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Day 4 of the 21 day challenge.

Today is day 4 in my 21 day challenge. I have to say that I’m feeling pretty good. Unfortunately, I didn’t get a chance to go to the gym yesterday because men are so stupid, but that’s another story. I feel good because I pretty much stuck not overeating and not eating after 7pm. That’s the most important part of this challenge.

The most important part for me in this challenge is to have control over what I put in my mouth. Its not about being perfect or always eating the right foods. Its about not losing control. Yesterday, I didn’t have my morning shake cause the milk had gone bad. (the kids drank it too and then had really upset tummies). I felt really bad about that. And I had to have coffee in the morning to wake me. I had a bagel with cream cheese for lunch and fried calamari for dinner. (It was kind of gross but that never stopped me from eating anything). So even though I didn’t eat the right foods through the day, I didn’t come home and eat like a pig. I didn’t say of chuck it, and eat everything in sight.

One of the things I need to be aware of is not buying things for home that I love to eat. I think that has been a huge downfall of mine is having that peanut butter in the house. Having that poppy seed bun. Seems that that’s when I just cannot stop myself. So, next time I wish to have a poppy seed bun from Bagel Nash, ( a place between my kids’ school and my work) I will take it work and eat it right there and then and give the rest away.

Its been 3 days and today is the 4th. I must remember to stay focused on this goal. I won’t think about the past. I need to keep going no matter what.

Today’s goals:

Drink water or tea.

Eat protein shake in the morning.

3 cheese strings a day

2 dried soups

Tonight I may have whatever I want for dinner since its my sister’s and mine evening out but not go crazy.  Tonight even though I plan to eat whatever I want, I will focus on recognizing the signs of being full and stopping there. That’s a different challenge than just eating a small meal. Because a small meal is done and I’m done. But in restaurants, when they give you huge portions, its extra hard to push the plate away. So tonight, I’m going to enjoy my meal but I’m going to stop eating when I feel that I have had enough.