Day 73

I never thought I would ever say this, but it feels GREAT to be back on track! No more fullness, indigestion, gross feeling! I also feel like it's been AGES since I worked out since Wednesday was the last time I was at the gym! Can't wait to start SWEATING again! Can't believe I'm looking forward to it! Who AM i??? Really glad I was able to recover from this week, family parties are the worst! (for eating i mean). I was really good today, especially despite the fact that I really didn't keep myself busy at all. I did go food shopping, which is always a plus. TJ's, of course. Here is what I bought:

-Mashed potatoes (ran out the other day!)
-Frozen cheese enchiladas
-frozen chicken enchiladas
-2 boxes frozen mac 'n cheese ("guilt-free" as it says on the box)
-1 box regular mac 'n cheese (all natural, 5 ingredients of course!)
-Frozen veggie fried rice
-Stir Fry veggies
-Hash browns (had to restock)
-Veggie dumplings
-Granola bars
-Rice pudding
-Frozen baked ziti
-A can of turkey chili (figured i can eat it by itself or over brown rice!)
-Mango black tea (getting kind of tired of the green tea!)

I only spent $30!! I don't know HOW I managed to do that but I'm glad I did! Now I just have to hit up shoprite tomorrow for more Turkey kielbasa, regular chicken, kashi waffles and sugar free syrup. I'm pretty sure that's all I need to get and I'll be set...my shopping trips last me about 2 weeks. I am shopping for one person, after all. I get excited every time I shop because I'm always thinking up new meal ideas in my head! Can't wait to start putting stuff together!

Here is what I ate today:

Breakfast:

-2 TJ's blueberry waffles with 1/4c blueberries, 1/2 banana and 1/4c sugar-free syrup
-1/2c almond milk
*This combination is always good. But this was my last set of waffles, so I'll be replenishing tomorrow!

Lunch:

-1 Frozen TJ's veggie pizza
*I don't know why I keep buying this, I'm not too crazy about it. I finally wised-up and didn't get it during today's TJ's trip.

Snack:

-1/2c TJ's rice pudding with a couple banana slices
*AHHH this was so good! The banana slices were good too but unnecessary. The pudding is filling all by itself.

Dinner:

-1 packet TJ's mac 'n cheese with 2oz turkey kielbasa put in:
*This is so good. I feel like I'm pigging out but I'm not. Normally it would be Kraft Mac 'n Cheese with full-on hot dogs but this is like a grown up version of the meal. And healthy. And delicious.

Snack:

-1 TJ's "apple blossom" 
-1/2c almond milk
*The apple blossom is kind of like a little individual apple turnover-type thing. Super delicious! A few more calories than I'd like for a snack, and I don't plan on buying them again because they are kind of calorie-heavy...BUT I bought them 2 weeks ago so I have to eat them SOMEtime haha.

Drinks:

-1 glass water
-1 mug hot mango black tea
*This tea was yummy. And I def need to get back in to large amounts of water again!

So glad I did well! AND that it was easy! I'm so happy that transitioning from crappy eating to healthy eating isn't difficult the way it was before! Granted I know I still have temptation issues because I can't seem to help myself when I'm surrounded by fattening foods, but since those days aren't frequent I'm ok with it and I know that self control will come gradually. And even though I DID eat a lot this weekend, believe it or not it was still less than I would have normally eaten at those parties! Now tomorrow I unfortunately am not able to make it to Crossfit but I will be going to spin class so that's a plus! Last week was spring break so my gym didn't have spin so it has been 2 full weeks since I've been on that bike! Tomorrow's class will surely prove difficult but I'm up for the challenge.