18 days...14 pounds :)

So it has been another great week. I am focused on how I feel...lighter, more energized, less aches and pains and less TV being watched :)

It has been good and continues to not really be a struggle. I am enjoying this mindshift more than I thought I would. We planted a garden, cooked fresh almost every night (with the exception of eating out a couple of times), food is savored and not choked down in the car as we are rushing from place to place.

It has been an adjustment for my little girl. But I see the changes in her too. She wants to be outside to play with her brother. Zucchini is now a favorite vegetable instead of just Broccoli and I have not been cooking rice with every meal and they haven't said a word. Its amazing how sweet everything is that shouldn't be. We went to pick up stix because I wanted Chinese food....bought their house chicken and steamed vegetables and I could barely eat the chicken because of how sugary it was! It was like eating cake with that super sugary gross frosting. ;)

But mostly what I am taking away from this last week of my current mindset is that I feel so good. I feel better in my clothes which are falling off. I also discovered a little trick for me that makes me want to go to the gym.....ready for it....The Hunger Games. Now I know that I am WAY behind the curve on this one. I didn't even think that I wanted to be on the curve, but I started to read this book for a student of mine that I am trying to motivate to read. I made a deal with him that if he read the book and passed the comprehension quizes that I would be making for him that I would take him to see the movie. Well I started reading it while on the elliptical machine one day and next thing I knew I had been on that machine for 60 minutes! I made that book my "gym book" where I would only read it while at the gym and I could not wait to go to the gym everyday. I am now on to the second book of the series...but can't help to think....what am I going to read after I am done with that series??? Suggestions???

Make it a great week!

<3, Jen