March 10, 2016

Today I have slightly less enthusiasm and motivation.  It is the first time since I began this voyage towards a healthy BMI, but I have to say this week I feel like I am in a slump.  I am not eating the wrong foods, nor do I want to!  In fact, my husband recently mentioned ice cream and I realized that I have not had nor wanted ice cream for the last three months, which may be a lifetime record.  However, yesterday  I bought a package of blueberries from Costco to put in my freezer for smoothies.  Before they got in the freezer, I tried a couple…they were the best blueberries I’ve had in a long time.  I ended up eating most of the one pound package.  Although blueberries are a great food, I really would rather not have gone to town eating them.  Also, now there are only a few so they never made it to the freezer.  Bummer!     

My main issue is the work-out department.  I only ran Tuesday and my hip hurts.  This is slightly depressing because running was going so well last week with no pain.  Then this weekend I hiked about five miles and climbed over 900 ft. on a trail in Forest Park in Portland Oregon.  Beautiful hike!  I felt great!  Then Monday morning I felt like I needed a break and to sleep in- so no run.  Then Tuesday I had to cut it short and did not get a good stretch in before or after my run.  Tuesday morning’s run was not an enjoyable one.  It was freezing- literally.  It was 28 outside and I am so tired of the cold.  I got feeling down about the cold.  Then the rain came and it felt like a cherry on top of the depression cake.  I really like the warm weather and I find myself getting impatient for warm temps every spring. 

So now that I recognize that eating a pound of blueberries yesterday and not running this week were not my best decision making, do you think I am making best choices today?  Well, not perfect…my girls really wanted me to make pancakes every morning this week (probably not helping my stance) so I finally did this morning.  So of course I had a large blueberry 8 grain vegan pancake (no butter, but yes to the light layer of syrup).  So my plan today for food is to have fresh veggies and hummus for lunch (cucumbers, carrots, celery, grape tomatoes) and then a smoothie for dinner.  I figure that is a good way to redeem my calorie count.  Also, I really like it when I only have grains once a day, so I can keep in line with that plan still.

You may have noticed that I don’t report my diet regularly anymore on this blog.  It is because I eat the same things all the time!  It could get pretty repetitive and boring reading that again I had a smoothie, veggies and hummus, and soup or beans or no lunch and a larger dinner.  I really am a creature of habit.   However, here it is…about 866 calories:

Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner
Whole grain large pancake with sypup- 289 calories	Veggies (celery, carrots, grape toms, cucumber slices) and half cup hummus-  287 calories	Smoothie w/ 1 cup almond milk, ½ T honey, 2 cups spinach, 1 banana, ½ cup blueberries, 1 T flax meal & ice- 290 calories