Day 1 wasn’t as rough as I expected. The last time, I thought I would die. This time just felt like someone repeatedly poking me in the ribs.
I am always amazed at how often I nibble when I am not committed to three meals a day, no snacks. It’s no wonder I haven’t lost weight in 6 months and, in fact, have gone up and down 5-7 pounds (currently 7) repeatedly. I’m not alone in this, I know. Any deficit in calories that could possibly facilitate weight loss can be found in the fist fulls of random that settles at the bottom of a woman’s stomach, each cracker and cookie a reflection of a day now finished.
Time to clean up from breakfast. Mustn’t let those four spoonfuls of congealed oatmeal go to waste!
I think I found a paint color I like. Let’s celebrate with cookies!
The boys are being loud. I want crackers.
Which one of you didn’t finish their sandwich?
Right. No, mom and dad, it could be a good thing for my blog and a nice source of income. No, probably not as much as when I was practicing law. Well, like I’ve said [repeatedly] a blog is when… Chips. I need chips.
Cough. Sniffle. Is that my throat hurting? Don’t mind if I do, Ice cream!
But not today. Today I was strong in the face of the great, the annoying, the boring, and the funny. Today I skipped snacks–especially those snacks that weren’t made to be snacks in the first place. (Hi, congealed oatmeal.)
Breakfast
Lunch
- Leftover chicken and rice soup (I have a bit of a cold)
- Huge salad with mixed greens, tomatoes, leftover steak
Dinner
- Mega salad: grilled chicken (4 ounces), tomatoes, mushrooms, scallions, sunflower seeds, cheese, olive oil, vinegar, seasonings.
Let’s get this train back on the tracks, shall we? I need to eliminate all the sugars and grains I’ve been eating lately. It’s been a bottomless free for all lately, mainly because I am so, so, so unbelievably stressed over the health of the boys. They are sick constantly, at least once a month this year, and it is wearing thin on our nerves. They have been sick (with a day or two break) since April 30th.
I took them to a different pediatrician today and I ended up almost strangling him with his stethoscope. There were several things that irritated me, but the main thing was why he believes the boys are always sick. Basically, their allergies are so severe–particularly Mikey’s–that their immune systems are constantly under assault, making them susceptible to every ding-dang bug that crosses their path.
This isn’t the first time I’ve heard this. In fact, this was the second pediatrician to tell me this and exactly what my homeopath told me two days ago. That isn’t what made me want to commit a felony. It’s when I asked him what I could do to help them and he responded, “Nothing. The average child gets sick 7-12 times per year. They will always be sick more than the average child but as they get older it won’t be as bad.”
I’m sorry, but I don’t accept that answer. But, I will stew over it for the rest of the day as I munch on crackers and eat chocolate-peanut butter icecream.
So we are (most likely) going full tilt with the homeopath which should be SO! VERY! REASONABLY! PRICED! but I believe I have done my due diligence and have explored every traditional option available to me over the past two years. The Mister and I can’t go through another winter like this and expect to maintain our sanity. That, and our new insurance doesn’t have the prescription coverage we became accustomed to with his previous company. It’s not like the four medications we picked up tonight for Mikey alone were SO! VERY! REASONABLY! PRICED! either.
Food. Back on topic. Back on plan. I am stressed enough that I can’t go near any sugary, starchy, let-me drown-my-sorrows-in-buttered-bread foods. This much I know, so tomorrow it’s back to my super strict, I-can’t-believe-I did-it-for-six-months-straight, meal plan.
Breakfast
- 2 eggs, hard boiled
- 1 apple
Lunch
- 8 ounces mache (lamb’s ear lettuce)
- 4 ounces tomatoes
- 4 ounces white mushrooms, sliced
- 4 ounces smoked oysters (I’ve never had these before. Nervous.)
- Dressing: 1 TB olive oil, vinegar to taste
Dinner
- 4 ounces steak, grilled
- 8 ounces dinner salad (includes tomatoes, mushrooms)
- 8 ounces broccoli, steamed
I’m going to see how my old meal plan stacks up in terms of points over the course of a week. I think the extras I might consume here and there (usually as oil during cooking or making salad dressing) can be accounted for by using the weekly points we get as extras.
Breakfast
- 1 cup frozen peaches, thawed
- 2 oz Creme Fraiche
Lunch
- 4 oz Buffalo Burger
- 12 oz Spinach Salad
- 1 cup steamed green beans
- 1 TB oil+vinegar for salad dressing
Dinner
- 4 oz roasted chicken
- 12 oz salad (greens, vegetables, etc.)
- 1 cup carrots
- 1 cup peas
