Well, I am back from my unintended leave of absence. It is amazing how quickly you can break habits. I thought I was doing so good at updating the blog, but then I missed a couple days and then a couple days turned into a couple weeks which turned into a month and more. But here, I am – back and ready to go!
I’ve learned two things in that last month or so. The first is that my house seems to set the tone for both my eating and my state of mind. When the house is disorganized, my eating seems to get sloppy, and I lose all productivity. It gets to the point where the chaos takes over, and I become immobilized, not knowing where to start. And instead of planning my food, I end up doing everything on the fly. So sometimes I eat things I would rather not because I didn’t plan other options.
Disorganization seemed to be the theme for March. For whatever reason, I could not get my act together. With the table piled high with paperwork and baskets of laundry littering the house, I simply could not get myself going. It’s like driving in a rut and not being able to get out. Ugh!
The other thing I’ve learned is that this blog is great motivation to eat whole foods. Now, I didn’t completely blow it during March but I definitely got a bit lax about my whole food eating. No binging, but a girl scout cookie here and a couple mini eggs there. That sort of thing. When I know I am not going to get online later in the night and have to account for my eating, it’s a lot easier to justify some junk food here and there. So I am renewing my commitment to keep journaling about my food here to keep me honest with myself.
We’ve had a cold and dreary March here in Michigan. It is easy to blame the weather for my lack of motivation and poor eating habits, but that would probably be a little unfair to the weather. In reality, there are probably a number of reasons, not excluding laziness and a lack of self-discipline, which led to my dismal month.
But I must say what a difference a change in the weather makes! The sun has been shining, the windows are open, and I feel fan.tas.tic! I’ve been decluttering in anticipation of a garage sale later in the month, and it is invigorating to box up all this stuff and know it’s moving on out. Today, we cleaned up the yard, and I spent a little while sitting outside just soaking up the rays. I always note with some amusement that when it is 60 degrees in the fall, we are shivering, pulling on the sweatshirts and turning on the heat. But when it is 60 degrees in the spring, we are opening the windows and breaking out the shorts and T’s.
On the food front, today has been a pretty good day. I started it off by cooking some rolled oats to have with coffee. Lunch was leftover salmon and quinoa from dinner last night. I will admit that I had some of the boxed mac ‘n cheese and hot dogs that I made the kids for dinner. I was going to make some fancy pasta dish with the whole wheat pasta I had in the pantry, but then I decided who was I kidding – they probably wouldn’t eat it, and I wasn’t all that hungry. Alas, it was a poor choice, and the clean plate ranger in me couldn’t bear to throw out what they didn’t finish. As soon as I get off the computer, I am making us strawberry ice cream with the farm fresh milk in the fridge and berries I froze last summer.
Cheers!
I’ve learned two things in that last month or so. The first is that my house seems to set the tone for both my eating and my state of mind. When the house is disorganized, my eating seems to get sloppy, and I lose all productivity. It gets to the point where the chaos takes over, and I become immobilized, not knowing where to start. And instead of planning my food, I end up doing everything on the fly. So sometimes I eat things I would rather not because I didn’t plan other options.
Disorganization seemed to be the theme for March. For whatever reason, I could not get my act together. With the table piled high with paperwork and baskets of laundry littering the house, I simply could not get myself going. It’s like driving in a rut and not being able to get out. Ugh!
The other thing I’ve learned is that this blog is great motivation to eat whole foods. Now, I didn’t completely blow it during March but I definitely got a bit lax about my whole food eating. No binging, but a girl scout cookie here and a couple mini eggs there. That sort of thing. When I know I am not going to get online later in the night and have to account for my eating, it’s a lot easier to justify some junk food here and there. So I am renewing my commitment to keep journaling about my food here to keep me honest with myself.
We’ve had a cold and dreary March here in Michigan. It is easy to blame the weather for my lack of motivation and poor eating habits, but that would probably be a little unfair to the weather. In reality, there are probably a number of reasons, not excluding laziness and a lack of self-discipline, which led to my dismal month.
But I must say what a difference a change in the weather makes! The sun has been shining, the windows are open, and I feel fan.tas.tic! I’ve been decluttering in anticipation of a garage sale later in the month, and it is invigorating to box up all this stuff and know it’s moving on out. Today, we cleaned up the yard, and I spent a little while sitting outside just soaking up the rays. I always note with some amusement that when it is 60 degrees in the fall, we are shivering, pulling on the sweatshirts and turning on the heat. But when it is 60 degrees in the spring, we are opening the windows and breaking out the shorts and T’s.
On the food front, today has been a pretty good day. I started it off by cooking some rolled oats to have with coffee. Lunch was leftover salmon and quinoa from dinner last night. I will admit that I had some of the boxed mac ‘n cheese and hot dogs that I made the kids for dinner. I was going to make some fancy pasta dish with the whole wheat pasta I had in the pantry, but then I decided who was I kidding – they probably wouldn’t eat it, and I wasn’t all that hungry. Alas, it was a poor choice, and the clean plate ranger in me couldn’t bear to throw out what they didn’t finish. As soon as I get off the computer, I am making us strawberry ice cream with the farm fresh milk in the fridge and berries I froze last summer.
Cheers!
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