But today...it's not that kinda day! I'm working to turn it around, but I seriously just want to munch on every single carbohydrate I have in my house! Pretzels...mainly pretzels. Not so bad smartpoint wise, but seriously?! WHY would I want to waste my points on pretzels??
Have you experienced this?? Just having a desire to just munch on a certain food, not even WANTING to spend the points, but seriously that huge fly in your ear just won't buzz off?! I am determined to not use my points on those, as breakfast was a little higher than I expected. I made eggs with salsa, green beans, and shrimp this morning, and somehow when I calculated everything, my salsa came up with a points value. I SWEAR I calculated it before and there were NO points attributed to my favorite salsa, but it may just be an off day for me. With that being said, I received great advice from a leader that if a certain measurement or ingredient is working for you and you haven't been giving it points, then don't worry about it. (NOW! That's not to say "oh full fat ranch dressing, or any dressing, or chocolate, or peanut butter has been doing wonders for me...I won't count it". Come on people, I'm talking like salsa, or dashes of healthy oils) I'm kinda sitting at that spot with my salsa. I've still lost not counting my salsa...it's up to your discretion. It's like I told my members on Satruday, if you are stuck at a weight and you drink fruit smoothies, those babies are NOT 0 smartpoints. Rule of thumb is for every 1/2 cup of fruit, count it as 2 smartpoints. Bananas, bam! Those babies are 5 smartpoints right outta the peel. BUT, if your body is doing what you want it to and you have been counting your solely fruit smoothies as 0 smartpoints, rock the plan and do what works for you. I decided to count my salsa today because I want to be accountable to myself despite my craziness in cravings. So breakfast ended up being totally filling, but 8 smartpoints. 1 whole egg (2sp), 3 egg whites (1sp), a handful of cut sweet peppers, a handful of cut green beans, about 2 T of salsa (which is 0 smartpoints, but I had to actually get out my measuring spoons and cups to see what my dumping actually came close to. I split the dish with my sister, so between us, I guesstimated at 2 T), and 1.5 oz of Cilantro Lime shrimp (STILL 1 smartpoint! I wasn't too happy about this because I thought if I was cutting the 3 oz in half I might be able to sneak by with a 0 smartpoint win. Nope, I took one for the team my friends. Lesson learned: seriously, if you are going to try something new, TRACK IT FIRST) And of course I had to accompany the delicious concoction with a couple dashes of my McCormick Vegetable Seasoning and an Ezekiel 4:9 New Mexico Style Tortilla (4sp).
This beautiful baby is 2 portions worth of food because I split it with my sister, but the ingredients I listed above are for 1 serving.
After breakfast it was off to get some grocery shopping done for my sister, pick up some batteries to fix our stupid smoke detector that won't stop chirping...and what would you have it? I've LOST my keys! Yesterday I had them at church...but I think I accidentally left them there when I was locking up closets, and what the heck, my husband brought his spare keys so we didn't even have to THINK about looking for mine. I didn't discover the mishap until this morning. Hopefully they are still at the church...my life is on those things! Pray for me.
My mind just isn't in it today. Inside Out? Anyone seen it? I feel like Sadness and Joy are going at it today...
Sadness: maybe I will just go into the negative and not worry about it
Joy: No! You don't want to do that! You are working so hard! You are stronger than this craving!
Sadness: but I just don't feel like exercising and I don't feel like making dinner tonight. Is it so wrong to call it a Cereal Night?
Joy: Why don't you try going for a workout and getting some endorphins going
Sadness: But I'm too tired
Joy: You KNOW when you workout you feel better! You've got so much going for you, don't let a little tiredness ruin your feelings for the day
Disgust: Ew, seriously? I don't want to change and get all sweaty
Anger: What's the problem...you haven't even had time to shower yet today! What's a little workout?
Fear: Did we really just admit that to the masses? HIDE YOUR FACE!
Fear: Are we even making any sense? Everyone reading this blog is going to think we're nuts! Just stop right now and pretend Joy is winning.
Disgust: Ew, no! Everyone wants you to be real! I'm sure we aren't the only ones out there struggling today...or everyday...or whatever
Joy's gotta say the last word, but I feel like...Sadness is a little more influential today.
Am I strong enough to go get my workout clothes on? Am I strong enough to do my 9 MM?
Oh yeah, I totally saw a quad muscle poke through today when I was squatting to pick up my son's milk cup while he was still in my arms. I want that all the time.
Joy: That's the spirit! Come on, we're a great team! Let's do this!
Ok, Joy. You win. Let's do this...Just start walking, and then I'll start running, and then I'll want to do the stairs, and then my 9 MM will be complete.
Joy: Rock today. You can do this!
Thanks, Joy. Yes, I CAN do this...and you know what? Cereal for dinner might just be an OK mix up in the lifestyle :)
Life happens, and when it does, be stronger than your influence. Have a little chat with yourself and go eat some cuties instead of pretzel sticks. Buy yourself your favorite yogurt/fruit cup mix at the grocery store so you don't eat a Subway sandwich. Fage Total 0% Raspberry was the life saver again at the grocery store...and only 4 smartpoints which put me back at balance with my 6 smartpoint guideline per meal.
Let's just say I'm looking forward to lunch.
Just keep tracking,
Camille
Ditto ditto ditto!! I am munchy today and feeling tons of mom guilt. Guilt that I haven't done something super fun with my kids on their day off. Guilt that we are cleaning to get ready for company. Guilt that my kids are just hanging out. But as I look at them, I think they are probably ok. We are talking and listening to music. One of them is reading. Two of them are playing and painting nails. But the mom guilt makes me sad. So I completely get a "blue-er" kind of day than normal. I've stayed within points today but just feel a little off. Maybe a protein shake will perk things up. :). And btw- cereal sounds great for dinner. :)
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