Yesterday was pretty busy-crazy, and I was just too tired to blog at bedtime. I did fine, though, and still hadn't had any hunger issues. Thanks for reading and leaving tips of encouragement and advice - I still need to delve in and actually read the book and I'm sure I'll have a lot less ?s, but I wanted to get started ASAP, and in the life of a teacher, this time of year leaves little room for reading anything other than report cards and school projects. So thanks for sharing what ya'll know from reading! :)

Oh neat-o - I just discovered you can edit blog entries!! yay! (new to this...)

Wednesday's grub:
breakfast - capp slim fast/ canteloupe/honeydew (roughly 1.5 servings)

snack - capp slim fast

lunch - swedish meatballs smart ones/ green beans (2 servings)

dinner - cafe steamer's cajun style chkn/shrimp/ cut up bell peppers (2 servings)

snack - creamy choc deluxe slim fast/med pear

Wednesday exercise - 45 minutes hip hop DVD/ light walk (about a mile) w/ a friend and her baby. :) (He's so dang cute!)
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Thurs grub:
bkfast - capp shake/coffee/1 med pear

lunch - michelinas 5 cheese lasagna/ 1 serving green beans
snack - capp slim fast shake

dinner - healthy choice cafe steamer's kung pao chkn/ 1/2 skewer of chopped up veggies from a veg kabob (found it pre-packaged at the local Sunflower Market and was pretty stoked)

snack - creamy choc slim fast

Thurs exercise - 2 mile moderate paced walk around a neighborhood w/ a friend and her dog

The battle? Definitely having some visual battles -by the grace of God alone I was able to resist a lot today though - a student offering me oreos, and another offering me a birthday cupcake; we have a school volunteer coined 'muffin man' who makes fresh muffins all the time and leaves them in the front office, and of course, (because it makes sooo much sense from a builder's perspective) the organic healthy market I was near to get fresh veggies and fruit after my walk is in between a McD's on one corner and a Taco Bell on the other. WHAT IS THAT!?!?! And I managed to stay on plan - woot woot!

Then of course there's the infamous emotional battle - stress with projects coming due at work, missing the 'comfort' that being in a relationship offers - and lately this weird pang of missing my mom (grief does weird things - like leaves u alone for months and then pops right back in) - these are voids I refuse to fill with crap food from now on - so I'll pray, walk, workout, and apparently... blog instead. I'm also a scrapper so I was considering making cute little frames of the blurbs throughout the book and posting them on the fridge, inside the pantry door, on my bathroom mirror, etc.

As mentioned above, I'm sure this is in the book I don't have time to read until June... but can I use things like non-caloric spray butter? Tastefully Simple seasonings? What do you guys do when u need to kick the taste up a notch? Thanks for reading! :)