Just touching base. Love our long chats but can't afford the time right now. STUPID busy … but just the way I like it! Of course I SHOULD be prepping for my stamping Open House Friday but that's SO not how I operate. In procrastinating on THAT I'm getting so much done in other areas! Reorganizing the bonus room, drafting 4 hour emails, catching up on the girls' diaries … and now having my parents over for dinner.
Things are still going really well. Except for yesterday I got those 3 litres of water in every day. No - still haven't managed the pilates DVD's … maybe next week? No - who am I kidding … I really DO need to get on that Open House stuff soon … and it's a long weekend so the pressure is on for Tues, Wed, Thurs. All good.
I DID stumble a bit one day last week. After being all proud of myself and my restraint and focus I totally binged after dinner. Ice cream, 2 cookies, popcorn. As always I felt like crap afterwards - both physically and mentally. But! … I didn't wallow for long. Next morning I woke up and started again. Right back on track. I recognized, and was right, that Aunt Flo was due any minute. That, as always, explains the carb cravings that I just can't seem to control … and I don't. Yesterday and this morning I everything I truly craved were carbs … so I had them, guilt free. No point resisting. If I had substituted with, say, protein I would STILL be trolling through the pantry looking for something that satisfied … so I just went with it. Had some toast. Had a few crackers. Nothing too out of control, just fed the craving. Aunt Flo arrived and that's the end of THAT!
Onward and upward!
On reflection I see why I was so successful last week. I didn't have to pre-plan or think about what I was going to eat for most meals. Shake for breakfast, lots of water, borscht for lunch, lots of water, sensible dinner. Done! That borscht was the key! Filling, took me a long time to eat and healthy! So … in an effort to recreate the success I will do the same again this week. I will pre measure the water (but think I will reduce it to 2.5 litres. Three just has me going through too much toilet paper and peeing every time I sneeze! Over-share. Sorry.
I'm done with borscht - had it almost every day for two weeks … so I made up a big match of another of my favourite soups - Weight Watchers Hot and Sour. Now it's not what you get in the restaurants by ANY stretch of the imagination … but I love it! I LOVE the texture of tofu … and the mushrooms .. and it's low calorie and filling. Perfect! I go to the Lucky Supermarket and grab lots of fresh mushrooms there - they are the BEST for freshness and price. Brown mushrooms, shitake, oyster, king … and extra firm tofu. This batch I also used Mushroom broth I got at Costco a few months ago. I don't use dried mushrooms (fresh is faster and less gritty) and, after testing, I often throw in a lot more hot sauce and/or rice vinegar. Anything goes - hard to screw it up. Here's the recipe …
So that's the plan for the next few days. I'm walking with a lot less pain so I may try to increase my walk by 10-15 minutes next week. That's what I chose to do … just for this week :)
Have an awesome Sunday Girlfriend! Love you :)
Tam
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