No sweets check-in - week of January 1st

Off to a good start today. I was almost tempted by M&M's last night. My son was eating them. All I could smell was the chocolate x( x( x( it smelt so GOOD! yum!! I had all I could do by not asking for one. Once I thought about this challenge and about my goals I have set...I had some control.

Have a great day.

Lori

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Good afternoon, ladies! I have been doing really well at avoiding sweets altogether and most unclean foods in general (with the sole exception of a slice of not-particularly-good pizza at the mall last night - I was really disgusted with myself afterwards). My DS is sitting in the family room eating chocolate chip cookies right now and I finally made him take the package downstairs, lol. I graze like a freaking cow!

Anyway, has anyone noticed differences in moods or excessive tiredness? I'm just exhausted the last few days. I think it's a combo of a lot of healthy changes after the holiday brouha, plus a cyclical kind of thing. It's awfully early to be PMS, so maybe it's periomenopausal?? Ugh. I went out and took the dog for a long walk earlier and came home in a much better frame of mind. :)

Hope you are all hanging in!!

Marie
 
Jan 4:

I did it! I did it! I ate 100% clean today! Wow I can't believe it. My wake-up call was that I did a weigh-in today and instead of losing weight I gained 1.4 lbs so I thought well all the junk I've been eating is going to my trunk so I better eat clean today and I did. I'm so happy. I hope I can do the same tomorrow.
 
I think I need to join your check-in. Why, you ask. I'll tell you why. It's because I ate SIX cookies today. SIX. 1-2-3-4-5-SIX!! I've also been dipping into the THREE POUNDS OF CHOCOLATE my dear brother gave me for Christmas.

;( :-( ;( :-( ;( :-( ;( x(

I feel like crap.
 
Catherine wow you are amazing. I did okay today, but not like yesterday. I grabbed some dinner with friends and while I ordered healthy food I couldn't say no to a piece of cake they ordered for dessert. I had a small piece, but I felt guilty. This is really hard to do. Oh! and I also didn't want to say to my friends: "oh I'm not eating sweets". I know they would've never respected that and would've started eating more and more sweets in front of me to make me fail. They're like that with food. Ugh. Oh well. Tomorrow is another day.
 
Rose, thanks for the compliment. True, I have been warding off the sweets, I just need to eat healthier too. I have the hardest time getting in my veggies. Need some simple easy plans there.

Don't be hard on yourself for a small piece of cake. Just move on. No sense in beating yourself up over it. I will probably have something today or tomorrow.


Catherine

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Catherine, thanks for the encouragement and ^5's to you for avoiding the crap last night.

Okay, today is a new day and so far so good. I am resolute -- NO SUGAR TODAY! I have to do this one day at a time--lol! I've really been feeling fatigued and I know it's from all the crap I've been eating over the holidays.

DH and I both wanted pizza for dinner last night so, in keeping with my resolution to clean up my eating, I made a pizza at home. I made my own sauce with a can of crushed tomatoes, a little EVOO, minced onion and garlic, oregano, basil, kosher salt and pepper to taste. I let it simmer for about 30 minutes. I used WW pita bread for the crust and I topped them with sauteed onions and bell peppers, and Italian chicken sausage. I didn't put any cheese on mine but DH used a little mozzarella. I baked them at 425 degrees for about 8 or 9 minutes and they were delicious! I'll definitely be making these again.
 
Day 6? I have made it so far this week. I have not had any sweets. I am eating cleaner than I usually do (no chips, chocolate, candy, tons of butter, etc.). I am not eating clean, according to many, but I am watching my calories and trying to fit in fruits and a few veggies. That is clean for me!

My problem is that I only like to eat a few fruits (bananas, pineapple, melon and then things like applesauce, or other less pure forms of fruits). For veggies, I only will eat canned peas and carrots, or veggies completely devoid of their nutrients, cooked in soups and stews, etc. It is the raw textures that I do not like.

I have been trying to add in tomato soup and pea soup. Do they count as veggies?

I figure that either way...as long as I cut out the enormous amounts of junk that I can regularly consume (which I have been), then that is a good thing!

Keep up the hard work ladies! I know it is hard, but so worth it!
Jenn
 
HI all!!

I am doing OK with my eating considering how I ate my way through the holidays. Big improvement! I walked down the ice cream isle twice and came out of the store without any ice cream!!!

Today I made some steel cut oats for the first time and I did put about 1tsp of brown sugar!!!:( Next time I will do better. Boy did those oats keep me full all morning.

Have a great weekend.

Lori
 
I had no sweets this week. I know it is almost that time of the month, so this will be a true test for me. I have to be like the little engine that could---I think I can I know I can!!
 
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