I’m feeling good this week. I had some time off and while I really wasn’t great when it came to following the new eating plan fully, I did keep many of the new strategies in mind:

I’m making sure to plan ahead for my meals (especially lunch and the mid-afternoon snack).

The number one, biggest reason I hear from moms as the reason for not fitting in a workout is, “I don’t have time.”  I hear this from moms who are full time corporate employees, part time consultants and those who stay home with little ones not yet in school.  All of these women insert their day job into the round-the-clock job of being mom.  So between the morning madness of lunch prep, sock finding, driving to school and the evening madness of homework, dinner prep, bath time and bedtime, who can find time to fit in a 30 minute, let alone 60 minute, workout?  Doing so

Before I was pregnant, I drank two cups of coffee in the am and two or three diet cokes before leaving work for the day. Once pregnant, I saved my soda for one diet caffeine free coke per day, and attempted to drink 64 ounces of water if I could conceivably think of a way to fit in the necessary bathroom breaks between every meeting.

The eating has been going pretty well. I've started listening to The Beck Diet Solution on my iPhone and I'm already start to think differently about why stress triggers my personal stuff-my-face reflex. You're supported to do each step, one at a time, before moving on to the next.

Losing weight is a decision we make. Being in the right mindset is the most important thing. Most people know basically what they need to do in order to lose weight. But being in the right mindset to stick with it day after day is sometimes the area that needs more work versus coming up with the right meal plan.

Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like substance found in our body cells and our blood. We need cholesterol, as it aids in digestion, hormone, bile acid and vitamin D production and more. We get cholesterol from two sources. Our liver makes it and the rest we get through the foods that we eat.

Which foods have it? If it has a tail, a face, a wing, a gill, a hoof, a mommy or comes from one of these, it has cholesterol. If it comes from the ground, it’s cholesterol free.

Oy.

I’ve had quite the week. Even though much of staff was out of the office at an event of ours – meaning it should’ve have been a quiet week – my calendar was still incredibly crowded.

Which means that I really had to put Elizabeth’s words into practice – and that I need to hit the reroute button on my GPS. Reroute! Reroute!

Keeping a Safe Food Environment is one of the most important things you can do, not only to lose weight, but also to maintain your weight. There are a few key things to keep in mind to create a safe food environment.

I love watching kids learn to ski. The sight of children fearlessly attacking the bunny slope, taking periodic tumbles, and laughing in heaps of snow always reminds me of how resilient kids are, and how much adults can learn from them.

So, my son is a little hyper. Errr, actually, that is a little white lie - he is extremely hyper, easily distracted, gets bored quickly, talks non-stop, is extremely impatient and he DOES NOT LISTEN! I always thought he had one of those ADD/ADHD conditions- But I was always told that boys and girls are different and that all those symptoms I listed above were common in boys. BS. My son, drives me crazy, and apparently he drives the teachers and administrators at his school crazy as well. And his soccer coaches...you get the picture.