May 25, 2018

My eating the past couple days has not been done very mindfully.  I also haven't overeaten, at least that I think.  It helps that I don't keep a lot of junk food in the house anymore since Chris is doing an extreme low carb way of eating.  I went out to breakfast with my mom this morning and ordered cinnamon french toast with two eggs and bacon.  I didn't eat it all, but probably ate more than I should.  Since Chris was gone on a bus trip, mom and I then later went and got an ice cream cone for lunch.  Definitely not eating healthfully, but also enjoying eating something I wanted without beating myself up over it.

I have debated for several days on buying the updated and revised copy of Tribole's Intuitive Eating book and finally just went ahead and bought the kindle version today.  Supposedly there is new info in it along with two new chapters.  It's supposed to work better with the workbook I have.

On a totally different topic...am thinking of doing a drastic summer hair cut.  Even shorter then the short I already have.  I have an appointment next week.

I know there is probably nobody reading this blog, but hey...ya never know. 

May 23, 2018

Well, today was not a good mindful eating day.  We had to run to Lafayette to return some things to Menards, visited a lady in the hospital then went to Outback to have lunch.  We had a gift card to use.

I helped myself to several pieces of their bread they put on the table.  Had a steak, but instead of having two servings of green vegetables, I opted for broccoli and a sweet potato.  The potato was not the best option.  I also ended the meal with one of their mini chocolate mousse desserts...which I totally was not hungry for.  It was something I wanted, did not need.   I was way too full when we left.  A meal that I overate on and felt uncomfortable after.  

Tomorrow is another day.....

May 21, 2018

Well today was more of a challenge.  We had a carry in lunch at the bus barn day...kind of an end of the school year thing.  Those type of things are always difficult to eat mindfully at.  I don't believe I overate, but I did indulge in a few baked goodies which are always a temptation for me.

I also nibbled a bit more during the day than I have been.  

I keep intending to begin working through the Intuitive Eating workbook I bought and now that school is over for the summer, now might be a good time to do that.

Mindful Eating

May 20, 2018

Sunday, a day for erratic eating.  Today was my day to do services at both Wolcott UMC and Mt. Zion so I wind up eating a light breakfast in between the two.  I ate a banana before the first service.  Then, I stopped at Family Express gas station.  This station has some decent snack options.  I picked up a tray with apple slices, cheese cubes and a few pecans.  That was breakfast on my way to Mt. Zion.  I also bought a container with hummus and pretzels.  I actually ate that for lunch when I got home.

Chris had planned on pork chops on the grill for a mid afternoon dinner, but he got called to a pastoral emergency at his church so I wound up going out to dinner with my mom at about 3pm.  We went to a restaurant in town.  I like eating off the Senior menu as the portions are smaller.  I got the chopped steak dinner with mashed potatoes and mixed veggies.  I probably ate about 2/3 of the meal and was satisfied.

Probably no dinner tonight since it was a late, late lunch.  Just got home from a one mile walk.  Chris is on his way home as well.  If I feel hungry this evening, am just going to have a light snack.  All in all, it was a decent day of mindful eating.

May 19, 2018

Well, I've fallen away from my blog again.  In the last couple of weeks Chris has gotten very concerned with passing his DOT physical that is coming up and decided to go extreme and follow the ketogenic diet.  He's doing fairly good on it, dropping 20 pounds and has not had too many cravings.  I stuck with it for a week and a half, did drop 10 pounds, but just can't follow it any longer.  Tooo extreme.

I really don't want to go back to tracking food so am going to try the blog again.  Try to be mindful, etc.  Have not had too much success with this approach either, but with Chris sticking with the K-diet we have very little tempting food in the house which is really how it should be.  No junk, no processed, no candy, etc.  I have added back some carb foods like oatmeal, high fiber bread, but other wise there are no processed foods in our pantry right now.

So, back to the blog and hopefully just eating more mindfully and healthfully.  

April 5, 2018

Well, today my diet was kind of a mish mosh.  I took with on the morning bus run one of my oatmeal bars and a banana.  Later, after I got back home my mom and I ran to Wolcott so I could do my bulletins for Sunday service, so mom and I had breakfast at the little cafe in town.

I had two scrambled eggs, half order of hashbrowns and an order of toast.

On the way home, we had to stop at The Homestead.  I bought a blueberry scone which was my snack for this evening. (edit...forgot I also bought a chocolate covered peanut butter egg at store and ate it in the car on the way home.  An impulsive bad snack.)

I really didn't have any lunch since we ate the breakfast around 10am.  So, around 1pm I had a gluten free monster cookie with a small glass of milk.  There were better things I could have eaten, but also worse.

One other afternoon snack was a small bag of Cheeze-It crackers.

For dinner I had a hamburger with no bun, some peas and a few Sun chips.  I really did not overeat today, but also did not make great choices.

No walk today..it's freaking cold for April.