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I weighed myself yesterday morning and was down 4 lbs. That made my day. I think I will keep at this eat-when-you're-hungry plan. Today we were on the road for most of the day. I brought along some snacks but I didn't snack too much.
Andrea
Tuesday
Breakfast - whole wheat crackers and bit of peanut butter, banana (on the road)
Lunch - chinese (didn't eat too much because it wasn't very good)
Snack - 1/2 an ice cream cone (again, it wasn't that great, kind of chalky, so I let the kids finish it)
Supper - not hungry
Monday
Breakfast - Fibre One cereal with milk
Lunch - soup, 1 chicken strip
Supper - soup, 2 biscuits
Breakfast - 2 eggs, 1 piece of high fibre toast, 1 slice ham
Lunch - leftovers, piece of cake
Not hungry the rest of the day
Paul's home and all is well.
Andrea
Breakfast - Fibre One with milk
Lunch - bowl of soup, 1/2 a bun, 2 mini clementines
Supper - beef, bit of rice, cooked carrots, piece of chocolate cake
I wasn't completely hungry at 8:00 this morning but I still ate breakfast. While making supper in the afternoon, I nibbled on a bit of some beef and grapes so wasn't at all hungry when the kids ate. So I just didn't eat.
It's funny, I've been ok with not eating with everyone else if I'm not hungry. Before I would have just eaten anyway.
Andrea
Breakfast - Fibre One cereal with milk, bit of cantaloupe
Lunch - 2 turkey bites, chinese salad (coleslaw, a bit of slivered almonds and steam fried noodles, green onions, dressing was oil, soya sauce, chicken stock)
Snacked on a bit of beef and grapes before supper
Apple with 2 tbsp light peanut butter
It was 9:00 this morning before I felt hungry. Then I was off to town to do some shopping and for a hair cut.
Andrea
Breakfast - Fibre One cereal with milk (9:00)
Lunch at 1:30 - raw veggies and dip (1:30)
Supper - burger in 1/2 a pita with lots of veggies, greek dressing, 2 clementines
1/2 hour fast walk in the evening
It sure seems that when I wait for hunger, I eat so much less.
I woke up not feeling hungry yet, probably because of the peanut butter I had last night. So I waited, I had to stop myself from pouring my cereal a few times because I'm so used to eating with the kids. So breakfast was at 10:00 when I finally felt hungry.
I spent from noon till 7:30 driving to Saskatoon and back with a friend of Paul's. We were looking at a vehicle that Paul was interested in but couldn't go see because he's not home yet. I wasn't hungry before we left so at around 5:00 on the way back home I had a piece of cinnamon bread, not a great choice but the only one that was available. Then when I got home I had 1 1/2 pieces of pizza. Again not the best choice but it was available and it was getting late. Normally I would have just ate both pieces but I stopped 1/2 way through the second piece because I actually felt full. Then I went for a 1/2 hour walk at a fast pace while the kids rode their bikes.
It was interesting to wait for hunger today rather than just eating at normal meal times. Hopefully by waiting and eating less when I do feel hungry, I will get to where I am actually hungry at meal times.
Andrea
Breakfast - Fibre One cereal with milk (less than usual)
Lunch - nothing
Snack - 1 slice of cinnamon bread
Supper - 1 1/2 pieces of pizza
Not a healthy eating day but it sure wasn't much food.
I really focused on looking for my hunger signals today. By 7:45 I was very hungry so I ate about 3/4 of my usual amount of cereal. By noon my stomach was growling so I had a salad and a yogurt. And that kept me going until supper. I bbq'd pork chops for supper and they smelled so good.
Andrea
Breakfast - Fibre One cereal with milk
Lunch - salad (lettuce, cucumbers, red and green onion, feta cheese, greek dressing), yogurt
Supper - leftover potato vegetable soup, pork chop
Snack - felt hungry when I came home from a meeting so I had a spoonful of peanut butter (probably should have just gone to bed)
After many weeks of avoiding stepping on the scale, I stepped on it this morning. I'm up about 3or 4 lbs since the beginning of February. I'm not impressed with it but I'm not surprised either. I could have gone on another many weeks avoiding it but I don't want to do that again. This weight loss journey seems so hard. I know what I have to do but doing it isn't easy. And life happens and it's easy to just toss it aside for a while.
So I'll take it one day at a time and start with today. I woke up to a call on Skype at 5:30 this morning so I've been going since then. Now my stomach is growling so I'll have breakfast, but a little less than usual. I think I'm eating pretty healthy, most of the time, but my portions should probably be a bit smaller. So I'll start with that today and see how it goes and deal with tomorrow when it comes.
Andrea
I wasn't feeling that great today. Headache and I think I got Michelle's cough. But it was a gorgeous day and I got out for a 1/2 hour walk after supper.
Andrea
Breakfast - 2 slice of a sweet bread (this was not a good choice at all!)
Lunch - a few turkey bites (didn't feel like anything else)
Snack - celery with a bit of cream cheese
Supper - spaghetti squash, casserole
Paul finally has plans in place to make it home. Hopefully they all go as planned. Seems Portugal is safe to fly to the US so that's what we've booked. Just fights from Portugal have been filling up quickly so Friday is the earliest we could get. Even if some flights around Europe start up Monday like they are talking, I think this is his best bet because it's going to take a while for everything to get back to normal.
Went for a long walk with Michelle and Ben today too.
Andrea
Saturday
Breakfast - Fibre One cereal with milk
Lunch - salad, yogurt, banana
Supper - 3 pieces of Mel's pizza at the 30 hour Famine (it was the end of the famine for the kids)
Sunday
Breakfast - Fibre One cereal with milk
Lunch - potluck at church, I choose 2 different kinds of salad, slice of ham, a bit of 2 casseroles, bit of soup, no dessert
Snack - banana
Supper - salad, 1 slice of a sweet bread
Breakfast - Fibre One cereal with milk, banana
Snack - orange
Lunch - salad, turkey bite
Supper - club sandwich on whole wheat bread, some fries
Snack - popcorn, 1 cookie
I just talked to Paul on Skype this afternoon. Because of the volcano that erupted in Iceland, all kinds of flights have been cancelled. He is trying to get out of Russia by train on Friday instead of by plane and then we will see if by Sunday flights are leaving Germany. Just what he needs, to be stuck over there after being there a month already.
I've had a good last few days. Got some meetings done that I had kind of been nervous about. Turns out that when I'm well prepared for them, there's nothing to worry about.
I'll be taking Michelle to the doctor tomorrow because of a bad cough she has that just won't go away. She has had it about a week now and she is so tired because it keeps her up at night. As soon as she comes home from school, she goes straight into my bed and falls asleep. We'll see if she can make it to the 30 Hour Famine that the youth at our church are having tomorrow.
Three more sleeps till Paul comes home (hopefully)!
Andrea
Breakfast - 2 eggs and slice of cheese, spoonful of peanut butter
Lunch - salad, 1 turkey bite
Supper - homemade soup, 3 homemade biscuits (I definitely should have stopped at 2)
a bit of canned peaches
Well, a busy weekend is done. Just one more busy day and then the kids and I will be relaxing poolside for a few days. I'm looking forward to that!
Andrea
(I couldn't even begin to track what I've eaten these last few days. I'll start tracking again tomorrow.)
The kids are off school for the next week and we have lots planned. The next few days will be filled with helping friends get set up for their annual bull sale and then helping at the sale on Tuesday. Then we'll be helping at a farm auction. And then we'll be off to Medicine Hat for a few days of playing at a hotel with an indoor waterpark and maybe we'll do a bit of shopping. We have to have a bit of fun on the kids week off school.
But more important than all that, we will be celebrating Jesus this weekend and all that He did for us.
Andrea
Breakfast - cereal
Snack - grapefruit
Lunch - 3 turkey bites, an orange
Snack - popcorn
Supper - lots of samples at an Epicure party tonight
