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I felt like I had a good day with eating yesterday. Even though my weight hasn't changed much, I think I am losing fat. I seem smaller in my stomach and my clothes are fitting loser. I am so glad to see the change. I praise God for His help. I know it is Him helping me not to be so fixated on food. I pray that it continues.
Well so far no other sick kids. I hope it stays that way. I am going to my sisters house tonight to visit with family so I don't know what we are doing for food. I may bring some of my own food just in case.

E: went for 3 mile run with my sister ( 30 min.) before it got too hot-at 9:00am it was already 82 degrees, it is going to be hot today. Then came home did shoulders and cardio mixed in for 40 min.

B: 1/2 c. pumpkin pie oatmeal, blueberry tea
S: 1 1/2 slice of gluten free bread
L: baked potato, edamme, green smoothie
S: apple
D: don't know yet
S: fruit

Well we had spaghetti last night for dinner. Spaghetti just doesn't fill me up. So I came home and ate some oatmeal cookies when I got home and a couple of rice cakes with pb. It was a crazy day today. My husband and I went to work out today and my oldest daughter had called and she dropped something heavy on her foot. We met her at the E.R. and she had broken her toe. We were in the E. R. for a couple of hours and were supposed to be at my sister's BBQ for her husbands retirement, but didn't make it. I felt bad for my daughter. Plus she had 3 flights of stairs to go up to her apt. We made sure she made it in okay and got her settled until her husband got home. I did get to workout later today though.

E: 3o min. crossfit type workout, 30 min. running on treadmill
B: 1/2 c. pumpkin pie oatmeal, blueberry tea
L: we went to Panda express with daughter to eat, not much there so I had a bowl with steamed rice and some veggies. I know the veggies had some oil, but not much choices there.
S: banana smoothie( frozen banana, ice, vanilla sunwarrio protein, choc. almond milk-yumm)
D: salad, veggie dog

I stayed on the Mcdougall program, but overate yesterday. I don't know why, but I was really hungry. Other than that it was a nice relaxing day. It was nice to go to church and come home and just relax and watch "24" My husband and I have watched all the seasons before, but my kids didn't really watch it with us. So now we are rewatching them. My kids were actually excited to do some school today. It has been a couple of weeks. We just did math and reading. I am glad we do some school during the summer. I need to work on my schooling this week. I need to study my stuff for my Personal Training course.

E: 45 min. weights, chest, bicep, 35 min. stationary bike- intervals
B: 1/2 c. pumpkin pie oatmeal, blueberry tea
S: edamme, a few almonds
L: leftover bean dip over potatoes( yum), broccoli slaw
S: apple or smoothie
D: thai veggie salad, maybe sweet potato

Doing good, mnts. Keep it up! Please say a prayer for my strength as well. I'm determined to stay on plan, and not get discouraged by what the scale says.

I just said a prayer for you Proverbs31woman. I am praying that God gives you the strength you need to keep going and that even though the scale may not change right away that you not get discouraged and keep plugging along, knowing that God will give you the victory in the end. I know that is my prayer for myself. I am just trusting Him and knowing I am doing what He guided me to do and that He will give me the victory in the end. That I won't have this addiction to thinking and worrying about food anymore and that I can feel good about myself and who He created me to be. For once I don't want to be obsessed with weight loss. I pray that we may both come to that victorious end.

Everything that you prayed was in line with what I need. I'm in agreement with you that we will both be victorious. Thanks for the prayer!

You're welcome. Good day of eating yesterday. I have been so tempted to pig out on muffins I made yesterday. I don't do good with temptations like that. I do fine eating whole foods and eating the MWL, but as soon as I add anything else like bread or baked goods, I want to overeat. I made these banana muffins last night. They are really good. Nothing bad in them, they are made with oats, pureed bananas, gluten free baking mix and a little baking powder. I think that was it. They are so yummy, but again I want to totally overeat them. I made them for my kids to go along with our salad last night. They don't really like them, that is what sucks. I need to cook up some sweet potatoes today. Luckily it is a little cooler today so I can turn on my oven. It was so hot yesterday, I didn't want to turn on my oven at all yesterday.

E: 45 min. weights-back, tricep, 35 min. HIIT training on treadmill
B: 1/2 c. pumpkin pie oatmeal, blueberry tea
S: 2 slices of tofu
L: leftover thai salad, leftover beans and potatoes, 1 banana muffin
S: smoothie
D: broccoli, a little sloppy joes( lentils), banana muffin
S: apple with a little pb

Those muffins were too tempting, I ended up eating about 3 yesterday. Now they are gone, so that is good. I didn't get up on time to do the x-biking class, so I am getting ready to go workout. I am doing Bob's new crossfit workout. I am a little scared. It looks tough. But I am kind of excited to workout tough. I did sign up for a crossfit bootcamp that runs through the month of July and it is twice a week. I am excited to start it and nervous at the same time. I like to push myself to the next level.

E: crossfit workout, maybe a little cardio or shoulders
B: 1/2 c. pumpkin pie oatmeal, a few almonds, blueberry tea
S: apple, edamme
L: leftover hashbrowns with refried beans, broccoli, carrots
S: smoothie
D: sweet potatoes, salad

I went out to eat with a friend today. It was nice to get a chance to talk. She wanted to go to a place that served fish and rice. I looked it up their menu and everything was fried. They didn't even have steamed rice. So I called her and asked her if we could go to our favorite Japanese resteraunt instead. I told her fried food made me sick, which is true. She was okay with it, thank goodness. Anyway it was a good day. I like being able to look up menus for resteraunts on the internet. It really helps out a lot to be prepared.

E: I finally ran more than 3 miles. My sister and I ran 5 miles today. It took us about 50 min. I was so excited. That is the most I have ever run. Then later I did a 30 min. carido at home

B: 1/2 c. pumpkin ie oatmeal, tea
S: 2 rice cakes with a little pb, 1/3 banana
L: veggie sushi and edamme
S: smoothie, 3 oatmeal cookies ( I know I shouldn't have, they were homemade, but still overeating is not good. I made them for the kids, it was a new recipe from peas and thankyou, so of course I had to taste test. They were yummy)
D: sweet potatoes with dijon mustard, big salad with chickpeas
S: raspberries( yum, fresh)

I ended up making a fruit salad last night. It was so yummy. It is nice not to have anything planned today. I was trying to think of something fun to do tonight. My husband is taking the boys to the demoliton car show tonight. So I may be home with the girls. It would be fun to do a girls night.

E: 1 hr. weights, legs, abs, 4o min. elliptical
B: 1/2 c. pumpkin pie oatmeal, herbal tea, a few almons
L: big salad, sweet potato, a few slices of tofu
S: smoothi
D: don't know yet,since just us girls
S: air popcorn or fruit

Good for you!!!! What an accomplishment!

Thanks. My sister and I are going to do our first 5k in two weeks. I would love to train for a half marathon. Just to say that I did it. We went and saw "Brave" last night. It was a pretty good movie.She reminds me a lot of my oldest daughter. I love the whole mother daughter relationship in there, I could relate so well. I did end up having 1 small handful of popcorn. I really wish they had air popcorn there. My husband said nobody would eat it. I said that I would, but he said I would be the only one. Next time I may pop some and bring some in my purse. Other than that it was a pretty good day of eating.

E: 25 min. bob harper workout, 50 min. on treadmill. Did 4 miles running and 1 mile walking and walking up hill.
B: 1/2 c. pumpkin pie oatmeal, a few almond, herbal tea
S: apple with a little pb
L: big salad, 2 corn tortillas, a few sweet potatoes, tofu
D: baked fries, strawberry mango mixed salad with chickpeas
S: popcorn if hungry

I am really becoming obsessive compulsive again about my eating. I am tired of being this way. I sometimes spend over an hour a day on different blogs about food, diet and excercise. I am not saying anything is wrong with that, but it has become all I think about. It has taken the place of God in my life. I don't want that, yet I still want to eat healthy and eat this way and I love to excercise, but I just don't want it to be all I think about. So this week, as hard as it is going to be I am going to fast from the computer. I am going to miss being on this site, but I will be back. I just need to focus on God this week. If there is anyone out there that can pray for me I would appreciate it. To pray that I can excercise and eat healthy and lose the rest of this weight without it being an obsession and that I can truly focus on God this week. Thanks, Kathy

Kathy,

I just lifted you up in prayer. I believe that God is able. You are doing the right thing by fasting and focusing on God. He will give you the desires of your heart.

I can't wait to hear about the good report after you finish the fast.

Well I am back from my fast from the computer. It went well. I was able to really focus on God and able to spend some time reading from His word. It made a big difference. I am still praying not to get caught up in worldly things. I noticed I felt good about myself and happy and peaceful. I just want to be able to keep things in perspective. I did pretty good with eating. I did keep track of calories but wasn't too upset if I went over or not. I just knew I was eating healthy. I didn't sleep good the past few nights, so I feel all bloated and yucky. I am trying to not let that discourage me. I start up boot camp for Crossfit this week. It is free for the month of July. I thought it would be fun to try it. I also run my first 5k race on Saturday. I am excited and nervous. Not expecting to win, but just excited to say that I did one.
Goals for myself this week:
1. eat whole foods, not just rice cakes for snacks
2. read my Bible and pray every day
3. limit time on computer
4. Listen to God's advice instead of the worlds
5. pray before I eat every meal- seek His help and strength to help me not to overeat
6. Let God satisfy me,not food
7. Just eat fruit for snack after dinner

I may add more later, but this is a place to start.
B: 1/2 c. pumpkin pie oatmeal, a few almonds, tea
S: roasted edamme, 1 pancake
L: spaghetti sauce over quinoa, salad with chickpeas, 1 slice bread
S:smoothie
D: veggies, sweet potato