Whatcha Eating Today VSGers? Wednesday, 2/21/2018

Hawaiian

thanks, lol

What week in Aruba and where? I have a timeshare there and will be in Aruba 6/2-6/16. We are at ABC in the low rise area.

Good morning,

Have the day off from work today. Feels good to sleep in a little.

QOTD: I would count down to my first trip on an airplane somewhere. Since I was SMO for so long, I was always mortified and afraid of judgement to fly anywhere. So afraid they would tell me to buy a 2nd seat. So I have not traveled much at all. Only what was in driving distance. I have isolated myself a-lot over the years, but flying represented freedom to me. I think I would fit in a regular seat now. (Not really sure). Just have to plan a place to go. I live in the mid Atlantic. Any suggestions for a good first trip?

B coffee with H&H egg, Canadian bacon, gouda

L turkey, broccoli

D chicken marsala, green beans, Noodles for the guys

S yogurt with peanut powder

Pick an inexpensive, short round trip to anywhere. You can get a round trip ticket for less than $100. Where ever you decide on, pick a moderate hotel and at least one thing to visit. A good first trip.

https://www.skyscanner.com

Fun for the people who want to take an inexpensive vacation or are just into flying.

How tall are you? I'm 5'4" and even at my highest weight I was able to fly in one seat - although I did often need a seatbelt extender.

I am 5'5" with quite a pear shape. I no longer need a seatbelt extender for the car but have heard airline seat are especially small. Do the different airlines have different size seats? Hope to give it a try soon.

Happy Wednesday! So far this week has been wonderful. We had a fun family day yesterday, I've made real progress on my resume. After the popcorn debacle, I am back on track stronger and better than ever and my life is generally happy. And for those of you who thought that I didn't guilt myself to death over the popcorn episode, I did. But I took my inner spoiled child in my arms; we had a serious discussion, a good cry, and then a loving hug.

QOTD: The thought of a count-down clock scares the be-jesus out of me. There are so many events that I want to know, but then again, don't want to know in case they never happen or take way to long to happen or in some cases: might happen too quickly. Knowing the future means that I couldn't try harder to accomplish something. I honestly can't pick one thing that I would want to know when it was going to happen!

M1: Coffee, PP banana and cream (can't wait till I'm out of this flavor ), miralax

M2: Miso soup with egg and pork

M3: Beef and barley soup

M4: String cheese and deli turkey

M5: Spinach and mozzarella chicken sausage

S: None today (I have sworn off snacks for awhile).

E: Nothing specific.

Water/Vits: On track

I hope that you didn't take my comment to the popcorn as thinking you should guilt yourself. I definitely did NOT mean that! Sometimes, we will do things that aren't good for us. We recognize those behaviors and move on, just like you did!

I DESPISE the pp bananas and cream flavor. I LOVE the chocolate; vanilla and caramel are also pretty decent. A friend said she loved the banana and strawberry flavors, and both tasted like straight up rotten fruit to me. The banana also has a TERRIBLE artificial aftertaste. Strange how our tastes differ! You're better than I am. I literally gave the rest away...even though it hurt me to think of the wasted money.

Do you find that snacks become a problem behavior for you? If that's too personal, it's fine, I've just noticed that I began losing weight again when I started having my two snacks a day regularly. I eat breakfast around 6:30, first snack around 9, lunch at 11:30, 2nd snack around 3-4, and dinner around 7. It keeps me feeling satisfied and I rarely get hungry unless I skip my snacks. I do worry though, that snacking could cause me to revert back to old habits if I am not careful. That's why I try to always pre-portion my snacks. I stopped bringing a large bag of jerky and instead, I portion the 1 ounce out into a ziploc bag each day and bring that to work. I'm hoping this works well for me in the future to keep from snacking unhealthily.

I did not take your comment that way at all!! But when I re-read my post, I realized that some might think I got away guilt free. Most of us fall down at one point or another. And most of us feel guilty or will beat ourselves up. But I wanted to offer a solution and encourage anyone who does fall down to just get back up and keep trying. Skinned knees don't kill us, they just sting for awhile.

I am suffering through the bananas and cream, but like you gave away the strawberry flavor. I too hate the thought of wasting money but I just couldn't stomach the strawberry. My favorite is vanilla and caramel and the chocolate is a distant third.

Snacking is my Achilles heel. I try to eat 5 "meals" a day and only snack if I need to bump up protein. I usually only get in three or four of the five meals so I find myself snacking at night. BAD for me. When I realized I was "saving" calories just so I could indulge at night, I realized I needed to cut that out. I also tend to gravitate toward carb heavy snacks so I am cutting out all popcorn and nuts after 5 pm. If I do need to snack at night, it will be a piece of jerky.

The mind games we play with ourselves! (Or at least I do!)