Easter!

Healthy Easter Basket!!

Happy belated Easter!

Sunday was Easter and yesterday I was sick, so I didn't get too much done. Also, I feel like Easter blindsided me as a holiday where you eat. Admission: I ate mom's deviled eggs and sweet potatoes (with splenda.) Not my best weekend but not my worst either.

My mom asked what I wanted in my Easter basket and I said "healthy things!"... boy did she the Easter bunny come through! And yes, there were even a couple of cadbury eggs included, but look at my loot! Big bags of natural almonds, shelled pistachios, pecans, natural popcorn, papaya, coconut chips, clif bars, sugar free gum, and water. Sweet deal! I made an awesome trail mix out of some of this stuff!

Mom: Easter 2013

I don't know if I have mentioned my mom's battle with diabetes before, but she was diagnosed, and as a geriatric nurse knew the consequences of not taking care of yourself. She has been amazing at handling herself with care, eating right, and monitoring her levels and now has lost a bit of weight. Look how hott she is!!

My Easter Ensemble!

I, myself, have been HATING buying new clothes, trying on clothes ,and etc. But, I needed something to wear for Easter Sunday. I splurged on some white skinny ankle jeans, this flowy blue top with pleated back, and matching shoes/ necklace -- p.s. the necklace was a steal at $4 and the shoes were on sale for $7. Boom!

I hope your Easter was full of feeling the love of Christ through remembering His resurrection.

Time to focus focus focus!!

xoxo Megan

Starbs

Feeling good today.. the first day that I felt a difference in my weight. That feeling is hard to describe. Even though I know it's not noticeable, I am grateful for the feeling because it provides motivation.

I did pretty well eating wise yesterday -- drank a lot of ounces of water & water-y drinks and ate well.

Oh, and then I ate a whole bunch of tootsie rolls. Seriously, though.. what is my problem? I am laughing this one off, even though I should probably take it more seriously. I was noticing yesterday that I wasn't craving anything at all and didn't have any desires to binge eat or eat unhealthy -- except I was craving chocolate. Me mum says that's because my insulin levels are wacky because of PCOS. I need to learn to notice that because you know what that leads to? DIABETES. You know what DIABETES leads to? A whole mess of other issues and I'm not up for it.

Apparently, my sugar tooth hung over for the morning, and I decided to stop by starbucks -- but I got a skinny mocha with soy meaning it was sugar free. Not a huge advocate of sugar free stuff because of aspertame, but I did it and enjoyed it. That's also the problem with giving into a sweet tooth in the first place -- it fuels the fire and promotes cravings. Maybe I should commit to giving up sugars (sans fruit.) I will think on this more.

Regardless, I must have gotten my taste for coffee back because I'm sipping on a big cup of it this morning. My mood: content.

In other news: a friend and I signed up for a SPINNING class Monday. Quite literally, I have no idea what I'm getting myself into, but I am looking forward to the guaranteed one hour of sweating! And by looking forward to, I mean scared out of my mind.. but optimistic!

Weight Loss Summary..
Since Yesterday: -1.2lbs
Total: -5lbs

xoxo
Megan