DAY 4

Feeling MUCH better today.  It's been interesting to reflect on good health while being sick in bed.  My sickness was a great reminder that:

1.  I shouldn't complain about exercising; I should just be happy that I am able to exercise at all.
2.  Good health is essential in my life (and any mother's life for that matter).  How in the world would my family function without the meal-maker, butt wiper, and kid-entertainer that I am?  I was down for one day and there were many unhappy kid moments and unfinished tasks at the end of that 24 hour period because of my sickness.

Exercise:

I've officially decided to take Sundays off.  No exercise today other than walking through IKEA with my family to get some blinds for the house.

Eating:

Turkey bacon (3)
Swiss cheese (2 slices)
Black bean burger
Carrots and hummus
Chicken noodle soup
California Pistachios
Iced Animal Cookies (got them for my toddler and ended up eating way too many!)
Ritz pretzel crackers (cheese flavored)
M & M's (about half a small bag)

So I basically botched the night.  It wasn't my best eating day.  I recognize that if I don't plan each meal, I will eventually cave when faced with hunger.  I hope it will become engrained in my brain that the secret to weight loss and good health habits is more about preparedness than desire or ability.  I think I need to repeat that again for myself:

The secret to weight loss and good health habits is more about  preparedness than desire or ability.  


It is incredibly dangerous for me to go out in the evening ANYWHERE if I haven't had dinner.  It is so important to feed myself a healthy meal so that I don't get hungry in the wrong place (like IKEA where the smell of cinnamon rolls envelops me at check out).  I even had my desert gum and I still gave into temptation.  Discipline can only take a person so far; sooner or later the hungry stomach will dominate!

Tomorrow is a new day.  For now, I recognize that I had a bad day and learned some valuable lessons about eating.