DOWN 3.8 LBS!!
Whoohoo! That puts me at just over 11 lbs in total over the past month or so. Not too shabby!
I guess all that gym time, swimming and good food choices paid off :)
After my weigh in, my husband and I actually had a really great treat. We got to get away for the day without our babe! Normally we take him with us everywhere...so this was a rare event :) We decided to spend the day in Niagara on the Lake. It was their annual Peach Festival...so we wandered around there and had a lovely time. It was a day full of treats...but nothing horrible. We went out to a great Bistro for lunch and I had a ham and brie sandwich which was a bit of heaven. Then of course, we were tempted the entire length of main street with various peach desserts. They all looked SO good. In the end we SHARED a cup of homemade vanilla icecream with fresh peaches poured on top. It was delish and I felt okay since we shared. Plus we did a lot of walking to balance that icecream out!
After we had our fill of the Peach Festival, we decided to hit the wineries. We ended up at one of our favorite fruit wineries called Sunnybrook. We sampled 3 bottles, and walked away with two to save for a special night. All in all, it was such a nice day. It was good for our marriage to have a day just for us, like the old days :)
Another great decision made last night was that I was craving salty crunchy snacks SO bad. We almost ran to get something, but then I said...no. We don't need it. I had a bit of healthy mango gelato from our freezer and sliced a fresh peach on top...it was decadant and very low calorie! Yeah me!
It feels nice that I'm starting to fit my normal life into my good decisions. I don't feel like I'm neglecting myself from the things I love, but that I am just maker better choices that fit into my lifestyle.
I learned a great thing at my meeting yesterday morning. HALT. When you are feeling hungry, and find yourself browsing your cupboards or heading to store, say "HALT". Am I HUNGRY, ANGRY, LONELY or TIRED. More times than not, you will not answer hungry. I'm going to try this throughout the week and see if it works.
The other great lesson I learned was how to deal with an intense craving. Here is the drill. If you've been craving something specific and you just can't stop thinking about it...do one of the following: Distract it (Do something to occupy your hands and mind), Fake it (have something similar but healthier and see if you can fake it out), Have it (have a small portion of your craving to get it out of your system) or Dig Deeper (try to figure out what is behind your craving). The thinking behind this is that too often we ignore a craving for so long that we eat around it...and never satisfy the craving, eventually cave in to the craving, and in the end, end up eating WAY more calories than we would have if we'd just had a little to start with.
I'm off to the park today with my son...it should be a good day filled with lots of playing and splashing around!
Enjoy your Sunday,
Jamie
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