Sugar Shock

I’ve been trying really hard to track what I’ve been eating and I use DailyPlate in case any of you use it. It’s the closest thing I can really have to a nutritionist but if I had a bunch of extra money I’d hire my own nutritionist.

I have been wanting to post a list of what I eat again for a while but everytime either I don’t finish my list in it’s entirety OR I am so ashamed by how bad it looks that I don’t. The problem is, how can I ever learn if I am not honest with every little thing I eat? In fact, as I was posting this I realized I had forgotten my exercise and the beer I had.

I realize the Burger King, Smartfood and Reeses were not good choices. I will say though I have been good about sugary treats lately and this was just a little something I needed. In retrospect, I knew better I should have had 1 reeses not 2.

I got the Burger King because I had to go out to the doctors at lunch to get my blood drawn and it was right next door. It was either that or come back and have a frozen lunch, which is much less appealing.

The Smartfood was one of those instances where I was on my hour plus drive home and bored and hungry. I really need to keep more snacks in the car.

So for better or for worse, here was my food from yesterday.

The way you cut your meat reflects the way you live."
- Confucius

I cut my meat strangly. I inspect it first, carefully. I cut it open to make sure it isn't bright red and oozing blood. I then start cutting it into pieces. Then I will cut every inch of fat off the meat and put it over to the side. Then I will start eating but will keep a lookout for more fat and when I see it I will cut it off too. I end up with often nearly 1/2 of the steak or chicken leftover.

I don't know what this means but whatever it was an interesting thought that went through my head.

How do you cut your meat?

First I want to mention a breakfast idea I came up with a while back that I consider to be pretty healthy. I wish I had a picture but I don't so instead you get a picture of my girl Aurora licking her lips.

A really easy, quick and healthy breakfast I like to have sometimes is what I will call the Waffle and Raspberries Sandwich. I know, it sounds strange but it's really simple. I toast up 2 nutri-grain blueberry waffles, heat up some frozen raspberries and make a sandwich out of it.

No sugar added. You can eat it with one hand and it's filling if you use waffles with a lot of fiber. I'm still on the hunt to find the perfect waffles, I like what Trader Joe's has but they aren't convenient for me to go to.

I also want to mention, although I'm hesitant because I'm afraid this is a fluke, but I've lost a few pounds. I don't know exactly how many because the last time I was weighed was at the doctors and my scale is always different than theirs. I seem to have lost what I think is between 3-5 lbs.

I haven't really changed anything, not that much, I think I've just been focusing on food less and life more. That always seems to work for me, the more I worry about food the more I seem to lose control. I'm also right now back on medication I had stopped taking months ago, more on that another time.

But yay, it feels good to feel a little more control of my own world. Losing control of your world is excrutiating, no matter what it is. We can't make everything exactly the way we want it to be but we like to have a little bit of a say from time to time.

Thanks everyone for your support!!!