Tough one.

This has been a harder challenge than expected.  I may have also chosen a bad week to replace sweets with healthier options.  I have to give myself some credit.  Though I may have made some poor choices, I still made more good choices than bad.  I had maybe a handful of peanut M&M's here and a piece of cake or two due to it being my birthday week and all.  I'm not mad at myself.  I am proud of the fact that I did make positive changes in my breakfast habits and even took some measure to eat a better lunch.

I have found the Kashi GoLean Oatmeal in Honey and Cinnamon is quite delicious and quite filling.  Normal Quaker Oatmeal would require me to eat two packets worth in order for me to feel full.  The servicing Size of the Kashi Oatmeal is one packet, but it's filled with so many whole grains that it fills you up with just one packet.  I would compare the taste to that of a warm oatmeal bar.  It's very yummy!  I'm also working on eating a yogurt for snack with my kids.  I was finding that if I didn't eat snack with the kids I would be ravaging by lunch time!  This did nothing good for my appetite and then later binges. I love greek yogurt.  I have always been pretty picky with my yogurt.  I only like raspberry yogurt.  Doesn't matter if it's regular or greek, raspberry is the only flavor I can tolerate.  I have only found rapsberry greek yogurt in two different brands Dannon and Chobani.  I am starting to prefer the Dannon brand a bit more.  It tastes very creamy and reminds me a bit of ice cream.  Chobani has been my favorite for quite some time so I'm not giving up on it yet!  The sales will determine my brand for the week!

As far as lunches are concerned I have been trying to make a two part effort.  One, not buy lunch from the restaurant the school orders from for the day and two, eat a healthier lunch.  I have been logging my daily meals in MyFitnessPal to see where I am at and what changes I can be making in order to help affect my health and weight loss.  I had tuna salad for lunch this week, either by itself or on top of a salad.  It was good, but when recording it in MyFitnessPal I realized the serving size for a can of tuna is half a can!  How cray is that!  I usually eat two cans!  I know that's a lot of exclamation points, but my mind was seriously blown.  When I realized this, I tried the next day to make one can and just add lots of veggies.  I added onions and zucchini.  I was too lazy to boil and egg and add it too, but next time I will for sure to help just beef up the tuna salad.

My worst time of day for sweets has been between 3-6pm when Lucas and I are at home typically and waiting for Joe to get home.  This week, I've been doing good.  I will typically have an apple and/or a Nature Valley Granola Bar.  I have always liked the idea and texture of these granola bars, but I never found my flavor.  This week, I found my flavor!  It's cinnamon, surprisingly.  It's one of the healthier more palatable options I could find.  Let's be honest, sometimes after a long workday you just need a crunch and a carb!  May be the wrong mindset, but hey at least I'm looking for healthier options to meet these needs.

Overall you can see I have made changes for the better, I may not have been 100% faithful to my goal as I was in week 1, but I still proud of the 75% I accomplished.  Especially during my birthday week!

Oh, I almost forgot!  I signed up for my first 5K in way too long!  Memorial Day weekend I will be running (hopefully) in the GoGlow Run.

So, what's in store for next week?  Not sure yet, but I'll keep you posted tomorrow!

Flowertown Festival 2013 - Riding the "dinosaur " train

Losing it,

Lisa