I love that commercial that is for some sort of cereal where the ladies are saying “one lap stronger”, etc. I hear that in my head a lot these days “stronger”.
I have been weaker at times, though. Two days last week I ate mindlessly after everyone was in bed like I used to. One day I actually logged all of that food and the extra calories amounted to like 500! But the good part is that it passed and there it is….that voice saying “stronger”. I think that there are a lot of factors that have allowed me to bounce back from those slip ups. For one thing, I am having too much fun not having to carry around so much shame anymore. And food just doesn’t feel as rewarding as it used to feel.
And more “stronger” - my youngest son had surgery today for the salivary issue that he has. The surgery was almost 2 hours from home in a big college town. In the past I would have been determined to eat out since I was going to be gone all day. But today, I packed a lunch for two reasons: A. it was not worth trying to find a place to eat and B. I get tired of trying to figure out what I can eat without compromising my health goals. My life is just not revolving around food anymore. I do have the occasional meltdown where I feel whiney and I miss being able to eat mindlessly, but it does not become a problem.
Lately, I have wanted to work in a dessert into my daily calories. I saw a commercial for those Betty Crocker Warm Delights Minis. What I like about this is that there is a beginning and a very clear end, meaning that it would require less self control than taking a small brownie out of a whole pan or something like that. Safer. So I got some. I bought the raspberry one and the molten chocolate one. I have only tried the raspberry, though. It was not what I was looking for. I ended up letting the kids eat it. I was hoping for something more brownie like and it was more cakey. So next, I tried Weight Watchers Mocha Fudge Sundae. This is more of the type of thing I like. I would buy this again.
While on this subject, the other product I tried this week was Marzetti’s Light Balsamic Vinaigrette. I really like making my own salad dressing with the recipes I mentioned a while back. But sometimes I don’t have any made and want a quick and easy salad dressing for lunch time. I really liked this a lot.
I can’t not mention sugar snap peas. I love to have these raw with dinner or in a salad. The good thing is that it is something snacky like that I feel like I can grab a handful of without counting. Thank goodness, something that I don’t have to count. Sometimes I feel like Count von Count, so these are great.
I did get to see 177. I am not sure that it hung around, though or if I had just weighed at the perfect biological moment to weigh when all things are in my favor. I don’t trust numbers until I see them a couple of times. So we will see. My legs have been a tad puffy lately. When I checked fitday for my weight loss for the past month….less than four pounds! Ouch! I have messed up a couple of times, but still…yikes. I am really having to fight to get through the 170’s. I hope that this plateau ends and the lower 170’s will be easier than the upper 170’s have been. It is been a rough go, that is for sure.
Hanging in there, though. Supposedly slow weight loss is good. I need to build some muscle to raise my metabolism, but with gaining muscle also comes the feeling of not losing weight due to the numbers on the scale. I am not sure I am strong enough for that yet.
