Yummy Breakfast!
I just made the most wonderful breakfast burrito!! It really was nothing different than a typical burrito--eggs, sausage & cheese rolled up in a tortilla. The difference was that I used MorningStar Farms Veggie Sausage Patties. OMG(osh) they are SO yummy!!!!!!! No grease, no icky gristly pieces to spit out, and they really don't taste all that "veggie" really. I had two patties, but if you cut it down to one, it cuts the calories down from 422 to 342, and it still filling! Not a bad start to the day. Lunch will probably be my spicy black bean burgers.Yes, I've crawled back onto the diet/way of life wagon. To help me to this, I'm trying out www.sparkpeople.com. It's a lot like DietWatch.com that I used to belong to. And funny thing, I JUST now realized that my friend Felicia made a comment on that entry and suggested this same site!! Silly me....
There is one point that I'm really struggling with. My mother, of course. It hit me this morning when my mom said, "Wow! With all this weight I've lost I'll bet I'm in a 16/18 now!!" My mind immediately took me back to the summer of 1991. My mom and I were standing in the middle of Montgomery Wards looking for school clothes. I had worked so hard ALL summer to lose some weight before my senior year. I wasn't losing pounds, but I must have been losing inches, because I tried on a jacket that was a size large. Not a 1x or a 2x, but your average size "large", and it fit! I was SO excited!!! I said very quietly, but excitedly, "Mom! Isn't this great! I don't have to wear my fat-clothes anymore!!" I was met with nothing more than silence and an icy glare. I immediately apologized and told her that I didn't mean to offend her. I was just excited that I was finally in a normal size after all these years. She just walked away from me. I've never been in a size large again. That's not her fault...it's mine. Then the PCOS kicked in while I was in college and that just set me back even farther. But I've always had a deep sense of guilt whenever I managed to meet my weightloss goals and she didn't. I'm working on getting over that, because I know it will be a stumbling block until I do.
posted by Brandi at
9:15 AM
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Yum! Sounds good! :) Unfortunately, I don't handle eggs well. They really upset my stomach. How weird is that? I love eggs too... so that just stinks. :(
In terms of your weight loss goals, I hope that you can just do your best and be proud of yourself for every little accomplishment. I've found that celebrating even the smallest accomplishments along the way can really be encouraging! :) And be proud of yourself! :) Be happy that you're taking steps to a healthier life and don't beat yourself up if it takes a while. You will have moments of weakness... and phases where you just don't feel motivated... but praying about it definitely helps! :) God is our greatest ally! He can help you through anything. (I know you already know that though.)
Just don't let someone else's accomplishments (or lack therof) get in the way of your goals and your self-esteem... because you can only do what you can do. None of our bodies operate and function in exactly the same way either... because we all have different lifestyles, physical problems, metabolisms, etc. Some lose more quickly than others... and although that's not fair... that's just life. :) I've been on a diet for 15 years! (Off and on... but you know what I mean.) It's a gradual process that involves many different things... the biggest of which is our desire to succeed. Don't get discouraged by slow progress or other people's comments or behavior... just know that you're living a healthy lifestyle that will be to your benefit. That's awesome and so worth it! :)
(BTW, my mom used to say some pretty hurtful things to me too about my weight issues... and she was never overweight so that made it seem worse! I didn't think she could relate. But I don't think she ever meant to hurt my feelings... I think she was just deeply concerned over my weight issues and wanted desperately for me to lose the weight. I seem to be doing pretty well right now, which I'm thankful for. I've found that, for me, I do best when I count calories and exclude trans fats and saturated fats as much as possible. I limit my calories to between 1200 and 1500 per day (cutting out sugar as much as possible) and I try to exercise at least 4 times a week (for 1/2 hour or more each time). Right now, I'm 45 lbs. lighter than my heaviest weight... which was in 2001 when I graduated from college. It's slow going and sometimes I hit plateaus... but I feel good that I'm eating more healthy. It just makes me feel a whole lot better!)
God bless! I'll be praying for ya! :)
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Janna, at
10:20 AM
Yeah, you have to leave your stinkin' mom out of this one, for sure.
Here's one reason that I have been truly burdened with in my weight loss journey.
Work with me here. Imagine you have a house. Now imagine God came to stay at your house. What room would you give Him? Obviously, you would give Him the best room in the house. The one with all the creature comforts, with all the stuff He would need or want. And you'd spend hours in preparation of His arrival to clean and make His home-away-from-home the best it could possibly be. I mean, you wouldn't leave it dusty or leave trash strewn about. Except...that God does live in my house, the house of my heart. He is here to stay permanently, and what residence have I given Him? One that is about 70 lbs. overweight, is slow and cellulite-ridden.
Yeah, I'll bet you'll forget all about your mom if you start focusing on tidying things up for that Houseguest of yours. :)
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felicia, at
11:04 AM
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