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Well I did make it back home. The conference was good but sitting in one place for hours on end was challenging for me. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing my son and he picked a pizza place for dinner!! Well our area is hosting restaurant week and the special they offered was more than I could resist, a three course meal for $18!!! Started off with stuffed mushrooms, then an awesome pizza (son and I got two different kinds so we could share), and ended with what has to be the BEST chocolate chip cookie (warmed with vanilla bean ice-cream on top) I've ever had in my life. I ate ALL the mushrooms, did okay on the pizza (and sent the leftovers home with my son), but ate the ENTIRE dessert (even though I was oh so very full!).
Did pretty well at the conference food wise. Avoided the chocolate chip cookies they served both afternoons and the breakfast goodies. They had a taco bar one day complete with shredded chicken and avocado so I made myself a very delicious taco salad and didn't even touch the chips or tortillas!! The next day was a salad/sandwich bar and I did the same ... took out the innards of the sandwich and made myself another delicious salad. Unfortunately when I got home, mom and I got to talking and we both had the snack monster attack us ... which we gave into ... oh well. It could have been worse.
I'm not weighing though ... not till the end of the week. I'm back on track and still feeling good. I have to fight those damn negative thoughts though, I am so very prone to them. I know what to do, I know what to dwell on in my mind, I am on the path of taking care of me ... that is all.
I did avoid contact with the stepdaughter. She agreed to have us access her checking account when she moved here, since we were "on the hook" for her rent. The latest is she changed the password!! Shouldn't have been surprised by that. Well her dad talked to her, again, and she did text me the new password. She's on a roll. I know she isn't being honest with us. The good news is we are only "on the hook" for two more months worth of rent and we can close the chapter on this "lesson" with her. She's been bothering my youngest too. He graciously bought her a bus pass, two months in a row, now she won't stop contacting him, in his words "now she thinks it's a thing that I give her free bus passes." I told him to set whatever boundaries he felt like were appropriate, his dad and I will support his decisions.
Even though March is here and many of you have Spring erupting around you ... here we have 10 degrees and steady snow. It is most definitely a winter wonderland outside. Snow piled everywhere, frosted trees, the whole nine yards!! Can't break out my sandals yet ... I'll be lucky if I can break them out by May!! LOL!!
Mom is visiting her friends in another town this week. So it's just DH and I this week. That's fine. Not that we see each other very often with his schedule but still I'm happy mom can visit with her friends again. She will be headed to her sisters in California in just a couple weeks for a few months. She wants to miss Spring break up around her. I don't blame her!
Well I think I will break out the vacuum cleaner and then see if I can do my Pilates DVD. I've already been on the elliptical. Trying to buy myself some time before I eat. Really trying to stay on the 16/8 schedule for eating.
My mind lately has been really attuned to thinking about what I think about and focus on. I've been overwhelmed with negativity for the last year or so and I'm really focused on changing that with the knowledge that it is completely up to me. While circumstances certainly impact us I know that it isn't really the circumstance that is important. It is my view of the circumstance. It is the meaning I make of them. It is what I let my mind rest on that matters. A lifelong lesson. My thoughts, my actions are the only thing I have control over. Being kind to myself in thought and actions is the journey. It does not come naturally to me. I have to work at it. When I do the results are awesome. So here's to each of us taking control of what we actually can control and letting go of the rest. Take care, enjoy your day, and see you around!!
Diet Calendar Entries for 02 March 2014:
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1075 kcal
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Fat: 40.94g | Prot: 111.02g | Carb: 57.20g.
Lunch: Chicken Breast, Ready Pac Bistro Apple Bleu Pecan Salad. Dinner: Chicken Methi Malai. Snacks/Other: Chicken Breast (Skin Not Eaten), Cottage Cheese (Lowfat 2% Milkfat). more...
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2915 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Pilates - 45 minutes, Elliptical - 34 minutes, Resting - 14 hours and 41 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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