Today started with a parent work day at our school. I skipped breakfast as I felt that I needed to give my system time to clean up after last night's wine and snacking. While folks painted our school, I fixed lunch. I baked a loaf of homemade bread and made some delicious bolognese sauce with grass feed beef and roasted eggplant and squash. I drank some sweetened iced tea and lemonade and enjoyed a little of the lunch I had prepared for everyone.
For dinner, I had my mind in a clear space and chose something high protein and something fermented to tame my metabolism and finish the day strong.
Dinner
natural (fermented) sauerkraut
cherry tomatoes w/ salt and cider vinegar
two hardboiled eggs mashed with salt and pepper
a few carmelized onions left over from a sandwich I made for my husband
Our family went swimming tonight, and I did a few (half) laps and some movements that felt like they were working my abs and my arms.
Lots of water this eve...
You know, losing weight for me is about maintaining a state I'll call my "right mind". It's so easy to stop thinking the way a normal healthy person does and lose days or weeks of work to a pizza or cupcakes or other tempting item that presents itself. I am often a mindless eater. I eat too much when I like the way something looks, like the way it tastes, want to celebrate, want to comfort myself, want to reward myself, or when I want to be adventurous and try something new. That's a lot of possible times to be "out of my mind" over food. I firmly believe that I can and should eat whatever I want, but 90% of the time, I need to eat in the way that works best for my body, which is generally protein, fats, and veggies in appropriate proportion to one another. I also need to accept that I lose myself in food easily, easier than most folks I suppose.
When my food is right, my body wants to move! I can't believe I have been craving running. I don't like to run distances, but do like short sprints with recovery time walking (interval training). I invited my husband and the kids to join me tomorrow morning in my movement. I think we'll try to ride our bikes over to the middle school track in my neighborhood and do a little interval training before it gets too hot here in central Texas. I not only want to move to make my body healthy, but I also want to make sure my children have an example of health to emulate in their own lives.
I told my kids my goal is for our family is to have the healthiest summer yet! Now, to stay in my right mind.
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