Elizabeth’s Week 3 Day 7
Food Diary:
Breakfast– Mixed berry fruit smoothie with banana, almond milk, 2-3 cups of greens, and concord grape juice
Snack– Cheese stick
Lunch– Mixed vegetables with teriyaki chicken
Snack– 2 small bags of peanuts (on the plane), the rest of Evalina’s cookie from the plane
Dinner– Turkey wrap (whole wheat wrap with lettuce, light mayo, tomato, and Havarti cheese, you can purchase these @ Costco, they are delicious), a Diet Coke
Dessert– 1 sugar free Jello pudding cup with whipped topping
Exercise: none
Thoughts: Glen is seriously pushing me harder than needed to win this challenge! Some of you feel that he is an ass and gives advice when not needed, imagine being married to him….(I know, I am a witch according to Glen for saying this). His pushing at this point is not motivating me. It actually makes me want to sabotage my weight loss. I need to do this for myself more than anything else and this situation is making me feel like I am doing it for him. I know that he just wants me to be healthy, but it sometimes really frustrates me. We’ve talked about this today and I’m hoping that he backs off some and trusts me to work hard without his constant input.
I guess I haven’t been COMPLETELY honest in my past few posts…..Glen wants me to tell you this. I have had one Diet Pepsi or Diet Dr. Pepper each day the past week. That was the only way I could stay sane in the junk food house (Glen’s parents’). I know it’s not the best drink for me for MANY reasons….but at least it has ZERO calories. Glen has been giving me a really hard time about this. I know I need to back down on drinking this, especially if I want to prepare my body for pregnancy in the late summer.
Soda tends to also bloat me, so I am a little nervous about stepping on the scale tomorrow. This past week could have been A LOT worse. If I were to compare the situation to a drug addict, it was like drugs right in front of your face all day long. I know I have food addiction problems, and dealing with so many treats around, I did pretty dang good.
If anything, I want to rededicate myself this week to more intense exercise and better eating (cutting down the diet sodas). I need to learn to be gentle with myself. I think I may want to return to seeing a therapist. Some of my weight issues are linked to abuse that I need to continue striving to resolve.
Hi Liz! You are doing fantastic. We had an entire weekend last week that we ate like crap, what did we do? We just went on plugging away on our diet the next day. You don’t need to worry about being perfect 100% of the time. It is what we do most of the time that makes the big difference. We are here for YOU. Don’t do it for Glen, do you for yourself and your future baby.
(Believe me, I am not doing my weight loss for Jaron lol)
Liz, we are all in this together, to support each other. Don’t give up…and yes, do this for you….not Glenn, or anyone else. And so what if you had a diet Coke, I drank Mtn Dews over the weekend…so you get back on track, leave the past behind. I cannot let food rule my life, I need to be in charge…and I have found that when I stop thinking about all the things I have to eat, and just eat when I am hungry, I do so much better.
I am feeling so much better since I have been exercising, and that in itself makes me want to eat better. Liz, I am proud of you, proud of doing this and putting so much into it…don’t give up now, we are all in this together, you have come this far!