October Intentions and Food Logging Thoughts

 Hello Readers,

Planned Logging

I have enjoyed this past week taking a bit of a holiday break and enjoying some extra salty snacks and baked goods. I turned 52 this past Friday and wanted to celebrate by enjoying foods in a more relaxed way. I experienced so much joyful overeating that I had the equivalent of a food hangover. Due to this celebrating, I have found that it has been useful to loosen my intentions. Now that the week is over I plan too reset my long-term intentions. My weight only hit 148 one day this week and therefore I never had to food log (surprisingly). However, I decided that I will log 2 weeks this month (more details below). My yearlong plan is that after Thanksgiving and Christmas/New Year I will log food for a week (Thanksgiving) or two (New Year) to acknowledge that the relaxed rules are over and it's time to get back to routine. Sometimes by not logging, I find myself a bit lost, not knowing what my calorie count is, especially since I have not logged since the end of July. By deciding ahead of time that this is the plan I hope to see it not so much as a punishment but as a natural progression. While taking a break I will not necessarily weigh-in each day, 2-3 times a week will be the goal. During this time of logging I will also return to weighing myself daily and if necessary will log more than the 1 or 2 weeks until the set weight of below 148 (or lower) has returned for 2 days in a row. After returning from any vacation it is a bit tough to get back into the routine but it also feels good and comfortable to do so. Likewise, this is how I want to view food logging after predetermined breaks. 

October Intentions

• 15 minutes yoga 4 times a week
• 15,000 steps a day
• emphasize vegetables over white carbs
• Weigh-in daily
• Log 1200ish calories a day (M-Th) 9/28-10/1 and 10/12-10/15
• Log 1200ish calories a day anytime the scale hits 148 or more-2 days in a row, keep logging until the weight is below 148- 2 days in a row
• Continue to keep FB and Instagram off the phone unless it is a special occasion (family birthday)
• Make a well-woman's exam appointment 
• Check-in with sisters each week regarding the execution of intentions.

As always, thanks for reading.

Stay well,

Amy BH

Trunk Club (Drama?), New Weight, and Pumpkin Cravings

Greetings Readers,

I'm finding myself full of thoughts but unable to start so I'm just combining the two. Below is the link to the video of me processing my inbox from Trunk Club and then about a week later a fashion show(ing) of the items. Everything in the video I kept. They also sent a small purse that I did not show or keep. I have posted some still photos since the lighting was not great. Bonus photos of my two new pair of glasses, the second pair has a little bling on the side, thus the profile shot.  [I'm learning to make thumbnails for YouTube videos, and since the one I made kept posting sideways I added this quote I liked instead.]

    

     

In other news my weight has weekly averaged below 150 pounds for two months. For the last month, I have not hit even 149. Therefore I have moved my goal weight down to under 148 -- if I hit 148 on the scale two days in a row I need to log food until I am under 148 for two days in a row. 

This week I have been craving pumpkin things so I splurged and bought myself a latte on Thursday and made my own this morning. I mixed and warmed about 2 tablespoons of pumpkin with half-n-half, spices, and sugar to taste and then added it to my coffee. Further cravings called for baked goods, I also made these in plans for breakfast this week (I substituted mini chocolate chips for the raisins.) 

Thanks for reading.

Stay well,

Amy B. Haddock