Well I've hit off our DietBet with a virus, lovingly bestowed upon me by my 2.5-year-old son. Maybe I'll lose some weight from it, ha!
So far, this morning I'm just having a smoothie with strawberries, blueberries, chia seeds, my favorite vanilla 0 added sugars, 0 fat greek yogurt, and a splash of unsweetened almond milk. It tastes a little too good and I'm wondering if it’s not as good for me as I hope LOL. I'm still pretty hungry though. :/ That's the only problem with me and breakfast smoothies. Today I have shelled pumpkin seeds and more fruit to snack on.
One of several of my concerns with the DietBet is my in-laws. Pretty much every Sunday we have to go over to their place for dinner. And them being my in-laws, you are expected to eat what they serve you or you're being rude. OR you tell them you're on a diet and they just judge you...and I HATE that. I know I should just not care what they think. But I still do. Because they're my family too. Yesterday they had ice cream cake to celebrate several family members' birthdays so I couldn't just not have some. I don't want to be rude. So, I had a really small piece. I didn't feel guilty about it...I'm down with celebrations. And I've been doing pretty darn good with my weight-loss journey. I've lost 19 lbs since I started - almost to 20, woo!! So I just try to eat as little as I can while I'm over there and I think I'll be alright. I already know I'll never be able to do "clean eating" at 100% so I don't want to stress out over it. I have waaaay more than enough stress as it is. I just hope what efforts I put forward for this DietBet are going to be enough... If I win this DietBet that means I will officially be back in the 100's for weight!! That would mean SO much to me. I can't wait. I never, ever ever EVER want to see the 200's ever again for sure!!!
Has anyone else experienced this - telling people you can't have foods their serving/offering because you're on a diet and they get kind of judgy and snooty with you? I'm shocked at how often I come across this. You'd think people would be super supportive for a healthier you. Or people will just continue to badger and pressure you into eating/drinking crap. What the heck?? I hate that!
Another huge struggle for me is just what to cook. My husband is really picky and hates a lot of healthy food so this does not help at all. That and I just can't find enough SIMPLE, fast dinners to make. (I wish I had an Instant Pot already!!!) So if anyone has a few clean eating recipes I can try PLEASE let me know!! Everything I find seems to be labor and ingredient-intensive. This goes for smoothies too. I'm trying to put greens into my smoothies (baby spinach) but blech...oftentimes I have to choke it down. LOL Making meals of any time of day is so hard right now...when my 9 month old demands all my attention and screams her head off if I walk away from her. -_-; Anything I make has to be extremely simplified and fast to make. Thank God our Sprouts store has a few things premade and ready to just be cooked. So far some of my favorite foods are homemade sweet potato "fries" and a honey/lemon/garlic marinated chicken with a piece of mozarella or swiss cheese on top and tomato/cilantro or basil/avocado salsa. Mmmm!! It was super simple AND my husband liked it!! Score!!
Blech. I'm all sneezy and achy and wish I could just crawl back into bed. My job is more boring than there are words to describe and hard to stay awake through as it is...being sick isn't helping. Zzzzz....