Last day of Month 1

 

I'm pretty sick.

 

BUT, I completely stayed on plan.

 

Meal 1- Cappuccino

Meal 2- Chicken noodle soup

Meal 3- Wild Rice Soup

Meal 4- Choc PB bar

Meal 5-Mac N Cheese with Tuna and broccoli added

Snack- sugar free cherry jello

 

Lots of Blueberry Tea and Water

 

Last day of JANUARY!!!!!  

 

TOMORROW:  Monthly pictures and Measurements to take.  Cant wait!!!!!!

day 30- Eating and Emotions

Meal 1- Cappuccino
Meal 2- Choc pb bar
Meal 3- Caramel crunch bar
Meal 4- Hot cocoa
Meal 5- Choc chip pancakes 2 tbs sugar free syrup
Meal 6- Two scrambled eggs
Meal 7- Choc chip cookie smidge 2 percent milk

Water and hot Tea galore

I am feeling a 'cold' a brewin'.  The past two nights I have felt sinus=ey.   I am thinking that in the past when I have started to feel sick, or when I am sick I have liked to medicate myself with food.  Who knew? This must be a prior habit because the past two nights I just want to eat..  and I have been upset because nothing seems to satiate.

I know that part of this journey is to figure out why I have turned to food to satisfy my soul instead of the Lord.    I am assuming it's because food can be instantly gratifying... tangibly satisfying.  I can see it, smell it, taste it.  The Lord offers peace, refuge, unconditional love, joy and so much more.  When you compare the lists it seems a no brainer that I would turn to the One who can offer all this, than turn to food for a temporary 'feeling'.  So.. I press on  toward the Prize... my heavenly Prize. 
EVERYTHING and EVERY part of life is to point us to becoming more like Christ.   Things we go through teach us patience... perseverance... how to love... how to forgive... how to serve.  Conquering my food addiction will bring glory to God  as I learn to love myself and others more freely.. as I persevere.. as I forgive myself... as I am more free to serve others because I am not so bound in my chains of addiction.

 

Day 29- Pound jar and Vision Board!

On the TSFL facebook support page I found this idea:

 

I have tons of letter stickers from my scrapbooking crafty days. So I busted out my crafty bin. I  bought the jars and blue stones from the Dollar Tree.  I broke it down into half pounds. Every half pound lost I get to move it to the Pounds Lost jar! 

 

100 pounds in 2013!  Let's do this!

 

I also have started a Vision Board upon my Health Coach's suggestion.

 

I am excited for where this journey is going to lead me!

4 weeks down.... 48 to go!

 



Day 28

Meal 1- choc mint bar
Meal 2- Lemon Merengue bar
Meal 3- part lean and green at a lunch meeting for work- 4 oz grilled chicken, small salad, pickles
Meal 4- choc pb bar
Meal 5- Choc chip cookie, smidge milk
Meal 6- part lean Turkey taco meat, 1 tsp salsa, 1 tsp sour cream, .5 oz cheese

Feelin good!

Week 4 weigh in

Down -4.8  woot woot

Total lost- 21.3    in 4 weeks    craziness!!!!!!


Lean and Green yesterday-    Turkey Tacos salad!   I love Mexican food... Hispanic food in general actually.    I got a recipe for homemade taco seasoning from my Health Coach.   I was so skeptical that it would taste good... but of course it did!   I shredded up some Vermont Cabot Sharp Cheddar 75% less fat cheese,  had about 7 oz of meat, a bit of salsa and a few tsps. of sour cream.  Holler!!  SOO GOOD.   I didn't miss the taco shell at all.

Me gusta la comida Mexicana!  

My hubs keeps saying I am getting smaller.  I can feel his arms around me closer.  Gotta say... that feels good.   We call my back side my 'shelf''.  It's a term of endearment so don't be offended for me. My bootay has a mind of it's own.   So he keeps saying how my shelf is getting smaller too.  Yay!

P.s.- I am so so so thankful for hubs. He is really genuinely supportive and loving through it all.   I feel also like I am able to love him a little better because maybe I love myself a little better.  He is so proud of me and emotionally there for me.  God hooked me up!  I married him because I always felt 'emotionally safe' with him.  He has never made me feel like my emotions were silly.  Well actually once and I freaked out.  LOL  so maybe I scared it out of him.   I have always felt 'physically safe' with him too.  Like even though I am overweight he still thinks I'm beautiful and sexy.  I'm going to go jump in bed and snuggle a bit before shower time. Hee Hee.  LOVE HIM! 

Organizing Medifast

Domestic Diva-  Organizing the Medifast

I have an amazing online support system through Take Shape for Life.  This woman lost over 200 pounds a few years ago... she became a coach and because of her .. over 400 people are now losing weight through TSFL.  craziness...    So, she and the coaches under her and all of their clients have a Facebook private support page..  I got this idea from a lady on there.

 

An over the door shoe organizer thingy!

I cut off the tops of the boxes they came in to show what the food is. This works perfectly for me!



day 26- Domestic Diva

Meal 1- choc shake
Meal 2- Vegetable beef soup-  not too bad
Meal 3- part lean-  1 oz 75% fat free extra sharp cheddar Vermont Cabbot-  so good
Meal 4- Medifast choc chip cookie with 1 tsp pb
Meal 5- part lean- 1 oz cheese
Meal 6- Medifast choc chip cookie with pb again
eek no veggies

water and crystal lite- green tea mango

I love Saturdays with nothing to do....  and yet everything to do....

I haven't written much about my Domestic Diva ventures.
Past self/ pre wife self=  messy.... really messy 
2013 self/Wife self and forward- striving for organization and cleanliness not perfection

After 3.5 years of marriage I finally feel like we have mastered the layout of our apartment. We have figured out what works well for us in terms of furniture placement. Now it's time to get good at the little things in a home that make it run more smoothly.   Like organized kitchen drawers. :)  So that was my Domestic Diva adventure today.   Organizing those drawers!

Step 1- bought drawer liner from Christmas tree shop

 

Step 2- empty out the drawers and clean them! so many crumbs.. eeww

 

Yay! Done!

 I should have taken a before pic to show how messy they were. Ha!

 

 

Another aspect of being a Domestic Diva-  simple, cheap decorations which make things feel more 'homey'.  When I was 'single' all of those years, I felt like I didn't know how to decorate a home.  I knew it was inside of me somewhere deep down.. but I didn't take the time to figure it out I guess. So, the Christmas Tree Shop has become my buddy.  Cute stuff for cheap.  And I must share my latest Christmas Tree Shop Find!!!



 

Battery LED string lights!  Whispy little lights. $2.99

 

 

I bought a colored jar, a box of potpourri ball things and voila!

 

I think it's final resting place is going to be in the bedroom.

 

TODAY was such a good day.  Relaxing with the hubby... organizing... relaxing some more... organizing.. relaxing some more... and then we watched Men In Black 3. Really good movie!