Hello friends!  It have not been great about posting this week, but don’t take silence as failure.  I am still at it- my weight is down to 148 now (from 166 in January).  I am happy with the weight loss progress although it is not as fast as I like.  I am already thinking my May deadline for my ultimate goal of 132 pounds is a stretch.  I just don’t lose it that fast.  I have to avoid frustration here though…I have to try to love my body even when it does not meet my expectations or if it does not even meet me half way!

Yesterday I missed out on my morning smoothie and I had really wanted to have one so I went ahead and had one for dinner.  Yesterday my calorie intake went like this:

Lunch	Dinner
Veggies (carrots, celery, cauliflower, grape toms) Hummus (1/2 cup plus a couple tablespoons)	Smoothie Dave’s Killer Bread (The Good Seed) toast w/ peanut butter topped over it Best dinner ever!

 

Today is the last day of fast from sunrise to sundown of Lent (in observance of Good Friday) for my husband and I.  Today I have drank my weight in calories.  My husband recently purchased some concord grape juice, and discussed some of the health benefits associated with it.  All I have to say is I cannot justify the health benefits with the calorie count at stake.  There are 160 calories per cup.  Insane!  More insane than that is the fact that I have had two glasses today…320 calories in juice!  It is not worth it to say the least, but I was struggling with my “no eat fast” and had some juice to get me through the day.  That was breakfast.  Lunchtime brought on another beverage choice…soy milk.  I told myself, I need protein.  Well, being as I usually never drink anything other than water, I am pretty amazed that I had 520 calories in beverages today.  I am looking forward to having water and veggies and fruit again.  It seems like the best alternative for sure!

With my juice, milk, and forecasted brown rice and stir fry veggie dinner, I should have about 1100 calories today in all.  Hopefully I was the only person today who consumed half their calories in beverages. Bad choice!  Cheers…with water!