Daily Struggle!

Good Evening!

Well this weekend is a Holiday and many will be celebrating July 4th with "hot dogs, hamburgers, watermelon, and other delicious types of food containing high "carbs" sugar and other great tasting enticing sweetness! I know you are thinking the same thing I am thinking; how do we survive with all the good food that needs to be eaten.  Well we will just need to take it one day at time to look past the carbs and how good they may taste! WHAT you say look past the good stuff!! Then you must ask yourself do I want to lose weight or stay the same or worst yet gain?  For me I want to keep on the losing end of the injustice of losing weight!

I know how I have felt the last few times after eating a few carbs and then having carb overload and just not feeling myself! I did get to spend some time this week with loved ones and I stayed very true to my food plan with the exception of the last day with them....oh yes you are correct but I did not fall completely off the wagon; only slightly!   I know you are asking yourself how can you only fall off slightly...well no "French Fries" that is how! LOL!!!  On serious note I took care to make sure the food I was going to eat that day was included in my carb count for the day.

I have been able to enjoy walking outside this week, with my daughter and that was fun and exciting and she helped me to increase my stride to increase my target heart rate! OH YEAH it is the small things in life that make me happy! SO when I lose a pound or 2 I am excited as the scale is going down and not up!  I did make a change in my outer appearance as well which is helping my inner soul to see the new me! I will keep changing on both the inside and outside and thus will be the winner once I have met the goal I set for myself!  I am going to win this race and yes it is race! What you are saying a "race" against what!  Well for starters a better eating habit, decreasing the chances of having heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure! Those are just few. For me less knee pain, and back pain with the decrease of weight!

I hope you all have wonderful and glorious July 4th with loved ones and please remember to thank a veteran who has served is serving and who have lost his/her loved one for our freedom!

God Speed!

Cheryl