Days 17 & 18

It's been a busy weekend, so I'm keeping this short and sweet!  Backtrack to Thursday when I was really really wanting some BWW...Well, Alan comes in thinking the exact same thing!  So.... we did NOT go to BWW. We stayed in, I washed and chopped up the salad and we ate big salads and turkey wraps on the Ezekiel bread.  The Ezekiel bread wraps are actually really good! I was pleasantly surprised.  

Friday at school, I had a spinach salad from Corner Bakery with oranges, strawberries, grapes, dried cranberries, pomegranate dressing, feta cheese and some kind of pecan & raisin crouton things.  I didn't eat much of the cheese or croutons b/c that's not my favorite thing, so it was a nice healthy salad. 

So, we are back on track, eating our salads and keeping most if not all of our choices nutritious.  However, today I've made a shrimp gumbo and a cream cheese-filled king cake for a little Mardi Gras get-together tonight.  So, not exactly Fuhrman approved, but it's a special occasion and, let's face it, I'm just not giving up special occasions!  I will eat a big salad for lunch though which will have the following leafy greens:

bok choy

spinach

red leaf lettuce

romaine

Heeeaaalllth-y!  I hope everyone has a great weekend and that all of us can control our cravings and make healthy food choices!  I know it's hard! 

Days 15 & 16

Days 15 & 16 were a black hole of bad food choices, and therefore do not deserve a blog post.  However, because I feel obligated to honesty...I'm writing.  Ugh, we are so discouraging.  "Hey, check out our health blog! We suck at it." And although I've been grocery shopping and we've started back up again, it was Alan's birthday yesterday.  Of course I made cupcakes! Are you serious? It's a birthday :).

Let's look forward to the next few days for encouragement:

I bought LOTS of leafy greens for salad.  Tonight, I'm washing and chopping all of it up, and it should last for about 3 days. Left-over turkey breast for tonight...chop up some tomato, little bit of lettuce, and I decided to try this Ezekiel brand wraps (I'll let you know what we think).  Vegetable soup, always a win. Mexican night AT HOME should be something to look forward to.  Quinoa & vegetables: my current go-to fave.

Right now, if I'm honest, I'm seriously wanting some BBW.  It is just making my mouth water thinking about it.  Right now, I'm strong enough to say "no"...I guess you'll find out on the next post just how disciplined I am currently!

Quick congratulations to...
My cousin Scott for losing 40 lbs & all of his numbers (BMI, body fat, visceral fat, etc) are where they need to be!
Our friend Joey S for losing 130 lbs!!! Amazing
Truly inspiring and encouraging to everyone who is trying to make life-style changes and reach health goals!  It is within reach and totally worth it!