Food Report
Oh my gosh, it was tough. But I did it. Not perfectly. But my goals were: 1.) follow the challenge I have with Jen to not have any chips or icecream and 2.) have a healthy weekend where I don't "ease up" on my food plan and go crazy.
So yesterday the trouble was marshmallows and I had some cookies before bed. But I didn't let it ruin the whole weekend.
Today the challenging part was when we went to the car show. We immediately smelled popcorn and I thought, "Oh, no. I forgot about popcorn." My kids immediately wanted some. It was yummy kettlecorn and it had the nutritional info printed on the bag. Well, I don't consider those chips, so I still stayed within the challenge (I had opppotunities to have chips and passed them by ) but popcorn wasn't on my foodplan. Still, making good progress.
Tonight for dinner we drove thu Wendy's and I got a chicken salad. My kids got mini-Frosty's. I told my husband ahead of time to help me not have any of their icecream. It was so hard and if it wasn't for this challenge with Jen, I would have finished Carter's Frosty. I looked at my husband and said, "this is so hard for me." He said, "you just have to have will power and get through it." (Sound familiar, Ashli?) And I did! And now I'm proud of myself. I know I can do it. A few bites of his icecream would not have been worth the guilt and self-abuse I would have put myself through later.
So now I need to do the same tomorrow and I KNOW I can!

Exercise
None today.

Daily Joy
Hmm. It's been a busy day and I haven't done anything for myself yet. But I'm hoping when I'm done here to work on my scrapbook page that I started the other day. But I have a few other things to do. So we'll see. Maybe a cup of tea.

Daily Gratitude
I had a great day with my family. And I really enjoyed some moments I had along with Collin where I just focused on him.
We went to the car show this morning (indoor) and we stood in line forever to get a picture with Lightning McQueen and then in another line so Collin could get a ballon creation from a clown. We got to look at a few cars. We came to watch a movie with Collin while Carter took a nap and then tonight we went to Bass Pro so the boys could look at boats (and climb all over them). Busy day, but fun.

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Thanks guys. The marshmallows were actually from yesterday. I had just logged my food yesterday and I haven't been subtracting my exercise. But with my exercise I probably landed at 1600 or so net. Maybe closer to 1500. I'm just so tired of worrying about all this. I'm tired of food and weight being the focus of my life. This is not the way I want to live my life. This is not healthy and I just want to be free.
I ate too much for breakfast. I snacked on dry Kix while I was making breakfast and a cup later, I'm 110 cals over for breakfast. It's so easy to do that.
:Sigh: Freedom. That is what I want more than anything else.
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Stupid Marshmallows! They are in the trash now.