Wednesday accountability

Where on Earth is everybody at?

Are we just too busy with life and holiday events and family?

Are we avoiding posting because we have been "naughty"?

Are we feeling down because of the holiday(s)?

Are we not following rules and feel ashamed?

Come on fess up...

We all do it.

We are all human.

I may post my plan for the day.  May give you a false sense of my being "good" and following the rules.  I don't mean to do that.

I post my plan for the world to see so that I have a higher probability of actually following the plan!  The way I see it:  If I put my plan out there and then don't do it...what is the point in putting it out there in the first place?  Of course there are those days when I follow plan all day and then my evening comes around and sometimes I do fall off.  I even fess up to it the next day on accountability.

We are all human.

I did well yesterday.  Even did my 45 minutes on the elliptical!  That's right I did 45 minutes!  Of course watching The Biggest Loser is my best motivation while on the torture devise but it does keep me distracted so I don't drive myself nuts watching the clock tick by.

B-protein shake
S- coffee w/ SF creamer
L-chili
S- protein balls
D- chicken soup
S- yogurt w/granola and maybe a few protein balls if the need to snack arises again.

I am gonna do 45 minutes again on the elliptical.

Hi!  I've been MIA due to holiday busy-ness.  Retail land is CRAZY LAND from now till the 26th.  To top it off, our store is having a high-level visitor this week so the big shots are all extra nutz.   And I'm completely in charge of holidays here at home so all the cleaning, decorating, etc. is on my shoulders.  That wouldn't be so bad if I weren't such a holiday geek and have to have waaaay too many decorations to deal with.   Definitely not down because of the holidays but for sure feeling rushed and a bit panicked about not getting things done on time. 

Christmas cards???  Still in boxes....  sigh...

Eating-wise I've actually been doing really well.  I planned to allow myself to slack off around Thanksgiving because I wanted to eat my sugar free desserts w/o guilt and really enjoyed them.  That's all gone now and I'm back to a much better plan to get ready for my 2-yr. post-op appt. next week.  Got rid of the store-bought protein bars which were like candy bars and am back to my homemade ones.  Much better!

About the only thing I'm still struggling with is the water.  I just don't like to drink cold drinks when it is cold so I'm having a tough time getting it all in w/herbal tea.  Now coffee....reg or decaf is a different story. hahaha

No extra exercise for me and that is guilt-inducing.  My gut is so flabby!  Definitely need to get back to the pilates dvd but I've just got too much to do and don't seem to budget that 20 minutes for myself. 

Keep up your great work posting, Elaine.  I wish I had more time this week to be here more often but I'll get back here when I can. 

here's today's food so far (and projected)
--sf, nf latte w/1 scoop prot. powder (Amplify...new for me and yummy!)
--2 lf mozz sticks, 1 homemade prot.. bar for breakfast
lots of coffee
--another homemade prot. bar and 1/4 cup craisins for mid-morning snack
--lunch will be egg  beaters and salsa
--dinner will prob. be pea soup
--evening snack, maybe a 100 cal bag of popcorn?

Ok, hate to say it but I've gotta go roll out the dough for the kids' gingerbread houses.  No trouble wanting to eat it, if I get tempted I can always make a batch of the splenda gingerbread cookies but I'm really trying to do without sugar free cookies this year.  As I recall, Melissa encouraged me to try to tough it out this month and I'm going to give it a good try. 



Hugs!
Molly

Funny, I have been decorated at my house for Christmas since the first week of november!   The kids helped...I left for the day and came home to the house 1/2 done...well, then I had to fini****

No cards out for me yet either.  Was waiting for my 4 YO's school pics to come in and they finally did today.

Have a good one!