Keeping It Quick and Simple!
Tonight, I vow to go to take care of myself by…
- turning the tele off by 9 PM
- spending time giving myself a facial while all the candles are lit in the bathroom, and soft music is playing from the bedroom
- putting on my favorite pair of sexy, yet comfortable pajamas
- making my bed before I get climb into it
- being in bed by 9:30 PM with a good book
Oh, that sounds divine, which is why I am keeping this post short and sweet tonight!
As for my visual nutrition plan:
Today is day 7 of my 30-Day-Self-Created-Visual-Nutrition-Plan!! I can eat whatever I want, but I have to take a picture of ANYTHING and EVERYTHING I eat and post it on this blog – and have to be willing to take any criticism I might incur!!! The knowledge that I have to take pics and post everything that I have eaten has really curbed a couple of poor choices!! Although, an occasional treat can sometimes be DIVINE!!!
I didn’t do so great today – I let me crazy busy work schedule mess with my eating plan for today. I had sooo many meetings that I literally didn’t get an actual mealtime, which meant I didn’t eat NEARLY enough today (that would explain the killer headache that I am now rockin’!)!! So, I just snuck what I could as quickly as I could!! WHEW!!!
Out of sheer curiosity, I did weigh again this morning and found that I had lost a total of 2.8 pounds since I started my visual nutrition plan almost a week ago!! That just blows my mind, and it also gives me hope that I really am not “destined” to be at this size!!! YEAH!!! I LOVE the idea that my weight is not pre-ordained, or something!!
With that said, here is the pic of all I ate today:
Breakfast: Chocolate soy milk with added fiber, and a banana
Breakfast 2: Yogurt with granola (quick, easy, and oh so delicious)
Lunch: I ate a whole sandwich, but had forgotten to take a pic until I had eaten the first half – oops!! The sandwich was made with whole wheat bread, honey ham, roasted bell pepper slices, and fresh spinach! It was really yummy, but I am going to have to remember to pack the bell pepper slices sperately, since it made a soggy mess out of my bread – EW!!! My husband always says, “Sometimes, if it is good for you, you just need to eat it, not like it!” – too funny!
Snack: Sliced apple with 2 tablespoons of peanut butter
Dinner: my headache had started by then, so I had a pretty big dinner; 1/2 a bell pepper and 1/4 of a large onion both sliced and sauteed, 3 eggs scrambled into the veggies, with a side of whole wheat english muffin with whipped butter, and a glass of skim milk. I heard that whipped butter has a lot of air in it so you actually get less fat in a tablespoon than if you had a tablespoon of regular butter – I really hope that is true, because I don’t know if I could get over butter! DELICIOSO!!!
Have a FABULOUS evening! I am off to go to take care of myself!!! 😉
