Actual Food for Today

Breakfast - ground beef
Here is what happened. I gave my kids their normal pancakes due to a quick cleaning of the bedrooms of the house. While I was flipping pancakes, I cooked a bunch of ground beef that we got on a great sale at a natural food store. ($1.69/lb is a great price for normal ground beef, but for no hormone beef that is fantastic around here.) So I cook them up and put them in sandwich bags. Each bag holds about 1lb and then I freeze them and pull them out whenever I need a pound of ground beef.

I was also running late to go to my friends house for our weekly summer school so I ate the ground beef for breakfast. This decision helped me discover something that I have heard before, but have ignored. Protein keeps you full. I didn’t get as hungry as I usually do when lunch came around and I didn’t even eat all that much beef.

Lunch – macaroni n cheese and tuna. I didn’t have time for an egg or peas. My mother-in-law came and we went to the chiropractor while my father-in-law watched the kids. The good thing is that I left right after lunch so I didn’t have time to think about seconds.

Mid-afternoon – I wanted to eat a treat. Instead I decided to eat the food I was planning on eating instead. I ate two boiled eggs (planned for breakfast and lunch) and a tiny bowl of malt O’ Meal.

Dinner – Since I had had such a filling mid-afternoon snack I had a smaller dinner than normal of spaghetti. After dinner I decided to break a rule and have ice cream for our family night. I wanted it right away. I waited only about 5-10 minutes and I didn’t want it anymore. I often get cravings immediately after eating. I want treats to top off the meal. All it took was a little waiting and I don’t really want ice cream any more.

I’m happy. I was closer to what I had planned to eat than I have been for awhile.

Exercise didn’t happen. 1yo woke at 5:00 AM and didn’t take a very long nap. 3yo didn’t nap when he was supposed to since my f-i-l was watching him and he was too crabby to go to the gym when I planned to in the afternoon. That’s okay, I kind of made a new rule that I don’t have to exercise on the days I go to the chiropractor. My rationalization is that I feel so good and exercise might tighten up my muscles.

Yesterday my 3yo didn’t want to go to his kid class so he came the adult Sunday School Class. We were talking about Jesus’ commandment to love one another. 3yo raised his hand very high and very boldly. The teacher called on him and my son said so that everyone could hear, “Jesus is good, huh.” I couldn’t help but to smile.

My hubby now has his new machine in his machine shop. It is an exciting time. He already has one purchase order and two waiting. I don’t know how things will go, but I do know that hubby is so happy and excited and we have managed our money so that we will be okay if his new company can’t pay us for a few months.

Our cat has an eye infection or something and one of them went poo in the corner, so they will not be coming into the house for a while – if ever.

The key for me to not eat treats today was to promise myself that if I wanted them still I could plan them into my day tomorrow. The thing is that I don't even want them anymore. The other thing is that they were things that I don't even really like, I was just going to eat them just to eat something sweet. This way I'll save the fat and calories for something I really love and can enjoy.