Weekends are always hard for me to be cognoscente of my eating habits. It's probably more of a habit than anything, a bad habit that I am looking forward to breaking. I am definitely a person who gets into a routine and then begins to follow that routine most of the time even unaware of what I am doing.
Recently, I have begun a routine/habit of on carpooling days (I drive my son and friends 12 miles to school) Tuesdays it seems we are always in a rush to get to school, My son has Occupational Therapy before school and after dropping him off, I drive the rest of the kids to school drop them off and then head back to the OT's office, after that appointment we drive to the Therapist where my 2 kids have Therapy for 2 hours. I am grateful for this time in the waiting room to help me get refocused and I am able to do a lot of reading during this time. But it never fails after Therapy, which is around 11 am. Everyone is hungry (usually because we have been rushing so much in the morning that we haven't had breakfast yet) and I am often asked the question "mom, can we get breakfast" lately I have been been giving into this request and have found the past couple of weeks that I am the one who has actually taken them to grab something, even without them asking.
This weekend was much of the same. Friday dad comes home from work and we are all excited for a weekend together, what better way to celebrate than to go out to dinner, right? So this week we did it big (since Monday is the big day) we took everyone out for a Chinese buffet. I'm embarrassed to say there was lots of fried, sauced up and yummy food there, but after my last bit of food I started to feel sick and not enjoy the tastes any longer. We left feeling full and tired.
On Saturday my plan was to stay home and organize, clean and get ready for the week. We needed to make a run to Home Depot and a few other stores and while out and about we were all hungry (again,because most of us didn't grab breakfast). So on the way home we stopped and got pizza, chicken wings and soda. I did make a stop to Smiths where I picked up some salad mix, but couldn't pass up the chocolate cake and dorritos that were on sale. (UGH) I am sickened by my decisions.
Everyone was happy with our selections, especially the kids. Dorritos Really?!! and Chocolate cake too!! The pizza and soda was devoured in a matter of hours and that evening we were left with dorritos and chocolate cake. So I suggested we have something a little healthy (skinny burritos) organic and semi healthy, but mostly a quick and easy meal as I was exhausted from spending the entire afternoon cleaning and organizing the garage.
Later that night we watched a family movie, and I fell asleep on the couch. I have not been feeling right for the past couple of days. To get personal my bowels have not been working right, I feel my thyroid is completely out of whack, I have had intermittent times of where I thought I might be on my period and I ache and feel flu like most of the time. Not to mention my hair seems like it's thinning, my skin is dry and I have been having puffiness again.
So as I write this it's Sunday morning. Today is another big day. I serve in my church and have 2 chapels I need to attend this morning. But I have to say I am junk fooded out! All I want right now is fresh, juicy fruit and vegetables. So my plan is to take a nice hot bath with some relaxing music, eat a healthy breakfast and go about my day. I think I may start this journey 1 day early. Today sounds like a good day to start!
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