9:11 AM - I slept good last night. I woke up before my 5:45 alarm. I didn't get out of bed until 6:15 but I was awake 30 minutes earlier. 6:15 is still earlier than normal for me which is great as I would love to have less rushed mornings. I do know that preparation the night before would sure help the morning activities - yet, I resist, why? I have no idea! I am working on this shift. Even though I got up earlier today we were still rushing around, it is "Walk to School Day" for Miss Brandy so we needed to leave 10 - 15 minutes earlier. Again, I thought I might miss breakfast and starve to death if I did (not that I was hungry - just panic at the thought of no food even though it's unrealistic). Mentally I think if I miss breakfast I will think I have blown it for the day. I stress over breakfast. Today I put my breakfast on a small plate instead of a to go container...I took it to the bathroom thinking I could eat it while I was doing make up. This would be an improvement over eating it the car, right? It's also a step towards getting to the table. Well, I ended up eating it in the car. LOL!
I read the timeline last night for Day 2 and 3. And even though I told myself I would not read ahead, I did. I am thinking I should just toss that time line. Yikes! I choose to believe the good vibrations are going to kick in early for me, I will not be the norm!
12:59 PM - Beautiful and wonderful lunch with one of my daughters today. She asked last night if we could do lunch today. I said yes but asked if we could perhaps meet in the park and bring our lunches? She was totally supportive and agreeable. It was so nice! We got to sit, eat, talk, and have minimal distractions. I can't believe how nice it was and kinda refreshing! Thankful to have support. Today I have received to encouraging messages from people. Both have read the blog! I can't even explain how much this helps me. It helps my belief factor and my accountability! Thank you ladies! Oh - my lunch today was the last bit of leftover roast, brussell sprouts (do you know I love brussell sprouts?), a half a grapefruit and a couple pieces of cauliflower. I am a bit full now. I could have got by with less.
9:03 PM All in all another good day! I made spaghetti for dinner. The family had noodles and traditional sauce. I made my own "sauce" which I kinda normally do anyway because I like big chunky vegies. Instead of having noodles I shredded cabbage into long strips and cooked it. Added hamburger to my "sauce" and voila! YUM! I saved a bit of it just in case I wanted some after church. I am glad I did because I have had the munchies. I ate it and have just made me a cup of tea. I am feeling a little antsy - I have asked my husband to help me clean the kitchen so I won't nibble on things I shouldn't. Please don't get me wrong - I am not hungry at all. Just so used to taking a nibble here and a nibble there. I didn't realize how much I do that until these past two days.
I was a bit tired when I got home at 5:20. I seriously took like a 15 minute snooze and was good to go. I am not nearly has tired and out of it as I was last night.
I guess that's all for today folks.
One more thing - I know its a little funky to comment on my blog...feel free to message me on facebook Denni Swepston - if you can't figure it out here. I love hearing from you!
D. J.
Wednesday, April 8, 2015
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
Day 2 of Whole30 - holding my breath!
8:03 AM I got up earlier than normal today, I wanted to finish picking up before the housekeeper came. Yes, I pick up before the housekeeper came. No, we are not rich folk, we have simply realized the benefits of having a housekeeper are well worth the small amount of money we pay her to come every other week. Benefits like sanity, peace, being more accountable to keep the house picked up daily, more time for family and for homework. Anyway! My getting up early was actually pretty easy. I have been struggling to just get up on time since that evil daylight savings time. I was pretty rushed though because I had a lot to get done. Fortunately I had prepared my lunch last night after dinne - dinner leftovers. But I was getting worried about having time to do breakfast. I am happy to say I had plenty of time to scramble up and egg and dice up a half of an avocado. Let me just say here - AVOCADOS MAKE ME HAPPY!!! It was perfectly ripe too! YUM! Let's not forget my coffee with coconut oil. This is living!
I am a little worried about my day - but I should be! Today I have class at lunch time and class at dinner time. I brought plenty of leftovers and will just have to choose the right times to eat. I will also have to remind myself that I will not die of starvation in the middle of the day!
12:09 PM - Super productive day so far at work! I actually began to feel hungry, like feel the empty in my stomach hungry about 30 minutes ago. I think most days I really don't experience getting hungry. So I went ahead and ate a little meal. A small amount of each; leftover roast, carrots and brussel sprouts. All is well.
5:07 PM - Wow - a super productive afternoon as well. Somehow I didn't have that 3:00 munchy craving or desire to take a nap! Wowzers! Almost time for my 5:30 Class. Feeling a little hungry but not enough to want to eat.
8:45 PM. Hmmm. Shortly after my 5:07 update I started fading. Just feeling kinda tired. Thank goodness my night class was much shorter than normal. My hubby wanted to go out for dinner. He was very supportive in discussing options with me. I didn't plan to eat out at all this week. We chose Mazzios because I thought I could navigate the salad bar pretty well and I knew they usually have boiled eggs on the salad bar....Protein, check! Who knew it would be buffet night! It actually wasn't too hard. I had salad, carrots, broccoli, eggs and tomatoes with balsamic vinegar and olive oil. I don't know if I was feeling deprived or just unsatiated but shortly after we got home I warmed up just a bit of leftover steak bites and diced up 1/2 of an avocado. That did it! But still tired. So I am typing to you from my bed. I will be asleep soon!
Day 2 - DONE!
Until tomorrow.
I am a little worried about my day - but I should be! Today I have class at lunch time and class at dinner time. I brought plenty of leftovers and will just have to choose the right times to eat. I will also have to remind myself that I will not die of starvation in the middle of the day!
12:09 PM - Super productive day so far at work! I actually began to feel hungry, like feel the empty in my stomach hungry about 30 minutes ago. I think most days I really don't experience getting hungry. So I went ahead and ate a little meal. A small amount of each; leftover roast, carrots and brussel sprouts. All is well.
5:07 PM - Wow - a super productive afternoon as well. Somehow I didn't have that 3:00 munchy craving or desire to take a nap! Wowzers! Almost time for my 5:30 Class. Feeling a little hungry but not enough to want to eat.
8:45 PM. Hmmm. Shortly after my 5:07 update I started fading. Just feeling kinda tired. Thank goodness my night class was much shorter than normal. My hubby wanted to go out for dinner. He was very supportive in discussing options with me. I didn't plan to eat out at all this week. We chose Mazzios because I thought I could navigate the salad bar pretty well and I knew they usually have boiled eggs on the salad bar....Protein, check! Who knew it would be buffet night! It actually wasn't too hard. I had salad, carrots, broccoli, eggs and tomatoes with balsamic vinegar and olive oil. I don't know if I was feeling deprived or just unsatiated but shortly after we got home I warmed up just a bit of leftover steak bites and diced up 1/2 of an avocado. That did it! But still tired. So I am typing to you from my bed. I will be asleep soon!
Day 2 - DONE!
Until tomorrow.
Monday, April 6, 2015
Day 1 Whole30 and Away we go!
8:58 AM Oh holy cow! This morning I scrambled some eggs with some diced cooked steak (that I cooked last night) and I cooked it in just a bit of olive oil. I thought it would be pretty smart to put into like a lettuce wrap. I used red lettuce leaves. Let me just say that doesn't work! About 1/4 of my protein fell out of the top and bottom an onto my car floor! Yes, I know I am suppose to eat at a table - but I eat in my car everyday on the way to work! Baby steps, I plan to make the transition to my table. For a brief second or two when I lost that portion of my protein I had a thought that I could possibly die from starvation! Fortunatly that passed quickly. There was enough moisture that it leaked out of my wrap, through my paper towel and all over my hand...remember I am driving...ugh! A mess. But I successfully ate the rest and am satified and know my tummy is full enough. I also had coffee - added coconut oil to it. If you haven't tried coconut oil in your coffee yet - it is a must! I heard about this about a year a ago and have been doing it ever since. YUM! I haven't read yet if coffee is ok or not? I am assuming it is at this point.
I have that pizza party this afternoon. I have a salad of organic greens, a sliced bell pepper, carrot sticks, cauliflower and some of the steak. In a seperate container I have vinegar and oil to add when it is time to eat it. I purposesly did not dice up the vegies as I plan to eat them with my fingers. I think this should prolong the eating process and help me to emotionally feel like I have eaten a lot in addition to giving my body time to register that it is full/satisfied.
More later! Happy Monday.
1: 55 PM Lunch went very well. My plan with cutting my vegies into strips worked beautifully. I was the last one to finish eating so I did not have to watch everyone else eating their pizza! We will have cake shortly to finish up the celebration. I have a boiled egg and half a grapefruit to eat while everyone else eat their cake. I don't feel like I am depriving myself. I don't feel resentful that I am not eating pizza or cake. I am good!
10:50 PM Day 1 is under my belt. It was relatively easy. Dinner was roast, carrots and brussel sprouts.. My 7 year old and I ate at the table. She was excited about that, so I was too. It was very nice.
Tonight had normal stresses, getting the 7 year old through her night time routine at her normal unchanging speed of "mosey" makes me irritable. Husband worked late which is fine but came in the house and immediately started grumping about his day. That stresses me. But even with the stress I didn't do anything but keep busy with herding the mosier along and picking up house. Hubby started not feeling well and said he may want t o go to the ER. In our 25 years of marriage he hasn't even gone to the doctor but maybe 5 times. Thankfully he seems to be resting ok now.
I have read that day 2 and 3 can be a bit hairy...I am hoping I will be an exception to the rule!
Until Day 2 my lovelies!
D. J.
I have that pizza party this afternoon. I have a salad of organic greens, a sliced bell pepper, carrot sticks, cauliflower and some of the steak. In a seperate container I have vinegar and oil to add when it is time to eat it. I purposesly did not dice up the vegies as I plan to eat them with my fingers. I think this should prolong the eating process and help me to emotionally feel like I have eaten a lot in addition to giving my body time to register that it is full/satisfied.
More later! Happy Monday.
1: 55 PM Lunch went very well. My plan with cutting my vegies into strips worked beautifully. I was the last one to finish eating so I did not have to watch everyone else eating their pizza! We will have cake shortly to finish up the celebration. I have a boiled egg and half a grapefruit to eat while everyone else eat their cake. I don't feel like I am depriving myself. I don't feel resentful that I am not eating pizza or cake. I am good!
10:50 PM Day 1 is under my belt. It was relatively easy. Dinner was roast, carrots and brussel sprouts.. My 7 year old and I ate at the table. She was excited about that, so I was too. It was very nice.
Tonight had normal stresses, getting the 7 year old through her night time routine at her normal unchanging speed of "mosey" makes me irritable. Husband worked late which is fine but came in the house and immediately started grumping about his day. That stresses me. But even with the stress I didn't do anything but keep busy with herding the mosier along and picking up house. Hubby started not feeling well and said he may want t o go to the ER. In our 25 years of marriage he hasn't even gone to the doctor but maybe 5 times. Thankfully he seems to be resting ok now.
I have read that day 2 and 3 can be a bit hairy...I am hoping I will be an exception to the rule!
Until Day 2 my lovelies!
D. J.
Sunday, April 5, 2015
The day/night before Whole30!
Hello again. I am excited and nervous about starting Whole30 tomorrow. I feel like I have prepped pretty well. I took before pictures, weighed and measured. Even though we had a busy family filled day due to Easter, I went to the grocery store at about 8pm. I had made my menu for every meal and prepared a shopping list. Just FYI - I spent $100 for groceries - just food items - for the week. I have myself, my husband and one daughter at home. I took time to prep some vegies and fruit. Out of curiosity I timed it. To prep broccoli, cauliflower, one bell pepper, two pounds of carrots, 4 potatoes (not for me, they went in with the roast for dinner tomorrow) and a cantaloupe in about 30 minutes. I don't think that's too bad. I purposely put ziplocks of some of the vegies in the frig at eye level. I also browned up some steak bits and prepared my lunch for tomorrow while doing all this.
Another piece of prep work I have done the past 2 days was to start minimizing my carbs/sugars. I hope this will make any withdrawals a little less harsh. Hopefully.
I haven't read enough of the book to feel completely ready...but I do believe I have the basics down. This is one reason I only bought a week of groceries. I imagine I will learn more and have a modified plan for next week. I also hope to run across a recipe or two that I would like to try.
I have two events this week that I am trying to be especially prepared for. Tomorrow we are having a pizza party to celebrate a coworkers birthday. Like I said earlier I prepared my lunch so I should totally be good to go! Friday and Saturday I am going to a womens retreat with my sister. I have a list of foods to pack that should get me through any situation. Plus I told my sister that I am on this plan and I know she will be supportive.
So long for now - I will be back tomorrow night!
D. J.
Another piece of prep work I have done the past 2 days was to start minimizing my carbs/sugars. I hope this will make any withdrawals a little less harsh. Hopefully.
I haven't read enough of the book to feel completely ready...but I do believe I have the basics down. This is one reason I only bought a week of groceries. I imagine I will learn more and have a modified plan for next week. I also hope to run across a recipe or two that I would like to try.
I have two events this week that I am trying to be especially prepared for. Tomorrow we are having a pizza party to celebrate a coworkers birthday. Like I said earlier I prepared my lunch so I should totally be good to go! Friday and Saturday I am going to a womens retreat with my sister. I have a list of foods to pack that should get me through any situation. Plus I told my sister that I am on this plan and I know she will be supportive.
So long for now - I will be back tomorrow night!
D. J.
Friday, April 3, 2015
Well Hello Again, Let's get this Blogging Started Again!
Well I have been insanely busy, wasn't having a lot of hits on my blog so I stopped blogging. But recently I have started missing it and the outlet it gives me...So I hope I get several who will interact, and I hope to be of help to others, but if I don't, it helps me and that's still a good thing!
I am getting prepared to start a 30 day journey of what some might say is a "drastic" change to my eating. I am still battling my weight issue. I am convinced there is an eating/activity lifestyle that suits me AND benefits my health...I simply haven't found it. I feel like I am pretty in touch with my body signals, more in touch than say 10 years ago. That's progress. I know I don't feel good when I eat sweets - fortunately I don't have a love affair with sweets. However I do love bread! Basically the same affect.
In the past year "ish" under the direction of my doctor I have gone on a couple of medications to address some PCOS issues. I read A LOT! I have read that diet can actually play a part in the PCOS symptoms. I would much rather change my eating instead of being on the medication.
I am experiencing more aches and pains. Some would chalk it up to getting older. I believe it could just be my eating choices catching up with me and that by changing my eating choices I would reverse some of the issues.
I read a little bit about the Whole30 about a month ago. More recently I read a young lady's blog about her Whole30 experience that she recently completed. She was a great little blogger. She blogged almost every day of her 30 day journey! She posted pictures of each meal, which look doable and delectable, and while she struggled emotionally she did it! Her posts convinced me to try it.
I know it sounds funny but I feel like I am on the brink of success with my health. I am rather excited about starting Whole30 on Monday. I am going to attempt to post daily and post meal pics as she did. If not daily, often. I will take measurements tomorrow. I will weigh Monday morning. Then under the instruction of the book - I will have my hubby hide my scale for the next 30 days. The book stresses preparation. Tomorrow will be about making 2 weeks of menus and to go grocery shopping. Prep of the foods also on Saturday and Sunday. From now until Monday morning I will be doing a lot more reading and prepping. I really am excited. A little scared. You know - I don't want to fail. I have told many that I am doing this, family and friends. I am looking for accountability more than encouragement. Sometimes family isn't the best to offer encouragement - lol!
I have more to say - but perhaps I should save that for tomorrow.
Talk to you soon!
I am getting prepared to start a 30 day journey of what some might say is a "drastic" change to my eating. I am still battling my weight issue. I am convinced there is an eating/activity lifestyle that suits me AND benefits my health...I simply haven't found it. I feel like I am pretty in touch with my body signals, more in touch than say 10 years ago. That's progress. I know I don't feel good when I eat sweets - fortunately I don't have a love affair with sweets. However I do love bread! Basically the same affect.
In the past year "ish" under the direction of my doctor I have gone on a couple of medications to address some PCOS issues. I read A LOT! I have read that diet can actually play a part in the PCOS symptoms. I would much rather change my eating instead of being on the medication.
I am experiencing more aches and pains. Some would chalk it up to getting older. I believe it could just be my eating choices catching up with me and that by changing my eating choices I would reverse some of the issues.
I read a little bit about the Whole30 about a month ago. More recently I read a young lady's blog about her Whole30 experience that she recently completed. She was a great little blogger. She blogged almost every day of her 30 day journey! She posted pictures of each meal, which look doable and delectable, and while she struggled emotionally she did it! Her posts convinced me to try it.
I know it sounds funny but I feel like I am on the brink of success with my health. I am rather excited about starting Whole30 on Monday. I am going to attempt to post daily and post meal pics as she did. If not daily, often. I will take measurements tomorrow. I will weigh Monday morning. Then under the instruction of the book - I will have my hubby hide my scale for the next 30 days. The book stresses preparation. Tomorrow will be about making 2 weeks of menus and to go grocery shopping. Prep of the foods also on Saturday and Sunday. From now until Monday morning I will be doing a lot more reading and prepping. I really am excited. A little scared. You know - I don't want to fail. I have told many that I am doing this, family and friends. I am looking for accountability more than encouragement. Sometimes family isn't the best to offer encouragement - lol!
I have more to say - but perhaps I should save that for tomorrow.
Talk to you soon!
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Encouragement
I love to encourage and to be encouraged! So I thought I would just take a couple of minutes today to share with you a couple of my favorite blogs, websites, and facebook pages that I receive encouragement from and realistic perspectives.
http://proverbs31.org/ - Proverbs31- Great overall website with daily devotionals
http://holleygerth.com/ Holley Gerth - Oh my - such a sweet sweet young woman. This is her website and she blogs (can get to the blogs through website) plus she has guest bloggers on occasion.
https://www.facebook.com/michellemcnattmyers Another sweet young woman, incredible little story. Totally realistic about healthy living in the midst of life
That's it for today! Just short and sweet. I would love for you to share with me some of your favorites! Leave me a comment with your information!
Thanks!
D. J.
http://proverbs31.org/ - Proverbs31- Great overall website with daily devotionals
http://holleygerth.com/ Holley Gerth - Oh my - such a sweet sweet young woman. This is her website and she blogs (can get to the blogs through website) plus she has guest bloggers on occasion.
https://www.facebook.com/michellemcnattmyers Another sweet young woman, incredible little story. Totally realistic about healthy living in the midst of life
That's it for today! Just short and sweet. I would love for you to share with me some of your favorites! Leave me a comment with your information!
Thanks!
D. J.
Monday, August 19, 2013
Obedience, it's a good thing!
Hello!
The PRAY, PRAISE, TRUST realization is really growing my faith and opening my eyes. I have started to do the "one thing" I have been prompted to do, I have not done it perfectly, but I see things getting into line as a result of the efforts that I am putting out. I have also set aside my pride and I have asked for help in the way of asking for others to pray. I have experienced changes that simply can't be explained in any other way - other than, prayers are going up and God is answering. Just getting a glimpse of what a little obedience put into motion helps me to be motivated to stay the course! I encourage you today - if you know you are doing what you are suppose to be doing, just keep at it, PRAISE and TRUST, keep your eyes, heart and mind open to all that God is doing around you. I can assure you, you will see things in motion for your benefit!
Lots of Love,
D. J.
The PRAY, PRAISE, TRUST realization is really growing my faith and opening my eyes. I have started to do the "one thing" I have been prompted to do, I have not done it perfectly, but I see things getting into line as a result of the efforts that I am putting out. I have also set aside my pride and I have asked for help in the way of asking for others to pray. I have experienced changes that simply can't be explained in any other way - other than, prayers are going up and God is answering. Just getting a glimpse of what a little obedience put into motion helps me to be motivated to stay the course! I encourage you today - if you know you are doing what you are suppose to be doing, just keep at it, PRAISE and TRUST, keep your eyes, heart and mind open to all that God is doing around you. I can assure you, you will see things in motion for your benefit!
Lots of Love,
D. J.
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