Since I haven't had time to update in a little while, today's post is a twofer.
Last week, my family went on vacation to Washington, D.C. Because we spent most of our time out and about, and most of the museums and other places we visited don't allow you to bring in food or drinks, I wasn't able to drink my full amount of water each day and had to make do with eating at restaurants. For my fruit servings, I kept apples at the hotel and had one in the morning and one in the evening. For my protein and vegetables, I was able to get grilled chicken and a salad with lettuce, tomato, and cucumber at most restaurants. The problem was, by Saturday night (the trip began on Thursday), I was absolutely sick of grilled chicken and lettuce. The result? I fell off the wagon. BAD. Saturday night I had chicken fingers and fries with honey mustard and ketchup. Sunday morning I was so disappointed in myself when I stepped on the scale and my weight had gone up 2.2 pounds. We were in a rush to get on the road, so I didn't take my Charge and that on top of eating junk had me feeling sluggish all day and just generally not on top of my game. So when we stopped for lunch and fast food seemed to be our only option, I gave in again. More chicken fingers and fries, plus hush puppies AND a Dr. Pepper. As if that wasn't bad enough, late Sunday evening we stopped for gas somewhere in South Carolina and the truck stop had a Dairy Queen and a Wendy's. I knew I shouldn't, but I was tired and crabby so I gave in and got a chicken sandwich from Wendy's and a mint Oreo blizzard from DQ. Monday morning I was up another 2 pounds, and felt tired and nauseous all day. I learned that the saying "You are what you eat" is totally true. I ate garbage and I FELT like garbage. Plus the realization set in that the gain of 4.2 pounds basically destroyed 6 days of progress because I've been averaging 0.7 pounds per day. A whole week wasted. Today I'm back to 180.6, where I was last Friday. It makes me so mad at myself that I could be down to 176.4. UGH. I'll never cheat again. I have 15 days left until I reach Phase 3 (Maintenance), and if I keep up my average loss, I should be down at least another 10.5 pounds by then. On a positive note- I've lost 6 inches off my waist and 5 inches around my ribcage. Can't complain about that!
I was running around getting an amazing amount of things accomplished today, and started thinking about what Omni has done for me. I'm taking the drops, Omni IV multivitamin, Charge capsules, Nite Lite, and Remind capsules.
1. I am learning healthy eating habits that I will keep for the rest of my life.
2. I am finally losing the extra weight I've carried around for years, and I know I'll keep it off.
3. I can SLEEP at night!
4. I don't start counting the seconds until bedtime as soon as I get up in the morning.
5. I am always in a good mood! No more crabby, irritable me!
6. My improved mood is making me a better wife and mother- I don't lose my patience with my husband and kids over every little thing.
7. I have more energy than I've had since... well, maybe more than ever!
8. I get more accomplished in a day than I used to do in a week.
9. My stress level is almost non-existent.
10. I feel more focused- I don't forget what I'm trying to say in the middle of a sentence or walk into a room and forget why I was there.
11. My house is cleaner than it has been in months.
12. I'm off my migraine meds and haven't had even a hint of a headache. (Saving me almost $80 a month in prescriptions.)
13. I haven't had any allergy issues this season when normally by now I'd be popping decongestants and antihistamines and looking for my inhaler. More money saved!
