Beginning of the Week
It's not been a particularly great week. Weightloss has been slow to the point I have gained a pound back but its my monthly cycle time and I believe it to be water weight. So I looked at NSV non scale victories for me. They were amazing as far as I am concerned which made me happier. I lost another half inch in my chest which I am at 40 now, my hips/waist I lost an inch I am at 46 inches now, and my stomach I lost 1 1/2 inch I am at 42 1/2 inches there now. These made me alot happier because the gaining a pound back was a bit depressing intially. Stress can hinder progress as well with your health and weight loss. My husband keeps joking he will need to buy me a belt soon. Which is not a horrible problem to have.
This weekend we left for spring break in florida at my dad's house and this is my week's worth of fuelings ready and organized. I used the same bin to bring my food scale, mini whisk, a mini bowl scraper things I use daily or multiple times a day for my meals.
I get the opportunity to try out new recipes and some of them are a success definitely repeatable over and over again. Some aren't that great and won't make a reappearance. The kids are having to get used to a new way of eating and they will eventually will get on board with this life change I have embraced.
I'm learning new ways of hacking fuelings and enjoying so far the flavors I'm putting together. I'm still finding things I like and don't like.
This was a delicious new shake I tried amazing. Dark Chocolate Covered Cherry Shake.
When all else fails you don't feel like cooking a big meal Salads have become a nice friend in our household. This one was made with butter lettuce. We got the butter lettuce from Imperfect Produce which gets delivered to our house.
Staying Motivated
In the book Dr. A's Habits of Health Dr. Wayne Scott Anderson says "Conflict driven motivation is one of the major reasons people yo yo. Your going to motivate yourself by focusing on what you want -not what you dont want." (Anderson, 2008, pg 20-21).
Being organized is part of what keeps me motivated. When my fuelings came in the mail. I took time to sort them and have my ziplock baggies labeled with the days of the week on them and I put my five fuelings in them and made sure the days I was traveling in the car all day to have my easiest fuelings available to eat on those days. He later in the chapter on motivation emphasizes "To figure out how to get to our destination (optimal health), we must first look realistically at where we are. The space between these two points creates the tension that motivates us to change." (Anderson, 2008, pg 23).
Sometimes things happen that your fuelings fail you and you have to know what you can eat to stay on plan and you improvise. Dr. A wisdom is so helpful and I love learning from this book and sharing with those of you out there. He says "To support our primary goal (optimal health), we do things we wouldn't otherwise choose to do, like exercising or eating right. We may not always like doing these things but we like where they get us." (Anderson, 2008, pg 27). He continues it is this relationship- between the primarhy and secondary choice- that the key to discipline is found. Once you know how to manage this relationship, you'll be able to accomplish more than you ever thought possible."(Anderson, 2008, pg 27).
At the end of our travels to Florida we had dinner out at Texas Roadhouse and I avoided the rolls and cinnamon honey butter. I only ate a house salad with a tiny bit of dressing, a 6oz sirlion steak and greenbeans for my dinner. I also had a water to drink instead of soda or lemonaide. I felt good for sticking to the plan while out to eat and know its possible.
References
Anderson, W.S. Dr. (2008).
Dr. A's Habits of Health: The Path to Permanent Weight Control and Optimal Health Annapolis, MD: Habits of Health Press.
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