Happy Easter...

I am liking the idea of using my cards.

They say that we eat, basically,

the same things 

pretty much for every meal

with only a few variations.

So

I think that I need to be less of a "nazi" about

my weight loss and

make it a little more "livable".

I need to remember that every day will not be ideal.

I think that I am going to cut back on the water

a little bit on the days when

I know that I will be spending time with Bradley :)

Bradley almost 4 months old in this photograph :)

Becky is usually home on Sundays and Mondays and

sometimes Saturdays so

maybe

I will wait until this weekend to start the water consumption

although....

Jenny and the Kids will be here and

we will be travelling probably so maybe I will wait to

consume all of the water after the 14th of April....

I will think about it :)

Here is a picture of

my new bird feeder. 

As you can see,

Mrs Squirrel has discovered the hinged lid on the top .

So perfect for easy access :*(

LOL

Hub sad that if the squirrels found it

he was going to take it down.

No birdies yet

but the feeder is still in place outside of my window !!!

Well...

surprise, surprise....

I was not able to follow through

with my plans.

I ended up peeing every 10 minutes

which was not working

with

rocking baby all day.

so

I need to modify.

at least the water intake...

peeing every 10 minutes is

extremely confining.

so

I am regrouping

and

I will do a restart most likely

on Monday.

Alas

as much as I want to control 

my days

it is not in the cards right now.

I did read a very interesting article in Oprah magazine.

by Martha Beck

She talks about applying "SALVE"

in your life....

Self

Acceptance

Love

Value

I forgot what the e is for

Emotions maybe ???

anyway,

I realized that (again)

There is no self love for this person.

I have to work on that.

more later

:*)

Food So Far Today.....

Food so far today:

7am:

8am:

9am:

Greek Yogurt and more Water :)

First Day.... This Is The Plan.....

Yesterday

I spent the day preparing for

my new diet plan.

I thought about how I could make it fun and easy

since I will be doing this for at 1+

years.

So I took a look at the food pyramid and

how many portions of the basic foods we ought to

consume every day.

Then

I created easy and palatable meals,

and made something like

"playing cards"

to represent each meal or "thing"

that I want to include

daily.

I decided that as I consume something,

I will move the card representing that item

from the main "pack" to

a designated

envelope.

That way I can see what I can choose from

throughout the day.

:)

Pictures follow:

testing testing.....

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