Sunday, December 9th 2013
I just found out that are schools are cancelled again on Monday. Friday we had a nice little sleet storm that iced things up pretty well. Then Sat night it sleeted more and then another storm hit farther south on Sunday and got the whole state shut down just about. You say Winter Storm Warning and all the milk and bread is gone in a 250 mile radius! I mean I would rather raid the squirt cheese and Ritz crackers if you ask me! I broke down today and made sugar cookies, well my version of snickerdoodles, my grandmother's refrigerator cookies (which are like a sugar cookie consistency), and chocolate rice krispies! I did manage to slow cook a nice roast and root veggies so I did good as I didnt have a huge bowl but dang if I didnt make up for it on the darn cookie dough! Bleagh. And now I will be home again tomorrow where I hope it warms up a bit more to melt off the rest of the ice!
I think I am dehydrated too, had a headache all day and my hands look like prunes. Too much cider and coffee and not enough exercise and water! I did manage to get hubby to switch my spin bike around with our dusty elliptical. I am glad we hung on to it b/c I plateaued in my work outs and I need something else to do. I spin hard for an hour and I don't sweat anymore. Plus my poor tail bone gets aggravated by sitting on it for that long on a pointy bike seat and causes me to have more headaches that are more severe. Not fun. So tomorrow I hit the elliptical. I am hopeful chunky here can get the fat burnign going again. Thankfully, since we eat so much better with beans, greens, and protein balanced I don't gain as quick. However, little weak moments like today with cookies, can quickly cause me to spiral out of control. It isn't the food but how I treat it and respond to it that is the problem. I know I am addicted to sugar so I try to limit my exposure without banning it entirely b/c lets just face it, if you ban something you want it that much more so you have to be smart and either avoid it or limit yourself where you can. Know thy weaknesses! Mine is chocolate.....and sugar. What's yours?
I try to limit my carbonated beverage to one a month, and my sweets to alternate things that give me satisfaction such as a Hershey kiss or something of that size and then eat it slowly. Sometimes I buy block chocolate and just break off a small piece. My trick is to not inhale whatever I have allowed myself and that rule went right out the window tonight. But it is ok, I will pick back up later or even tomorrow and not beat my self up b/c one day won't break my progress, just slow it as if it were a speed bump.
I have been really lazy here lately and I have about decided that I let myself indulge a bit too often after the Thanksgiving holiday thereby making me sluggish and lazy. When I eat better, I feel better. Just. Like. That. I want to bake though, as I always bake for the school and neighbors and I have been so weak from sugar intrusion that I have just avoided baking as I knew I would do exactly what I did today. Thankfully, I will eat myself sick and then I can pretty much avoid it for a while or pawn it off. This batch wasn't all that great so I will bake a few of my better items and then package them up and send them off to family and friends! The problem is I am running out of time. I wasn't planning on the kids being home tomorrow and now we lost two break days over the Christmas break and Presidents day. I am really looking forward to homeschooling because then I won't worry about weather or make up days! I still think there are more advantages than disadvantages at this point to homeschooling. We shall see if I still say this one year from now!
In the meantime, I have enjoyed being home with my family. We got the tree decorated and some reading done. The kids have both had to get on and pass (this educational game makes them go for a green light to progress and it gives them a goal to work towards) yesterday and today. Plus, they have both read books or finished homework that would have been due Friday. No idle hands here! Now, if I could just get the dining room table cleaned off so I can work on my Christmas puzzle....
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