A good day
Posted by gomariego on April 27th, 2008
A good day, today. Ate my oatmeal. Went to church. Came home. Did’nt pig out. Counted points…hooray! Even made cookies with my son to take to a meeting, and I ate two…and gave all the leftover ones away to others at the meeting. Score big for me!
Today I made hamburgers…and since it’s still not BBQ weather here, and I didn’t want to fry them, (hate the mess and the grease) I tried something I read in someone’s blog awhile back…baked em! 400 degree oven, on a little grill rack thingy placed over a foil covered sheet pan. Topped em with a bit of salt and some Montreal Grill seasoning, and dang…better than fried, good as grilled! I blotted the little bit of grease off with papertowels. No mess, no stinky burned meat smell in the house or grease spatters on the wall and no disgusting fry pan to clean out…and we all loved the burgers. It’s a keeper!
My son saw them sitting on the table and said YUM! With a little happy smile! Microwaved a few baked potatoes (4 tato’s, poke em with a fork and nuke for 10 minutes then leave microwave closed for a few minutes more–less time for fewer potatoes) and topped em with sour cream and cut up green onions. Good meal, easy, fast, and no mess. My kinda meal! Will be a repeater. Plus I didn’t eat too much. Go me! For the queen of the king size portions, that’s a small triumph.
I like celebrating the small victories, the good choices on a daily basis. Not all days are good, but I no longer have to “punish” myself for a bad choice with two weeks more of bad choices.
Now, if I can just get off my booty and exercise and drink my water, my two big downfalls…that’s my goal for the week. 4 days exercise, and 4 days of perfect water. Oh yeah…and count the ^*&^*^% points!! You all know now…next week I’ll report.
Lets do this thang!
April 30th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Ok, let’s do it, do it girl!
May 1st, 2008 at 11:16 pm
I loved your comment about no longer punishing yourself for bad choices with 2 weeks of more bad choices. That is something I am learning as well. I still feel guilty a lot when I eat something that I perceive as “off limits”, but I pick myself back up and get going again. Congrats on your small victories…we have to remember those small things add up to BIG victories! Check in with me, I’d love to get your comments.
May 4th, 2008 at 6:02 am
Let me know when you join the new community. I am already there!
May 7th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Sorry for the late reply, but I really wanted to say thanks for your comment and encouraging words about my miscarriage. I really have found strength in other women who have been through it! I am healing, physically and mentally, and really taking some time to practice taking care of me right now.