Trim Down Tuesday- Week 2

Not a great week but I am not giving up! Feel free to use my Trim Down Tuesday photo and join in.

Tuesday,June 16,2015

Breakfast: Snickers Oatmeal
Lunch: Salad with Best Balsamic Vinaigrette, apple
Supper: Tuna salad, Sweet Potato

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Breakfast: Snickers Oatmeal

Lunch: Strawberry Cheesecake Protein Smoothie

Supper: Reese's whip, a pancake and an apple.
Snack: popcorn

Thursday, June 18, 2015

Breakfast: Snickers Oatmeal

Lunch: Peach Cobbler Protein shake

Supper: Pizza and chips

Snack: Apple

Friday, June 19 , 2015

Breakfast: Snickers Oatmeal

Lunch: Salad

Supper: Burger and fries. Split an order of seafood mushrooms. 

Saturday,June 20, 2015

Breakfast: Snickers Oatmeal

Lunch: went to a baby shower....ate there...more than I should have

Supper: Small chicken sandwich, handful of trail mix

Dessert: kale chips. 


Went off the rails this week...ugh.  Trying to get back on track for next week!

Trim Down Tuesday-Week 1

So, week 1 went great. I am not sure why it helped me to keep track of what I was eating on the blog, but it did. I've tried paper, journals, notepad, My Fitness Pal...none of those worked. So maybe blogging is the key.

 I think some days I might not have eaten enough, but most of the time I felt satisfied.  At this point the only exercise I am getting is decluttering my house...and that can be pretty strenuous. :)

Feel free to use my Trim Down Tuesday photo and join in.  :)

Tuesday, June 9,2015

Breakfast:Lemon Cream Pie Smoothie (not my favorite)
Lunch: Blended Salmon Soup (love this!)
Snack: Mango Yonanas
Supper: Salad with Chicken; Best balsamic vinaigrette

Dessert: Chocolate Oat Fiber Cake with Strawberries and Coffee

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Breakfast: Strawberry Protein shake (almond milk, protein powder, frozen strawberries and sweetener)

Lunch: Salad and Mango Yonanas

Snack: Apple 

Supper: Blended Salmon soup
Dessert: Chocolate Oat Fiber Cake with strawberries

Thursday, June 11, 2015

Breakfast: Fat Stripping Frappa (This didn't hold me over and didn't actually taste that great.)

Lunch: Salad

Snack: Apple

Supper: Roast Turkey, Sweet Potato, Corn

Dessert: Chocolate Oat Fiber Cake with strawberries 

Friday, June 12, 2015

Breakfast: Plain Yogurt with Blueberries and Strawberries. 

Lunch: Salad

Supper: Salad and Kale Chips

Snack: Mixed Fruit Yonanas

Saturday, June 13, 2015

Recently I thought that oatmeal might be an overeating trigger, especially this recipe.  But, I am out of protein powder so I thought I'd give it a shot.  I was fine.  So that was in my head.

Breakfast: Snickers Oatmeal and Coffee (I use 1/3 cup oatmeal, water and 1 T. each of peanuts and choc)

Lunch: Salad with Quinoa and Turkey.  Used Walden Farms dressing. 

Snack: Apple

Supper: Zoodles with sauce and Parmesan cheese

Dessert: 1/2 Oat Fiber Shortcake and Fresh Strawberries (Half was plenty. I think the oat fiber makes my stomach hurt so I'm not sure I'll be using this recipe again. The Chocolate cake recipe uses less.)

Sunday, June 14, 2015

Breakfast: Snickers Oatmeal
Lunch: Salad
Snack:Apple
Supper: Yogurt with Strawberries and Blueberries
Snack: Banana and Peanut Butter, Kale chips

Monday, June 15, 2015

Breakfast: Oatmeal with Fresh Strawberries and Chocolate Chips
Lunch: Blended Summer Squash and Salmon Soup
Snack: Apple

Supper: Salad
Snack: Yogurt with Strawberries and Blueberries

Starting Over

It's been a long time since I've blogged.  (almost a year and a half!)  Over the past year I've gained weight and all my attempts to get back on track have failed. I don't know how much weight I have gained because 1) I don't really want to and 2) my scale is broken.  I haven't gained back all that I lost, but if I don't turn it around, I feel certain I will.

I have crocheted a LOT since I stopped blogging and obsessing about dieting. (See my work on instagram.) I hope that I am in a better place now and perhaps needed a time to step back and try again without making it the sole focus of my life. Because all of my attempts to just eat smaller portions have failed miserably, I know that I need some sort of tracking/accountability. When I was blogging about my journey, I seemed to do much better and so here I am.  It doesn't matter if anyone reads it.  I need this for me.

I realize that I became totally and completely obsessed with weight loss.  My whole life CANNOT be about weight loss. At the end of my life I am not going to say, "Wow! I'm so glad I spent the last 20 (random number) years obsessing about every bite of food I put in my mouth!"  It's not a good use of my time.  But, I am hoping I can find a balance and maybe writing about it will help.  At this point, I'm not weighing or measuring myself nor am I following any specific diet plan. I am just trying to find a healthy balance of all the things I have learned over the past (almost) 5 years.

I am starting a new weekly series that I am calling Trim Down Tuesday where I will share what I am eating (with links to recipes where possible) and how I am doing. I am excited to get back to blogging.