Days of abstinence: 34
Days until surgery: 50 (My countdown got off by a day
somewhere. There are really 50 days
left)
Weight: 163.0 pounds
It’s a relief to see the scale moving in the right direction
again. I’ve been consistently more
disciplined about not eating any fruit & nut snacks, eating dinner a little
earlier, and eating more green veggies.
These were very small changes to my diet, but they seem to have made a
difference between losing weight and not losing weight. There are moments in the day that I want to
eat, not a craving exactly, but I get a vague sense that I feel like eating
even though I am not particularly hungry.
Usually it goes away when I get up from my desk for a few minutes, get a
fresh glass of water, and decompress before getting back to my job. If it doesn’t pass and it’s within an hour or
so of my normal meal time, I go ahead and eat my lunch or dinner. Yesterday, I ate dinner at around 4:00, for
example. That was fine. I didn’t get hungry before bed. I imagine my biorhythms are a little off from
all the late night baseball and long days at the office. I’m looking forward to post-postseason
baseball season and getting this deal in the bag. Funny that both are supposed to happen in the
same week.
We are going to the first game of the World Series tonight! I am so happy for Jack. I have developed a real liking of the game of
baseball and I am a Royals fan, but I am happiest for my husband. Going to a Royals’ World Series game has been
a dream of his since he was a boy. It is
awesome to see him so happy. Now the
Boys in Blue need to do one more thing for me, well, four more things. They need to win four of the next seven ball
games they play. That’s all. Just four more ball games. Please.
Thank you very much!
Food could be an issue today.
We are leaving the house at 3:00, the game starts at 7:00 and who knows
when it will end. I am packing a dinner
and taking it into the park with me. I
am usually OK with eating before we leave, but we are leaving so early, that
really is not an option this time. I am
packing roasted chicken and veggies and an apple. I’ll eat them cold around 6:00 and I should
be fine. Everyone else can eat a hotdog
or chicken tenders and fries. I’ll eat
my roasted chicken. So, even though food
could be an issue today, it won’t be an issue.
I bought the Whole30 book the other day. This is a different book than It Starts With
Food, which is the book that introduced me to the Whole30. If I had to choose between the Whole30 book
and It Starts With Food, I’d choose It Starts With Food. It contains a much more succinct explanation
of why certain foods are eliminated from the program. I bought the Whole30 primarily for the
recipes and as a reinforcement. There
are many, many pages in the book that I will not read, but I found some of the
chapters interesting/reinforcing. A lot
of the book part of the book is information I just don’t need now that I am 33
days into my 2nd Whole30. I
used the cookbook portion of the Whole30 this weekend, though. I ate the first meal from it yesterday,
Banger Sausage Patties with mashed sweet potatoes and green beans. It was really good. In spite of being excessively busy right now,
it was fun to try some new recipes.
Today I am trying to decide between the stuffed peppers and chicken
cacciatore for lunch. They both look
really good. It reminds me that this is
not a program of deprivation, but a program of planning.
OK, I have to run. I have a
project that needs to be done in a few hours and I am not sure where to
start. I hope I have an inspiration on
my way to work! I have to leave the
office at 2:30 today, after all!
Have a beautiful day!!
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