I have been struggling with so many things in my life these last few years. Experiences have brought several questions to the forefront in my life. I spend my days speaking about nutrition and healthful lifestyle choices to promote weight loss and chronic disease prevention. So how can I be guilty of feeding my emotions as well? Instead of focusing on life’s questions, I have comforted myself with food. The answer to part of the question –Yes, I can do what I need to do to lose weight. Another answer-Yes, I am going to do what I need to do to lose weight.
What I am determined to make happen is lose weight while creating a genuinely fulfilling and beautiful life. For me a beautiful life means wonderfully prepared meals, time out of doors and an almost seamless routine. While my food choices tend to gravitate towards the less frugal, maintaining a beautiful life with financial security means that I must also take my budget into account. Some meals are purely about sustenance while others exist to feed the soul. Breakfast was about sustenance in the form of a breakfast shake in order to meet the demands of my rushed Friday morning. Lunch was about catching up with a friend while trying a new dish (Thai Chicken Wrap). The company was wonderful while the meal was less so which definitely helped with portion control since I easily left more than half my meal unconsumed. So dinner was a reward as well as a chance for nutritional redemption.
Today’s Menu:
Dinner
Baked Salmon (garlic blend seasoning giving it lots of zip)
Roasted Asparagus Drizzled in Olive Oil with Herbes de Provence
Fresh Sweet Corn on a Bed of Greens w/ Fresh Vinaigrette Dressing
White Wine
Fresh Cherries
I had a cart full of groceries for inspiration which included fresh salmon and a bag of frozen scallops. Browsing cookbooks provided me with inspiration for this week’s meals. My own knowledge of nutrition, my goals and my schedule definitely filled in the blanks as to what choices I would be making throughout the week. Tomorrow starts baseline measurements for an interval run that will serve as a base for race training (10 k in late summer or early fall and a half marathon in late fall or early winter. My niece will be training as well which will be a source of support although her motivation is apparently making sure that she beats me racing. Whatever it takes. As for myself, my motivation is the self-confidence and energy I feel when I’m in my best body.
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