Greetings and felicitations!

Welcome! I invite you to join me on my journey to better health and well-being. Believe me, if I can do this, so can you!

My promise to you is no preaching, no soapbox, no lectures. This is going to be about what worked well for me -- I will comment but that's it -- take what you will from that. I figure, the book doesn't preach, so why should I? Feel free to post questions or comments -- and pass along the link to anyone who you feel might be interested. The more, the merrier!

However, I am only human...expect the occasional foot-stamping tantrum when I want chocolate...

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Day 38 (Achieve Cycle Day 3)

Not a terribly interesting day today.  Still feeling the effects of the milk from yesterday's breakfast when I got up, but other than that, it was another feel-good day!  I dug out a beautiful skirt that I purchased a couple of years ago but never wore because it was always a bit too tight, and guess what?!  It's a little on the big side now!  Hee, hee -- going to have to take it in a bit.  I wore it anyway, but it kept twisting around throughout the day -- by the time I got home from work it was completely backward...lol!

Today's menu:
Breakfast -- 2 poached eggs, 1 peach, green tea, probiotic supplement
Morning Snack -- 6 oz vanilla yogurt, red grapes
Lunch -- grape tomatoes, sliced cucumber, turkey sandwich (Dempster's Ancient Grains bread -- yum, yum) with mayo, cranberry mustard (yes, cranberry mustard -- most excellent), lettuce
Afternoon snack -- chocolate cupcake (couldn't help myself -- it was homemade and all -- and apparently chocolate is a stress-buster, so I figured I could use some of that tonight...)
Dinner -- steamed carrots, London broil

I came across this article today that talks about certain foods (nuts, chocolate, red wine) that can help fight stress and improve your mood.  There is some very interesting information about other foods (green tea and oatmeal are mood-boosters -- who knew??), some yummy-sounding recipes and a "stress-busting" meal plan at the end.  Follow the link to see for yourself (it's posted under Interesting Articles as well...):
http://www.parents.com/recipes/familyrecipes/quickandeasy/foods-that-fight-stress-and-boost-your-mood/

Hard to believe it, but tomorrow is another weigh-in.  I'm not expecting any huge reduction as I've been slack on the exercise again, but we'll see.  Another pound would be nice...