Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Week two of no refined sugars...

This week seemed easier. A lot easier actually. I discovered avocado pudding, which really helped me with my chocolate craving! Once you get over the fact that it has avocados in it it is really good. 

I haven't noticed any difference in my headaches. I have heard that could take up to a month to notice a difference in that though. Things I have noticed? Most days I feel like I'm coming out of a fog that I have been in my whole life! It's really amazing to be honest. I'm not feeling as tired, although there have been some nights that I haven't slept well due to getting off a medicine that made me drowsy. So on those days I feel tired. I am not thinking about food nearly as much. I use to think about it all day, but now I just think about it come meal time, and even then I'm not always hungry at meal time so I just don't eat till I'm hungry. 

I have lost 6.6 pounds the first week and another 4.6 this second week! This brings my grand total (since starting weight watchers in January) to 20.6 pounds lost! When I hit 30 pounds lost I get to reward myself with a fitbit! I can't wait!

So there you have it. My update on going off refined sugars. I had my doubts, I honestly didn't think I could do it. However, here I am week two and I have only had one on purpose give in. (I was so stressed out with my kids that I ate a sugar cookie). There have been a couple of times that I ate refined sugar, but didn't know it. Oh and one time when I ordered something I thought would be sugar free, but my first bite I could taste it. I ate it anyway and felt sick the rest of the day!  

Until next time...

Monday, August 8, 2016

One week of no refined sugar...

For a while now I have been told to get off refined sugar in order to help with my headaches. I didn't think I could do it to be honest with you. I mean, really why do it when I can just take medicine? That was my old way of thinking. I guess I have had one too many headaches now that it is worth a try now. 

So I have officially completed my first week of lowering my refined sugar intake. I wanted to share some things that I have noticed just in this first week. So here goes:

1. The first few days were the hardest. Like I wanted to bite someones head off for no reason. I wanted to yell to the world to give me some freaking sugar! Not fun, but I prevailed.

2. I have noticed that I stay full in between meals. And not just staying full, but not thinking about food constantly. This is huge. Normally I am always thinking about food. Thinking about snacks, what to have for my next meal, what to have as a snack after said meal. So yeah, I'd say this is probably the biggest change in week one.

3. Refined sugar is in SO MANY THINGS! Seriously. Who would have thought that a can of re-fried beans had sugar in it? Well it does! Ugh. Oh and bacon. Bacon has sugar, they use it to cure it. This is why cooking and making things at home is probably best for this diet. 

4. I have become more creative with my food. For example: I couldn't figure out what to eat for lunch one day. So I finally decided to warm up some meat from the night before and make a salad. The only problem is that I didn't have any salad dressing that didn't have refined sugar in it. Ugh. So I searched my fridge. I decided to put unsweetened apple sauce on it. Y'all, this turned out to be pretty yummy! I was surprised! It was good. 

As I start week two, I'm not feeling as cranky. Which is good. I'm also not feeling the "give me some freaking sugar" feeling as much. Again, good. It might be a month or so before my body really reaps the benefits of going off refined sugar, but I like that I am seeing small steps even now. I can tell you that if I was doing this for weight loss, I probably wouldn't have stayed with it past day one! But because I am doing this to stop my headaches, it suddenly becomes worth it. I'm hoping that weight loss is a benefit too though. :)

Friday, February 19, 2016

Looking back on my list of 40 things to do before I turn 40...

It occurred to me this week that I haven't been checking things off of my list of 40 things to do before I turn 40. With my 35th birthday coming up I wanted to revisit that list and see where I am on checking things off. Let's start with saying I've got a lot to do before I turn 40! I can't believe it has been almost 2 years since I made this list and I've only crossed off 7 things! I've got to get busy!

  1. Lose 100 pounds
  2. (you don't need to see this, just trust me that I did it)
  3. Go on a trip with just Justin
  4. Go on a trip somewhere fun with just Justin and the kids
  5. Sew more
  6. Take some sort of class, like cake decorating, photography, or crafting class
  7. Have all of our boxes cleared out of the garage
  8. Run an entire 5K race
  9. Go camping in the back yard
  10. Do a cartwheel
  11. Go snorkeling
  12. Take a self defense class
  13. Take a girls trip to Las Vegas with my closest girl friends
  14. Get my passport
  15. Go to a Broadway musical in New York
  16. Go to an OSU football game
  17. Be in more pictures with Justin and the kids
  18. Write an article and submit it to a newspaper or magazine
  19. Have purple highlights in my hair
  20. Throw a birthday party for an underprivileged kid
  21. Sponsor a child through compassion international
  22. Go to a formal event with Justin
  23. Have a FRIENDS marathon weekend where I (and anyone else who wants to join me) watch all 10 seasons of FRIENDS in order. This may be more of a 2 weekend event
  24. Take the family to Disney World
  25. Re-do our wedding vows (after losing weight)
  26. Audition for a musical
  27. Make a family year book at least once
  28. Pay for a strangers meal
  29. Buy a bike and go on rides with my kids/family
  30. Host more get togethers
  31. Be able to wear a pair of boots that come to my knee
  32. Discover my inner Wonder Woman
  33. (I don't want to post this as it has to do with my husband)
  34. Wear makeup everyday for a month
  35. Buy fancy but comfy pajamas
  36. Serve others more than myself
  37. Do a Bible study and actually complete it
  38. Find a way to contribute to our families finances without compromising my role as a mom and wife
  39. Have another child, either biological or through adoption
  40. Climb an indoor rock climbing wall

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Hello blog, It's me...

I didn't realize until this very moment that I hadn't blogged in forever! So today I shall blog about what all is going on in the life of me!

There is nothing like a diagnosis from your doctor to get you thinking about being more healthy. At a recent trip to the doctor I was told my cholesterol was high. Now to some this may not be a shocker, I mean I am over weight and not very active. To me though I was surprised! When it comes to things like cholesterol and blood pressure and all those things they test for at the doctor I have always had good reports. There was this one time my OBGYN told me I was pre, pre diabetic. That is when I lost 60 pounds. 

So after talking to my husband and doctors I decided it was time to go back to weight watchers. I loved weight watchers back before I had kids and I lost the 60 pounds. However, in the years since then they changed how things worked. For an emotional eater and someone who likes routine, this was not good. However, neither is high cholesterol, so off to weight watchers is was for me. 

I joined about a week ago and had my first weigh in yesterday. I lost 5 pounds! Yay! I know it won't be like that every week, but I was super excited! Now to continue on plan and hope they don't change things on me at the peak of my weight loss. 

Man, this blog post sounded so much better last night as I was laying in bed trying to go to sleep. It always does. One of these days I will just get up and type or write what I'm thinking, that way you all can read those poetic posts. :)

I guess that is it for now. If you think of me, please say a prayer that I will stick with this weight loss thing and truly change my way of life.