You lookin’ at me?

This week is going by so fast for me – for you too? I have gotten 3 workouts in so far and eating has been on track – no binges here this week, wahoo! I’m gonna go today at work and then Friday meet some friends after work for a gym class.

Food Journal 
I finally got around to ordering a new food journal – I used my old one up and have been writing my food down on a post-it pad. It works but the journal is so much more conducive to the whole “journal” concept. I bought the same food journal I had last time – it has columns to track calories, fat, fiber and a couple of blank ones for anything else you want to track. (If you go to the Amazon link & click on the picture, you can see an example page of the inside).

Many of you use online or phone programs to record calories – I’ve tried these before and just don’t seem to keep up with them. The only thing I’ve found that works for me is an actual journal that I have to visually look at on my desk. 

Do you have a journal you prefer to use?

House Closing
I am so excited for April 23rd – the day we close on our new house. It’s been nice hanging out at my dad’s house and being able to see my little sister and Colton but I gotta say, it’ll be nicer to be able to spread out again.

We have been living out of 2 rooms and while we didn’t bring much with us, I look forward to having “our space” again. Iggy is going to love the new place – it’s got a really open 1st level and plenty of room for us to play fetch both inside and outside the house.

Poor Carlos, I keep asking if we can move the close date up sooner – apparently whoever “they” are, have paperwork or something to do I’m so impatient when it comes to things I’m excited for!
 
You lookin’ at me?
I’ve been thinking lately about how self-conscious I was about eating when I was overweight. No matter who I was with, I would only ever eat as much as they ate. I would order what I thought they would “think” would be healthy. Many times, I would box up leftovers and then eat them as soon as I got home…or worse, if it was a sandwich, on my way home.

How sad that I would pretend to “fool” everyone else and then be so upset that I was overweight. I would eat hellish food and then whine and cry about the fact that had a hellish body. And for a long period of time, I was in denial about how unhealthy I was eating. 


Are you self-conscious about what you eat around people? Do you eat differently around certain friends? Do you eat differently if your alone?

Tuesday Night
I had to keep a secret from you. But only for a short period of time. I stayed out late on Tuesday night. At the hospital. Cuz my little sister, Heidi HAD A BABY!! Yep, I was at the hospital helping to welcome a little bundle of amazing joy into the world! (I wanted to make sure the proud parents had a chance to tell everyone before I broadcast to all my friends. Trying not to be selfish here.)