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Week 2 and 3- I'm still in!

Here's a recap of Week #2 : Clothes (spread over 2 weeks thanks to the ice storm interrupting it the first try) -I went through my closet and got rid of all the clothing that I don't wear any more.  I just did this last fall, but I managed to fill a extra large garbage bag full of clothes that I'm certain I won't miss.  There were a lot of things that I have passed by on previous purges thinking "I might wear that, or 'it might fit again if I loose weight' or 'I don't know if it fits or not.'"  If I wasn't sure about it, I tried it on and every one of those items went into the bag.  I am planning on donating the clothes but I want to make sure they go to a place wear they will reach those in need- not get lost in the depths of the Goodwill storehouse.  Any thoughts? -During the ice storm, we lived with my in-laws and I basically wore the same 2 outfits for 4 days.  It was pretty refreshing- I packed an extra set of clothes that I l

Life Interrupted... Spring Storm!

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Last week started off with many good intentions to be productive at home.  This was going to be Week 2:  Clothing.  My goal was to get ALL of the clothes in our house sorted, packed away or given away.  Monday I had a good start- I went through my clothes and filled a large garbage bag full of clothes to donate.  Then Tuesday we woke up to ice falling from the sky. Our poor city.  Trees on EVERY SINGLE block buckled under the weight of the ice.  I heard today that they were especially frail and dried out due to the drought we are in.  It truly looked as if every neighborhood in our city of more than 150,000 had been visited by a tornado.  The poor, poor trees. And THEN we got 6 inches of wet heavy snow on top of the mess.  It was beautiful, but it was a mess. Our backyard.  The large limb behind Fisher is balancing like a tripod on our electrical wires. Half of a tree from our neighbor's yard got pushed into our yard in order to clear the road for

Day 4 and 5: FOOD= Cheater!

I've cheated a little the last couple days.  Bummer.  Sometimes it is hard to stick to a rigid diet plan in real life. 1st Cheat: coffee at a friend's house:  She went to the Breadsmith and got almond poppyseed bread and scones.  What was I to do??  I had a half piece of each.  And then I had another half piece of the bread, since I am a slave to almond-flavored baked goods. 2nd Cheat:  Met my parents at a Dairy Queen during the dreaded 3-4pm carb-craving hour.  They did not serve much in the way for whole grains or fruit there, so I had a small kids cone.  I felt yucky afterwards- must have been the infusion of pure sugar into my bloodstream.  I didn't finish the cone- it just didn't taste that great. 3rd Cheat:  I stopped by the Breadsmith on my way home from work to pick up pizza crust dough for supper tonight.  They were out of wheat, so I bought white.  I thought "I will toast some of my whole wheat bread and put pizza toppings on it.  Nope.  I ate the wh

Day 3- FOOD

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I think I'm getting the hang of this.  The biggest perk is that I don't feel tempted to eat sweets or processed carbs because I have accountability through this blog, my friends who are doing something similar, and mostly my own determination.  Another great thing is that I have no guilt at the end of the day that comes with eating things (or too much of things) that I know aren't the best for me, or aren't going to help me  reach my goals.  I am also enjoying my "treats" like half and half in coffee, butter on my bread, goat cheese on my dates and a small bar of dark chocolate much more because they are delicious and not in excess.  Also, I'm not eating them on TOP of the cookies, crackers, sugar, etc, etc that I usually eat in a day. Here's what I ate today: Breakfast : pre-run: small bowl Grapenuts with milk                  post-run: plain greek yogurt, honey, blackberries and mango Snack : coffee with cream and 2 dates with goat cheese

Day 2: FOOD

Day 2 is done.  I enjoyed this day... maybe a little too much.  Here's what I ate; Breakfast : Steel cut oats topped with goat cheese, walnuts, honey and dates, with 2% milk clementine Snack : coffee with cream Lunch : Chilli topped with sour cream and cheese, carrot and celery sticks w/ ranch, grapes, skim milk Snack : 1 oz almonds, small bar dark chocolate 2nd Snack : again in the late afternoon, feeling very carb-hungry goat cheese and 2 large dates (yummmmmm) Supper : 1/2 roasted sweet potato w/ onions and spinach (roasted w/ salt and pepper and olive oil) Cobb salad (egg, cheese, blue cheese dressing, tomato, carrot, green onion, romaine and spinach Skim milk Snack : Decaf coffee with cream MORE dates and with goat cheese My thoughts :  I really enjoyed my food today- especially the goat cheese and dates :)  I felt a little too full at lunch.  I think I am over-compensating high fat foods, knowing that I can't have sugar/refined carbs, and fearin

SEVEN

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This winter, I read the amazing book  "7- An Experimental Mutiny on Excess"  by Jen Hatmaker.  Wow- it was good.  In the book, Jen took 7 areas of her life that tended to be in excess, and radically pared them down month by month. Month 1: Food (eat 7 foods) Month 2: Clothes (wear only 7 items of clothing) Month 3: Posessions (give away 7 things every day) Month 4: Media (Eliminate 7 forms of media) Month 5: Waste (eliminate wate in 7 areas of life) Month 6: Spending (only spend money in 7 places) Month 7: Stress It was such a convicting book that after reading and discussing it with friends, I determined that I wanted to have my own 7 experience.  I wanted to be challenged and changed, but I also want to be successful, and so I have decided to 7 weeks, not months.  Today was the first day of the first week; FOOD. I am not going to eat only 7 foods- I am not ready for that.  But I do want to make some changes in the way I eat.  I have been a Registered Dietitian