21 Day Breakfast Trial

Today is my 15th day on my first 21 Day Fix.  I am not yet doing the OFFICIAL 21 Day Fix.  I am doing my cobbled together one.

I have learned that variety for breakfast isn't for me.  I just prefer my oatmeal and eggs.  My kids, on the other hand, crave variety each day.  So I usually make them something and me another thing.

Last week (I think last Wednesday) I woke up late, no one ate a good breakfast and we all paid for it the whole day long.  I also bought steel cut oats instead of my trusty Old Fashioned so I needed to figure out how to use them up.

Enter  - Overnight Oats 21 Day Style

A quick Google Search got me this recipe so I have 3 flavors in the fridge - blueberry, strawberry and banana.

Hope I have nummy things to report in the morning!!!

Day #7

Hello and Happy Monday!!!

Today is my Day #7 doing my cobbled together 21 day fix.  I am a bit down because my notebook with my goals, recipes and measurements has disappeared.  Hopefully it turns up because I have needed it daily to reference!!

So, what have I learned?  Quite a bit and not even the things I would have expected!!!

1. pictures are powerful!  I took a risk and took a few before pics and posted them in the Secret FB Accountability Group I am in.  That was hard.  I mean H-A-R-D.  I don't know these people.  Pics last forever.  I am  half naked and man I don't like what I see.  All of that created some crazy strong motivation and true accountability.  I can't imagine posting my weekly numbers and having to confess I GAINED!!
2. any plan on paper is WONDERFUL but will not happen exactly and that is ok.  My plan went out the window for numerous things - family in town, no time to prep/grocery shop, i didn't like the recipes or they didn't make me feel full, and much more,  BUT I had the plan to reference to change on the spur of the moment!!
3. Our fearless leader & accountability coach, Courtney, wrote a post on the 4th saying something along the lines of "be realistic.  this is a holiday and a HUGE one for food and friends and family.  Enjoy it.  Take part.  Just eat better than you did last year.  Don't beat yourself up for the holiday and don't make yourself miserable.  Just make wiser choices than last year."  Guess what!!!  I REALLY DID!!!  With those words rolling around in my head all day, I really made better choices and I really didn't feel guilty!!!
4. My tastebuds hate Stevia.  *sigh*
5. I had a 5 day headache.  I have no idea why.  I don't usually get headaches but I got on every day for the first 5 days.  the last 2 days I haven't had one and am thankful.  I still don't know why it arrived and I don't know why it left.  I am thankful it left though.

And now for what we have all been waiting for - the numbers.  Sadly I don't have them next to each other as I can't find my notebook but here is my photo from todays measurements. 

so I lost 3.3 lbs and 3" in my first week.  My goal is 6-10 lbs in the 21 days so I am well on the way!  Today is day 1 of the next 7.  Must keep focused!!!

Is it really too much to ask?

I have heard the stats, read the memes and experienced it myself - most people are "listening" to form their next response.  It is spit out as a negative and proof of how horrible humans are and our world is.

I do my best to not be that way because we are all supposed to be nice and share.  I love friends and hearing about their lives and I don't want them to stop speaking to me about their stuff.

BUT I would KILL to have a full conversation right now.  A full conversation around me, the questions I have in MY life and which I am struggling with, working through and need feedback on.

I would KILL for an actual conversation - the give and the take.  Someone else engaged in it and on the same level.  Listening, thinking, sharing and learning.

I would KILL for an uninterrupted conversation.  No kids.  No fights.  No work calls.  No screens stealing away the attention.  No interruptions. No chores. No self imposed time limits.  No closing time.

I would KILL for the release from guilt at wanting this conversation.  To feel that I can desire this without analyzing if I am a narcissist or sociopath in the making.

I would KILL for what is important to me to become important to someone else for a few hours in time.  A fraction of a lifetime.  For the person who is speaking and listening to let go of their goals and agenda to listen and question and converse.

Today I keep pondering if this is even possible.  I wonder what kind of life has the time and genuine relationships in it in order to have this happen.  I dream of it and then have a hope that I can create it.

But I don't want to wait for something I need to create.  I really just need this now.  Today.  Is that really too much to ask?