Sorry I haven't written in days. I keep meaning to, but I've been busy enjoying life.
It occured to me sometime on Thursday that I haven't even thought about gum in days. And you know what? I don't miss it! That's HUGE for me.
I may have overdone it with the exercising last week. In my last post, I told you that I was going for a double workout day on Thursday. I did, and I survived. But, I was SO sore on Friday that I took an unscheduled rest day. Since then all I've had the courage for is running. The Bestie and I did 4.5 miles on Saturday. I golfed with a girlfriend yesterday. And I ran 3 miles with a couple of girlfriends this morning. I took the day off to spend with the family, so after this post, I'm going golfing with the husband and daughter. It's important to stay active!
I made it through days 10 and 11, a social gathering with friends, and a family birthday celebration this weekend, without cheating or quitting! I stopped at Whole Foods on the way to the party Friday night and made myself a salad and picked up a couple bottles of Hint fruit water (to replace the wine I would not be drinking). While everyone else indulged in pizza and chocolate, I stayed with my plan. It was much easier than I thought it would be! But, I do think I'm ordering a pizza on October 31st. :)
On Saturday, my sister let me season the taco meat and the guacamole at the birthday party so that it was compliant and I made my own version of Western dressing so I could have a taco salad. It was SO good! I'll admit that Saturday was hard. One of my favorite things to do is relax with my family and eat comfort food and sweets. I passed up some amazing looking brownies, cookie cake, taffy apple salad, and M&M's, not to mention guac and chips and walking tacos. But, I also passed on the guilt that normally follows me around after a day like that. So, it's a win!
I'm a bit nervous for this week. I haven't had much time for meal planning, so I have a feeling there are a lot of salads in my future for lunches. And I don't really like salads. Weird thing: I'm actually craving tomatoes. What? I don't even LIKE tomatoes.
Jerry said he would try out some Whole 30 recipes for dinner this week. I'm thinking:
- pot roast (http://www.ibreatheimhungry.com/2013/01/easy-paleo-pot-roast-whole-30-compliant.html),
- almond crusted chicken fingers (http://www.redskyfood.com/2013/09/almond-crusted-chicken-tenders.html),
- chicken apple sausage skillet (http://simplymadewithlove.blogspot.com/2014/06/chicken-apple-sausage-skillet-ii.html),
- Pork tenderloin with peach salsa (http://skinnyms.com/pork-tenderloin-with-peach-salsa-and-peppery-slaw/),
- and Steak and potatoes for Friday.
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