Done real good today :)

Today was glorious!!! I promised myself I would stick to my calorie allotment and I did! Exactly!!! Here's what I had:

Breakfast:
Oatmeal with craisins in it
1/4 cup fresh raspberries
Handful of cashews

Lunch:
Open-faced tuna sandwich with light mayo and pickles
1/2 cup cherries (yummy)

Snack:
Fiber One Bar-not my best snack option, but I was hungry

Dinner:
Baked potato
3GS. Grilled turkey
Grilled pineapple

Dessert: 2 chocolate chip cookies

Total calories: 1200


I need to improve on my water consumption tomorrow

Sugar addiction...a confession

You'll notice I changed the title of this blog......it's true......I'm a SUGARholic. I read something a few days ago by Tony Horton (P90X guru) something to the effect of;

If you can't stop thinking about something, like sugar, alcohol, etc., then that's a pretty good chance you're addicted and you need to change your ways.

Wow.....he put alcohol in the same sentence as sugar....scary. I've been thinking about this for a while. In fact, here's a true story:

I ate a very healthy lunch today, grilled BBQ chicken with salad. Well, when I got done I just wanted to Hoover cookies, and hoover I did. I ate 4 no-bake cookies. Why? Why did I do that? I know why.....I'm addicted to sugar. It's sad really. I can't seem to go a day without sugar. So I guess the only way to become unaddicted to something is slow and steady. I'll start out with only 1 sweet a day, then I'll go to 1 sweet every other day and so on.

You're going down sugar.....down.

Grillin' for lunch...

We bought a grill yesterday. A big one. A nice one. I'm eating BBQ grilled chicken with a huge salad for lunch. It's so delicious!!!! My boys are even asking for seconds :0

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Okay, now that I've gotten that scream out.......

I came across a quote just a few minutes ago and it really hit home.  Here it is:

"Act in ways that are compatible with the person you want to be." 

So, basically, I have not been living my life or acting in ways that are compatible with the person I want to be.  The biggest area that I am talking about is my eating habits.  Inside, the person I want to be is a health fanatic.  I really want to show my family how important it is to feed our bodies the right fuel.  I don't want them to grow up thinking that soda at dinner is good for you, that candy as a reward is the only option, and I could go on and on.  

The other area that is not compatible with the person I want to be is my outgoingness.  (Is that even a word?)  I want to be an energetic, spur of the moment, outgoing, happy, caring, smiling mother, friend, and wife. 

So, while I am still struggling with perfecting my diet, I am going to add these two areas in my life to work on.  My eating and my outgoingness! 

.......P.S. my weight-loss goal for next Friday is 3 pounds!