Busy Day!

Eva and I have had a busy day of playdates. It's been successful in keeping me from thinking about food, even when I'm home. After I finished my Insanity Cardio Recover workout there wasn't much time to do much other than make lunches and food for tonight. Soon it's off to my Mom's.

So far I am feeling really strong today and hardly hungry. I feel satisified. Oh, couldn't all our days be like this?

Breakfast

• 2 Egg Omelet with red peppers, onions, fresh basil, parm cheese, tomatoes and sour cream.
• 3/4 cup sliced strawberries

Snack

• Half a banana with PB
• Whole Wheat Toast

Lunch

• 4 oz cod cooked with lemon juice, baked tomato slices (2), and fresh cilantro
• 1 Cup Steamed Broccoli

Successful Day One!

Well my first day was a success. I didn't get pulled into any binge like behavior (even if some of the things I ate were not 'on plan', so to speak.) Eva and I had a good day together and I didn't take any frustrations out on her. YAY!

Snack

• 5 organic cheddar crackers
• 16 almonds

Dinner

• 2 Cup lettuce, 1 cup spinach, 1/4 cup avocado, 1/8th cup black beans, 4 cherry tomatoes, 2 TBSP red peppers, fresh chopped basil and oregano with Pepper and Red Wine Vinegar.

It was sooo good! The fresh herbs really made this salad refreshing and vibrant!

• 2 Cheddar Potato Perogies (OOPS) I ate it off of Eva's highchair tray. I shouldn't have, but they were yummy.

Calorie count was 1,665. 165 Calories off of my target, but I burned about 580 calories through exercise today and washed all the floors, take the Baby out for a stroll outside, so I'm not gonna beat myself up by it.

I'm feeling really GREAT and incredibly energetic today. I guess that's what happens if you're not eating 4000 calories a day! I'm thinking after I wash the floor in the mud-room that I'll go downstairs and exercise again. I have to do something with all this energy!

Lunch

Lunch was very satisfying!

• 4oz Salmon cooked with lemon juice, pepper, salt, and cilantro
• 3/4 Sweet Potato. Last 1/4 went to baby E
• Pizza Crust

I didn't eat the remaining piece of pizza in the fridge and it's already past 1, go me! Instead I ate the crust that Baby E wouldn't eat from her slice because it is too hard for her as she only has 3.5 teeth. (The top tooth doesn't really even count as a .5 as it's just broken through the skin.) 

That puts my lunch at about 530 calories which is 230 calories over what I was aiming for. EEK! I think my next meal I'll try to par down the calories by eating mostly veggies. 

Mid-morning Snack

I guess when you get up at 5AM, 10AM is mid-morning because that's when I'm actually hungry again. There have been some days when I've already binged by now, but I've been keeping busy. The house smells great right now because I use non-toxic almond floor wash on the hardwood floors and it's the most wonderful smell! Makes you want to wash floors more often (yah, right, but it is a good incentive.)

My midmorning snack:

• 1 slice whole grain bread (100 cal) with 1 TBLS Peanutbutter, squirt of honey, and 1 inch of a banana
• 1 string cheese
• about 6 grapes.

I admit that I ate about half of the string cheese Baby E left on her tray. Instead she's eating a banana. These days she's enjoying learning how to peel it herself. 

I'm eating 5 small meals a day (or trying to, damn you binging) instead of 3, so this 'snack' is really more like Breakfast Part 2. It would probably be too high calorie for a snack, but it's just about right for a meal (aiming for about 300 calories per meal).

Right now though calories aren't my focus. My focus is to stop binge eating. Each time I eat something and don't binge eat, right now is a VICTORY. So since I haven't done that, it's gold star for me!