Day Four - The End of Prep

As I mentioned previously, the first four days of #EATSWELLREBOOT are prep days (phase one, days 1-4). You begin to prepare meals in anticipation of phase two (days 5-11). The lovely lady that has put this program together mentioned to another girl, that if she needed another day or two for prep, that was fine. I believe I am also going to extend my prep over the weekend. I want to be able to get what I can get and I want to commit to this 110%. The only way I can do that is by having the right tools and right now, I am only using at 10% of the tools. Not good enough. I was initially wanting to do this to lose weight. But then I realized that it's less about that and more about feeling better. I've been finding that my eating habits have been falling back into not so good old ways and therefore, I've been feeling gross, heavy, sluggish, the list goes on. I also want to be able to extend this beyond the suggested days and use the recipes and suggestions on a regular basis. I do have to make some adjustments, as the fresh produce is much harder to come by, not to mention more expensive.

As for how I'm feeling, I'm not ready to kill people. Yesterday was bad. I mean, really bad. Like worse than pms bad. Throw in a sick, whiny child and another child that's not listening and also having an off day and what I was left with was a recipe for disaster. I know we all have moments where we want to run away, but last night was probably one of the very few times that I wouldn't have given a second glance and wouldn't have come back. So today is a much better day. The sick, whiny child is still sick and whiny but this mama has a little more patience to deal with her today. Thank goodness for small miracles.

UPDATE: Alrighty, I did horrible for supper. I had chicken thighs, no skin, which was good, but I also had wedges from MB's and gravy. I just honestly didn't think I could eat another handful of spinach at this point. I don't feel guilty either. It was delicious and I was thinking earlier that life is too short to worry so much about that stuff. Now, I'm not saying go to hell with it and EAT ALL THE JUNK! No, it's still important to eat healthy and cut back on the processed stuff and the takeout. But after receiving a phone call today telling me that someone that was like a second mom to me when I was a teen, only has a very short period of time left, I realized that obsessing over carbs and weight and muffin top is all so moot. So yes, tonight, again, I indulged in a little junk food and it was so good and I will go to bed with a smile on my face because CARBS ARE LIFE!
 
Um, yeah, I'm done :P