Thank you, Lisa and Debbie, for sticking with me and posting to encourage me
I appreciate that
I think I'm doing a little better. I still can't say I'm on plan, but I've been eating better and making plans to be more on plan. Today I've been *nearly* on plan, which is a great improvement.
I'm wrestling a little with trying to decide what I think "works for me" even if it seemed "shot down" when I posted about it once ... I found some granola that is no added fat, but does have almonds and several forms of added sugars. I like it and am willing to eat it with fruit, and it seems like it would fit Dr. McD's original guidelines for choosing a packaged, but I don't know. Maybe I need to find those guidelines again and see how it compares, I know I sometimes water down / over-focus on a certain part of the guidelines to justify something.
Ramble ramble.
Anyway my BIG problem isn't so much the meals, but the snacking at night. We keep claiming we'll eat up the junk and be *done* but then find some excuse to buy more. Tomorrow's excuse is a party for my 13yo son and 6 of his friends, I've let him pick the menu as this is a treat. Next week we go on a trip for a week, so eating well while traveling with a large family will be difficult. If I do a 14 day challenge it would be after we get back, I guess.
I'm exercising well this week, which helps. I don't want to undermine my hard work. I still want to get back to running, but my hip is still iffy