Level 1 - Day 38

I'm Back!

When you last heard from me I had just received a large custom order for Sugar Notes.  It's been a hectic work week, but the order shipped on time due to lots of extra hours on my part.  However, my regular work activities got a bit behind, so unfortunately my blog post got delayed an extra day.  So sorry.

I'm going to fess up right away and tell you that I wasn't able to plan my Sexy Forever meals as diligently as I like, and therefore I didn't eat the way I should have on countless occasions.  Plus, as you may remember, my mother is visiting so I had that obstacle, too.

However, I did learn a few things regarding Suzanne's plan.  Planning is very important, but you can wing it for a while without doing too much damage to the plan.  While I only made a few of Suzanne's recipes, I relied on salads, purchasing roasted chicken, and preparing proteins like beef and chicken ... then serving them with canned organic veggies.

Breakfast and dinner were very manageable, but lunch was the kicker.  Since I didn't have time to plan ahead for them, I found it hard to prepare balanced lunches that included the veggies.  Suzanne's plan calls for 6 servings of veggies per day and I probably averaged about 3 per day.

Then, there's the snacks.  I fully planned on trying to fit a veggie into one of my snacks, but since I was so busy with work I usually grabbed some fruit or a piece of cheese because it was quick.  Many days I forgot about my snacks all-together, and then found myself hungry at night.  And, you know how hard that is to stay on course!  My hubby and I caved a couple times when we saw my mom eating cookies or ice cream.

In short, I kind of train-wrecked ... then got on track for a bit ... then train-wrecked.  Plus, my mom didn't help either.  She was quick to suggest take-out food or frozen dinners, because that's what she likes to do.  I will admit to giving in a couple times.  We had a Subway sub sandwich for lunch one day and on another day a frozen entree called "Voila".   And one night we went out for Mexican food and I had an enchilada.  Yikes.  Not the best choices, but it could have been worse.

Tomorrow is weigh-in day and I'm nervous.  However, I got back on track today and planned a week of Sexy Forever meals.  Which is something I didn't have time to do last week.  I can't stress this enough, but when you go for too long without a plan, it catches up with you.  Old habits can rear their ugly heads.  So, I strongly suggest making some kind of food plan that you can stick to ... because if you don't, it's too easy to stray off course.

So, I'm off to the grocery store later today, and will be back on plan tomorrow.  And, as always, tomorrow is weigh-in day.  Stay tuned.