Goals and Rewards

It has been said that joy is composed of three key ingredients:
1. Close relationships with God and man, and service to both
2. A worthy, deeply felt mission or cause in life.
3. Personal health and self-discipline.
If these are true measurements, Christ quickly qualifies as the greatest example of joy.

These are things I'm working on.

Number 3 is my nemisis. 
I will not make excuses.  I will only eat 3 meals and one snack a day.
I know what to do.  It is my choice.
Rewards-
August 6th - River Rafting and Zip-line with the girls
August 16th-19th - Education Week 1/2 Day
September - Hike the Narrows or Subway or Shakespeare Play
October - Disney Land!
November 11th - Time Out For Women with Sister-in-law, mom and friend

Food Journal

Breakfast
cream of wheat, 3 dried apricots, t. coconut oil, few walnuts, 1/4 c. milk

Lunch
cabbage salad - EVOO, seasame oil, rice vinegar, almonds
taste of bread and frosting
cucumber

Snack
1/2 larabar
apple with peanut butter

Dinner
Asian Vegetables
Pasta with meat sauce

I've been reading Michael Pollan

What he has said rings true.
Eat food.  Not too much.  Mostly plants.

That makes sense.  I can do that!

He also talks about eating things in season and meat sparingly.  I've thought the things he is talking about for a long time.  Yeah!

Day 1 - Get Healthy

For quite sometime I have been trying to lose weight.  I lost around 20 pounds last year and none this year, but at this point it has become more about health than weight.  This is a paradigm shift for me.

So here is my journey.  It didn't start today, but I'm documenting starting today.  I decided to document my triumphs and set backs.

I'm going to feed my family dinner right now (canned chili and boxed macaroni and cheese - I know not the best, but the kids were out of school today and I took them to a science museum downtown and now I'm tired).

First of all.  This is what I eat.
meat
eggs
fruit
vegetables

That is not all I eat, but what I focus on.

This is how the day went
BF - lemon water
eggs and quinoa
Snack to eat on the way to science center - green smoothie - little fruit
Snack - Larabar Peanut Butter and a little nibble of my kid's PB and J sandwich
Lunch (3pm) - white chili with LOTS of corn chips This is where it all went wrong because I was so hungry.  Frito's and salsa and about 6 maple cookies.  Blah.  I love the cookies, but it all gave me a headache.
Dinner - still full from my Large/Late lunch.  Pineapple and cucumbers.  One more cookie - what?!  Why you ask, well because I was listening to a talk about no gluten and I panicked and wanted some unless I decided that I was going to cut it out altogether.  Which is why I'm not prohibiting anything from my diet.  I'm just focusing on what I am going to eat.

Still have a headache.  I think I'll go to bed.
Good news of the day is that my husband got a job back in our home state.  We can move back into the country and be by family again!!!!  AND we're making lots more money!!!  Good job hubby!!!

PS  I have three warts and lichen schlerosis and I suspect adrenal fatigue.  I'll talk about supplements some other time.