Thursday, 17 March 2011

Day 9 - Shakes!

I love my shakes!  It is so fast to whip up with the blender and be on my way - very versatile, easy to take anywhere.  Jeff has a system where he whips up a shake in the morning and then takes the ingredients he needs for a second shake during the day plus his snacks.  This is keeping him from indulging in the donuts around the office.  If he is required to have a lunch meeting - he is very mindful of what he is eating and then he has a shake for supper.  Tonight he ran his first 10km! 
The girls and I walked all over Victoria today and I felt great.  I had lunch downtown with the girls and my second shake for supper.  Although, I ordered carefully - when all of our food arrived, I wanted to dive into everything!  For whatever reason - it felt like I wasn't going to see food again!  I normally do not eat hamburgers and Kendalle's burger looked amazing - Madison's halibut and fries to die for and my salad with prawns was absolutley delicious.  I can't explain it, but I wanted it all!!!  So I compromised......this way I did not break the rules.  I ate my salad and prawns and had one bite of halibut.  All I needed was a taste and I knew I didn't want to eat all of it.  As soon as the beer battered halibut hit my mouth and I could taste the heaviness of the deep fried - that was all it took!  No need to indulge any further.  I knew the halibut cooked this way was not the right thing to eat and allowing myself a bite was enough to recoginize this.  I came home from our day in Victoria, whipped up a shake and was back on track.
Allowing myself this "temptation in moderation" was just enough to keep me focussed.  In the end, I knew what to do and followed through with the plan - the Isagenix 30 day cleanse!  I believe allowing ourselves some freedom and recoginizing what we are doing will give us strength to complete our goals.
So - TTYT on Day 10!

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