Yesterday...

Ugh...I think I am getting sick, too. Mark and the kids have all been sick this weekend and now I feel like I may be coming down with it too. I think that I'd like to ignore it and have it go away, but I don't think that's happening. Well, yesterday's eating...

Breakfast: 2 whole wheat pancakes
Snack: 2 mandarine oranges
Lunch: 1 1/2 c. curried vegetable bisque, 14 tortilla chips
Snack: 2 c. caramel corn, 7 slices dried mango
Dinner: 1 c. pasta with sauce, 1 sausage, 1 c. fresh broccoli and carrots, dip
Snack: 1/3 c. ice cream

Today's reason to lose weight: I want to sew some new shirts for myself for spring!

Sunday night...

I actually wrote down my eating yesterday, but just did not blog about it. Today I put some change in my jar twice. Once for passing on the cookie and Barnes and Noble with Maria and once for getting a banana instead of candy when I went to get cough drops for my sick family. It makes me feel good to make good decisions.

Breakfast: 2 whole wheat pancakes
Lunch: 2 pieces poppy seed bread, 1 tangerine
Snack: 1 banana
Dinner: Cherry juice, 2 c. popcorn, 1 1/2 c. tomato/cashew/basil soup
Snack: 1 piece chocolate

Today's reason to lose weight: I want to ride a mule to the bottom of the Grand Canyon someday and they do have weight restrictions!

Happy Valentine's Day!

I'm very tired tonight so this post will be brief, but it will be here nonetheless!

Breakfast: 1 slice cinnamon bread, 1 T. cashew butter
Lunch (out for Valentine's Day): The Happy Lunch Box (consisting of tempura sweet potato, teryaki beef, 1/2 c. rice, miso soup, 4 gyoza, salad and 3 pieces of fried banana for dessert)
Dinner: 2 c. chili, flaxseed corn chips, cheese
Dessert: Cherry rice pudding.

Today's reason to lose weight: I feel better when I am taking charge of my behavior rather than being controlled by it.

Lent

I am a bit embarrassed to post, as it has been a while again. Really, I have been struggling with my eating. I so want to continue losing weight, but I'm finding it difficult. Indeed the scale is inching upward slowly. However, the other day I was journaling about learning the concept of "enough" in my life--enough time, enough things, enough food, whether I am enough for it all. At the same time I had been wanting to choose some practice to adopt for Lent. It occurred to me that addressing "enough" might be just the thing. So here are my Lenten practices (starting them a wee bit late):
1. Eat according to my plan and write it all down.
2. Work on only one knitting project at a time until each project is done.
3. Buy nothing except the necessities for myself and our household.
So, today, I did it. I succeeded for the first time in weeks in writing down my eating and sticking within bounds.

Breakfast: Mango/blackberry smoothie, 1 slice cinnamon bread
Lunch: large lettuce/vege salad, 2 T hummus, 2 small bits of cheese, 2/3 piece flatbread, dressing, red peppers
Snack: 1 slice bread, 1 banana, tall skinny latte
Dinner: 1 1/2 c. vege bisque, 2 slices bread
Snack: 1 T nuts, 1 1/2 c. popcorn

Today's reason to lose weight (as seen on a bus stop): Losing 1 pound can relieve up to 4 pounds of pressure on your knees.