zucchini noodles and served that with garlic steak bites.  This was DELICIOUS!  It will definitely be on the meal rotation again …and soon!




My eating has been pretty spot on.  I’ve been doing really well.  I’ve been down at the low end of my calorie goal range most days.  It’s been hard for sure and  the after work snack has been a problem spot for me. (This problem is not new.....as evidenced in this previous post !).   But I’m managing regardless! 


On Thursday I packed my lunch.  It was a typical lunch, mostly fruits and some protein.  All morning I debated with myself.  I debated the merit of not eating my lunch and going to the cafeteria instead.  I debated eating my fruit and going to the cafeteria anyway.  I went back and forth!  It was a brutal battle in my mind!    I didn’t go to the cafeteria.  However, I did pull out the Reece’s Pieces that I have in my desk drawer.  I have been SO good about them.  I literally count out a portion on my napkin and put the container away (out of sight, out of mind) and I nibble on my 10-16 pieces all afternoon.  (How many pieces have been dependent on how many calories I have available in my day’s food budget.)  I eat them one at a time….SLOWLY.  I have done this every day this week and have been victorious....until yesterday.  I was so victorious over the cafeteria debate that I decided to pull out the Reece’s for a few nibbles during my afternoon.  SOMEHOW, in my celebratory haze over my cafeteria victory I sat the open container in front of me instead of counting out my portion.  I BROKE MY OWN RULE!  I failed miserably! Yes, I ate every last one that was left!  I ate probably about 30-40 …..much more than I normally eat!  Oops….Still equal to or less than a full serving (51 pieces is apparently a serving size)…but too many for me!    What’s worse?  I have no more for Friday.  It was really working to ration them out and have a bit each day.  Oh well…today I suffer! I will NOT buy more!!!


I have been able to walk most days.  The rain held me up on Thursday.  There was also one day that I just felt chilled to the bone and couldn’t see myself going out into the cold blustery day and walking in 40 degrees temps.  But I’m doing it!

 

My weight is slowly dropping.  SOOOO slowly!  I want fast!  I want speedy!  But that’s not how it is working for me.  And you know what?  That’s ok.  I haven’t given up anything I love.  Afterall, I was nibbling on Reece’s Pieces all week long.   I’m managing.  I’m making this work and not feeling deprived.  I’m LIVING LIFE in a healthy way!  And slow is ok.  Slow will still get me where I want to go.  Slow will give me a chance to LEARN and the more I learn, the better the odds that I can make this a ‘forever’ lifestyle. 

 

16 comments:

mxtodis123 said...

Slow is the best way to lose. Speedy only comes back quickly. I love that Italian dish you made. Yummy. I'm with you on blowing it on candy. I've been hitting the chocolate marshmallow Easter eggs. Not good. Have a wonderful weekend.

Sarah said...

So slow for me too, but I don't want to give up. I've got to do this while living a "normal" life. Who wants to be on a diet forever?

I've been rationing out the mini hershey's bars, mr good bar to be exact. One after lunch and one after dinner. Probably should cut it out all together but I'm afraid I'll end up binging on them if I do that.

jesseybell said...

Your recipes sound so yummy. Sorry about the fail - I hate when that happens :(

Have a wonderful weekend!

*Stained Glass Butterfly* said...

My weight loss is really slow now too, and it is maddening! I have to keep reminding myself it's still a loss, still moving in the right direction.

Shelley said...

You win some and you lose some with recipes - I tried an egg roll bowl recipe that was all over the Instant Pot pages and it was just blah. Oh well...

Love that you are on fire with cooking - those steak bites with the zucchini look yummy.

SANRDJ said...

Love zoodles! I hate it when a recipe is crappy tasting though.

Cooking at home is so much better than going out too as you know exactly what you are putting into your food! Well done

jen said...


Zoodles are the bomb!! They are on my cooking rotation each week.

Enjoy your weekend.

MaryFran said...

Those darn chocolate marshmallow Easter bunnies! Stay away from the strawberry delight peeps!!! Luckily I can’t find them!!!

MaryFran said...

Cutting it totally in my experience does being on the binge you fear!!! I’m trying to ration and make wiser choices...this has to be something I can do forever!

MaryFran said...

Thanks! If I’m going to experiment, I’ll have failures!!! But I’ll also have delicious victories!

MaryFran said...

You are doing great! It’s happening!!

MaryFran said...

I’m experimenting more with the instapot also!!

MaryFran said...

Yes! It’s nice to have food prepared but we eat better better. Better choices and a higher quality of food too!

MaryFran said...

I’m doing them again this week!!!

Lynn said...

Those zucchini noodles look good!

TheAgonyOfBeingFat said...

I'm also a broken record because I'm constantly counting down the days until Friday.

Good job on the weight loss! It's never fast enough. Lol