Ahhhhh........That's better!

Since Wednesday, I have gotten off the"juice". Today is Sunday and as soon as I stopped drinking the shakes, I felt so much better! When I am eating just good, wholesome nutritious food, I feel so much better. I feel healthier, more energetic, and just over-all healthy. I always feel amazed at the difference in the feeling of my over-all health as soon as I begin to feed my body lean protein, veggies, whole oats and grains and fruits. When I am eating this way, I can really enjoy what I am eating. I am always learning that eating healthy really is not about deprivation and eating gross and bland foods. Eating healthy is about eating foods that are good for your overall nutrition, but learning how to make those food tasty. It has to do with portion size too. I think that is my biggest problem. I always want more, but I am learning.

This week I conquered a big challenge. A friend and I were meeting up Friday night and she suggested dinner. I had already set up my crock pot that morning and when I got home, my dinner was going to be all cooked and ready. So, I made a difference choice than I ever have. I told her that we could meet for drinks or coffee, but that I was going to eat dinner at home. She was good with that. We ended up meeting at O'Charlies and my friend and Maggie both got a combination appetizer plate that I have to say, looked crazy yummy!!! But I knew I already had dinner. I did have a very small taste of potato skin and a taste of a cheese stick and a very small taste of chicken finger. I had one Midouri Sour and then I had Diet Coke. There was also bread on the
table and I am so happy that I resisted it, it looked so good.

Yesterday was a little harder struggle. Maggie and I went to Subway for breakfast and I got a light english muffin with egg whites, cheese, a slice of ham and onions and peppers. It was really good. For lunch I had a sandwhich with cream cheese and jelly, but I had both the cream cheese and Jelly in moderation. Then I ate an apple. A few hours later, I still felt hungry and I started to snack on tostido's and salsa. I def. ate more chips than I should have and then I treated myself to a beer. Then for dinner, we got hero's. I had a chick parm hero and although I was full half way through, the old me came out and I continued to eat the rest and then I ate a black and white cookie for desert. It wasn't the worst, but it def. wasn't the best.

I guess it's about progress, not perfection. I have had some pretty bad weekends, and so although I made mistakes and could have made some better choices, it was def. better than the weekends I have had with McDonalds, dunkin donuts, cookies and good knows what else.

Today I am going to work on making better choices. I am about to go eat breakfast and I am going to have a bowl of oatmeal (Quaker whole oats) and a cup of coffee. For lunch, I have a smart one I have been wanting to eat and for dinner, I am going to have more of my crock pot meal, turkey sausage and sauerkraut.

I am going to get there, I have to get there. I just can't live this life anymore. I want a happier, freer life and most of all, I want to be active! I LOVE to be active, but I have robbed myself of that life. I traded it for food......It's pretty sick if you think about it, so I won't. I will just fix it and get myself back on the right track!