Ding! Ding! Ding! We finally have a winner!
So, we've survived three whole days of eating healthy and not cheating. I won't lie. Today was SO hard. Both of us were having withdrawl symptoms today. I swear to you I craved EVERYTHING that is bad but tastes so good!! Today I honestly considered going to The Baker's Rack today. Probably the only thing that saved me was the fact that I didn't have any cash and would have had to use my debit card and Jeff would have seen that! I almost ate some popcorn, too. Popcorn doesn't sound too bad, right? Yeah. It was movie theater butter flavored popcorn. BUT I RESISTED!! Honestly, I just hope to make it through tomorrow. If I can make it for 4 days then I can make it 7, right? So, I'm almost to my first goal!
Okay, today we had the bowl of fruit again (still good). For lunch we had the shredded chicken over the cucumber, green pepper & basil salad. I had the oil & viniger dressing that I made. JEFF had poppy seed dressing (NOT ON THE LIST). Then he had two crackers. Yes, they were whole wheat crackers but that wasn't on the list either. I had a banana for dessert and Jeff had an apple.
For dinner we finally had a winner! Jeff gave it an A! I was so excited. I must say that out of everything we cooked this smelled the best. This recipe will definitely get put into our regular lineup once we're done. It was fast, easy and healthy. It doesn't get much better than that! So, we made chicken soup with onions, garlic, sweet potato, collard greens and chicken. If you're like me then you probably think the collard greens sound funky but it was SO good! Oh, I forgot there was Almond Butter in it. That's what gave it isn't great flavor. We were both so happy to have finally found a recipe that was a hit!
So, today's suggestion was to start a stress log. It sayes to make a note every time something or someone causes stress. I guess this isn't too foreign to me. If something upsets me I usually write an e-mail or text to one of my friends. So, I either need to also write it down in a journal or only write it in the journal and leave the fun happy stuff to talk to my friends about. So, I'll start now: I was stressed today because I couldn't eat a cheeseburger! I was stressed because I hated that I'd started this stupid challenge and I so desperately wanted to give up today and go eat some bad stuff. I have a gift card to Cracker Barrel and I tried to get Jeff to go eat it. He told me no. He said we had to eat at home because we'd spent so much on groceries. His family called and asked us to go eat at Logan's with them tonight. I was PUMPED! I was envisioning ordering the meatloaf with mashed potatoes...and some other AWESOME unhealthy side! But he told them no so we ate at home. I'm glad we stayed home and finished another day of healthy eating.
And...we still haven't given up TV. The ESPY's are this week. Yeah, sorry. Not happening Martha. The ESPY's are my favorite awards show. FAVORITE. So, if I'm going to watch that tomorrow night then I might as well enjoy tonight, too, right? And besides, if I have to give up awesome food then can't I at least have the pleasure of watching TV? So, maybe next week!
Three days down! 25 to go. YIKES!
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