Basics and Bad ideas

The bad idea is getting on the scale the morning after yummy japanese food from tempanaki. All that butter, salt, and noodley carbs. And oh before that a weekend of enjoyment eating whatever I wanted. The scale went VRoom right back where we started! SERIOUSLY. Will I ever learn?
The good part of today is that I made it to combat at 530 this morning (thank you Nat!) And I went Big. That should count for something.
So what is the super secret? I (like Steph) don't want to do two workouts a day. I want to go on breaks or vacations and eat yummy food. I want to enjoy going out to dinner. When I figure this out I'm going to write a book and be Super Rich! I'm frustrated and would just like to be rewarded pretty much every day for my efforts...so back to basics because this is NOT how this story ends. I will not give up. I will feel good in my skin!!!!!!!!
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Chh ch ch ch change.

I had a little work get-away the past few days. There is something about taking a 'break' that makes you want to partake of the yummy treats.....especially on a boat with the sun warming your skin. The grapes are good and healthy but somehow dipped in the marshmallow cream cheese dip they taste even better. I kept it to a minimum. Could I have totally abstained...probably, but I was enjoying myself. Which brings me to my definition of healthy and happy. How is that defined? Let's start with 'healthy'. There are those out there that believe "I can believe it's not Butter" is 'healthy' and others that are spouting margarine is a molecule away from plastic and NOT 'healthy'. I am of the opinion that 'going organic' is kind of the latest craze. After reading what I've read it makes sense. There is some very persuasive research out there. When Brian was serving his mission he remembers the NO protein only carb diets were the craze and many elders lost a lot of weight. There is a lot of persuasive research around the High Protein...low carb craze. So what does one listen to? You tell me NO dairy and I start getting defensive. You take away my chocolate or diet coke FOREVER and I might rip your head off. We are deeply attached to our foods. Especially the foods we were raised on. My bff Kath steered me toward the tasty simple healthy blog and this lady is super organic...no white four, nothing refined. etc.etc.etc. She had 8 suggestions on there that were given a week at time and it got me thinking about change. I can't organify my entire life all of my children's eating habits over night. That would be over-whelming and the change wouldn't last. I've decided to take it a recipe at a time, a week at a time and see how I feel. I've decided this route does NOT mean rapid weight loss (bummer), but it does mean permanent change. While on the boat this weekend I looked at some of the pictures with me in them and I thought...ouch! my thighs, my arms...etc.etc. just not quite where I want to be BUT I was strong enough to pull my self out of the water with every wake-boarding or wake-surfing turn I got. Saturday morning I did the 'loop' at the cabin which is 5 miles of monster hills and I did the run portion without stopping. Exercise or nutrition? I think it's both. I will continue with the goal of no refined sugar and no white flour until our trip but I am going to take a weekly focus (borrowed from the good woman's blog) and try to make the 'healthy' changes I can.

Grumpy Wednesday

I was Perfect all day!!! So why by ten at night was I so grumpy because I wanted something sweet! Urrrr. My night time snacker took over and I had some EL fudge about 3 am I barely remember (I was mostly asleep). Damn those little fudge boys. I bought some No Trespassing signs to put on the pantry and fridge. Lol we will see if that helps I got on the scale yesterday and I was down one pound (yay)and today back up one.(Boo) (Prob the night time snack). Still that added to my grumpiness. This shouldn't be so hard. And if I'm eating so healthy shouldn't I have boundless energy and feel wonderful and happy? Where is this grumpiness coming from? I think skinny is more fun that chocolate. But getting to skinny is NOT fun. Bla bla bla. Whine whine whine. I know pedal to the metal and just DO IT. Have a great day thanks for reading!
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Tuesday Lagoon hangover

Do you remember the classic Christmas cartoon about Rudolph and Santa Clause and the big hairy snow monster that lives in the cave? Do you remember the song they sing? "Put one foot in front of the other, and soon you'll be walking out the door". I felt like the big heavy monster on the treadmill this morning. I've never had a drinking hangover but I do believe there is such a thing as Lagoon hangover.
Diary:
(Its now wednesday and I seriously can't remember). I do know the YW gave me a razzleberry pie and a HUGE candy bouquet and I said thanks brought them home and didn't take a single bite! Granted my sister had to talk me off the cliff as I was contemplating how to justify just a little cheat....so naughty! But I was valiant and steadfast and blended up a smoothie. Feels good not to cheat.
Mon- swim and bike- done
Tues - run done
Wed - swim - done
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Monday

I do like Mondays because it is that opportunity for a NEW week, a fresh start to do better in all things. I'm waiting Brian to get back so I can go swim, I read a little Alma 24 while waiting, nothing like a little multi-tasking to get the morning started.
Nectarine
Spinach smoothie
Half piece wheat french toast
Protein drink
Raw unsalted nut mix
Down Syndrome Day at Lagoon
How does one stay good at an amusement park?
Packed pbj on my homemade wheat
Nectarine
2 chicken strips. Minus most of the strip
2 bites of Cams corndog
Banana
Protein drink and bar (while I took him to football)
Avoided dinner all together at the park and finished off my leftover Mediterranean halibut. (Prob not the best choice but better than cookies and milk which is what I wanted.
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Coming Clean

The truth hurts! It is no fun to post this and have to admit I didn't stick to my commitment of no sugar no white flour until sept 3rd. Saturday I crashed and burned when Brian offered to share a snickers with me following a marathon shopping escapade at walmart and costco. I went straight downhill for the rest of the day and since the devil was already sitting on my shoulder he convinced me to blow Sunday as well. UGgggg. Tom is a new day, back on track and I'm sticking to it!!!!
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8-14 I'm a believer

I have not kept the daily inventory of food consumed, I need to get back to that pronto...but the good news is the only slight mishap I've had is a handful of peanut MM's today, and that is because my lovely monthly flow has decided to stick around for the ENTIRE FREAKING MONTH. My ovaries were screaming, I was in the middle of a meeting and nothing else was around. At least they had peanuts and I did stick to ONLY one handful. That's AMAZING for me.

I decided to try a smoothie recipe off the internet that contained spinach. I've known four good people throughout my life that swear by these very HEALTHY smoothies, but I always thought they looked gross! WRONG I love them, crave them, actually prefer them as a desert, AND I think it's helping me to poop twice or more a day (yay for the intestines!)

Recipe for Basic Green

1c. WAter

1-2 Handfuls of baby spinach

2 TB agave nectar or other natural sweetener

2C. fruit of choice

1/2 lemon with peel. (I only use a 1/4 lemon)

Creamsicle Green Smoothie

(pictured below)

1c water

1c plain rice milk

2-3 lg spoonfuls of OJ concentrate

1 lg bunch of baby spinach

1 tsp vanilla

2c. frozen peaches

FAVORITE SO FAR!