My Daniel Detox

 Wow. This was almost a doozie. This was one of my Sundays to work and I knew it would be really busy with covid. I packed my food and off I went. I have started subbing some of the prior things on the menu with others as I haven't really had time to do any more food prep. So I walked into work....to 3 boxes of Krispie Kream donuts! AAAAHHHHH! I quickly sped past those. I had made up my mind that if someone had made coffee I would allow myself 1/2 a mug (my mug is giant). NO ONE ever made coffee! So that one stayed on track! Then I hear that one of the docs was ordering pizza for lunch! I yelled out loud on that one! BUT I DID IT! I ate the stuff I brought only and drank all my water like a good girl! Physical: I noticed some heartburn in the night but i think it's probably from what I ate for supper.  Emotional: what a day! I made it though Menu:  Breakfast: Blueberry super protein smoothie Snack: Baked quinoa breakfast (swapped breakfast and snack so my smoothie was sti...

 One full week! Proud of myself for sticking with it. I'm trying to figure out how I did it. I think the pre planning had a lot to do with it. I've heard a couple people say, "man, you have more will power than me!" but really I don't. That was one of the main reasons I started this, to practice and build up my self control. So every day that passed gave me a bit more self confidence that I did, indeed, have some self control deep down inside of me. I was at a place where I could not NOT eat the treat in the breakroom or the candy from the candy isle even. But right now, I can. That's taken practice and I'm sure a lot more practice to continue.  Speaking of continuing, my mind is working on concrete plans on what the next 10 days and after will look like. Ideally, I need to loose 40-50 lbs total. My current 10 day detox plan has shown me some great weight loss. But the real test comes in the maintaining and learning to eat more balanced ALL the time. SO, s...

 What a day! There were some definite mile stones and some low points too. I had to go grocery shopping over lunch time. Normally, I'd just take myself somewhere I like. Today I took my kale salad with me in the car. It was a good salad but not quite the same! 😆 And I stopped by a new local shopping store that doubles as at coffee/ice cream shop (appropriately named Doubled Dipped). They just opened the coolest locally made boutique too. AND I RESISTED COFFEE AND ICE CREAM!! Talk about a mile stone! That took a lot of gumption. Thinking about tomorrow isn't very easy though. It's my first Sabbath AND we have Pathfinder potluck and Pathfinders in the afternoon. So all my food will be taken with me....and no potluck for me. I LOVE potlucks! And the deserts.....uuuummmmmmm. But I already have most of my food made and will carry on. I really did think about ending this detox at 7 days instead of 10.....but I'd probably be mad at myself later so it's only 4 more days!  ...

 HALF WAY THERE! Feeling proud...is that ok? 😄 Contemplating plans for the future of eating... Weight: 198.4 lb    7 lbs down!!! I wondering about integrating some of this into my everyday diet but making it more manageable with a family. What if I did breakfast most days using the same types of foods I have been but with more fruit. Lunch I normally am by myself anyway and can eat some of the same things too. But then dinner with the family would just be normal stuff that everyone will eat while trying to sneak in more veggies. Of course, coffee will be back every day. I drink it black now so no calories. I am going to try getting some flavored decaf (flavored coffee makes it WAY more tolerable when black!) to see how that sits with me. One of the things I will have to keep an eye on is heartburn.  Physical: Haven't had any heartburn since starting the 10 days. I quit taking my heartburn pill on day 3. I'm really happy about this but wondering if it's my coffee tha...

 As much as I've planned and calculated, the unexpected couldn't be helped. Josh's mom showed up this afternoon and everyone wanted to go out to eat. Ugh...not on the menu. But not wanting to be a wet blanket, I put my little grey cells to work and came up with a plan. Supper was not on the planned menu and they did add cheese to my salad EVEN when I asked for ONLY VEGGIES AND TURKEY. Oh well. I still did pretty well! But I had to leave the table when they all ordered ice cream. I said, "love you all, but I can't sit through this one and resist temptation".  Physical: More energy today. Oakley and I went on a 2.5 miles walk this afternoon. TMI but poop seems firm for all the water I'm drinking. I know I'm eating lots of roughage but hmmm... Emotional: Today was a good day until the supper fiasco, which all in all wasn't bad. Felt proud of my ability to resist when I would normally just jump in with both feet and dessert! Feeling like food isn't...

  I woke up with no headache!!!! Best part of the day!  Physical: No headache! Thinking more clearly...not sure of any other changes so far. I'll have to check my original scale in the morning but I've lost at least 2 lbs!  Emotions: Feeling better today. More positive over all with less coffee cravings. It's easier to resist temptations as the sugar and caffeine cravings aren't so strong. Work was really busy so that helped with keeping my mind occupied. It is a serious mind battle as I knew it would be! I'll catch myself wanting to eat something only to stop and think, "hmph, my stomach isn't hungry at all....just my head."  I've also been considering how I want to proceed after this 10 day fast as I don't want to go straight back into where I was. Still ruminating on that....more to come. Menu: Breakfast: quinoa with unsweetened almond milk and cinnamon (this was hard to get down, just being honest, it'd be ok with some sweetener....mayb...