My day so far.....

Missed breakfast and ate junk at lunch. I know that's bad.

I did get some work done, so I'm feeling energized about that. However, I'm also going nuts because my assistant seems to have simply vanished. She's not here, no explanation at all, not answering home or cell phone, not responding to email. She also has one of my important files with her. I'm hoping she's okay - but if she is, I'm going to be really pissed.

Suddenly being without an assistant also means that my filing is again piling up.

Will do more drafting and billing tonight, along with going to the gym.

My weekend eating was so-so. Friday night I mostly had fish and veggies - but I did take extra challah and cake too. It's just too good. Yesterday I was fairly good (smoothie for breakfast, chicken for lunch and fish for dinner), but the potato salad was my weakness - I had way more than I should have had. I did go on the elliptical for 1 hour on Sat. night. Didn't get that much sleep last night, but slept plenty on Saturday.

Accounting is up-to-date! Just need to do the rest of the billings, then I'm all caught up.

I'm glad that I actually used for Friday designated bookkeeping day the way that it was intended, for once.

A few days into Weight Loss Buddy system...

I now have an online weight loss buddy, which is an additional incentive to keep me on track.

For the past 3 days, I've actually managed to bring a real lunch and snack with me to work. It helps - but I still feel like an addict craving a hit. Even though I feel awful after the fact, going out and grabbing something filled with fat and sugar just feels good at the time. I'm hoping, like any other addiction, that the craving will disappear after a while.

I did manage to get some stuff done at work that I had been putting off for a while, and that had been causing me some stress. That feels good, at least. However, I'm beginning to wonder if my assistant will ever show up to work on time for at least 3 consecutive days. I'm flexible, but this is getting a bit much already. The whole purpose in having someone is to make sure that the routine things get done and that I stay on top of everything!

I got to the gym on Wed. for a good workout, and I plan to go again today (while I have a chicken in the oven). The stairclimber at the gym feels SO much better than my elliptical at home, so I actually enjoy it.

Sleep is getting a bit better, but is still an issue. I have to just say that I cannot stay up past midnight for any reason, period.

Quick meals strategies

I'm trying to come up with easy ways to do an end-run around my cravings.

Here are some things that seem to work:

Breakfast: fruit smoothies (frozen blueberries, strawberries, sometimes a banana into a blender, cover fruit with juice and water, blend). Gets some nutrients and anti-oxidants in early in the morning, and it's really fast. It also takes no effort or energy to digest, so I stay awake.

Lunch: the hummus wraps with sprouts are actually easy to prepare, and quite good. Satisfying, but not TOO filling.

Snacks: the trail mix in small snack containers seems to do the trick of killing my cravings while I'm in the car. It's crunchy, and the few chocolate chunks give me a hit that lets me bypass the chocolate bars.

Now...I've made the wraps for tomorrow, but just need the discipline to do this every day.

In other news....I planned to do tons of billing tonight, but stupidly brought home the wrong box of files.

Goals

I was back to my bad habits today. Not to self: Red Bull and Pringles is NOT the breakfast of champions. Way too much sugar and sodium, and it gives me the sweats. Not good.

I did walk around 4 miles last night with my husband, so that's good.

The gym is great, but after a strong start I'm starting to drop off on my schedule. I really need to go 3x/week for my ball-based exercise routine (which I love), plus do some cardio 5x/week.

I'm also finding that if I get behind on the menu planning on Sunday, the rest of the week really slides. I need to have my hummus and black bean spreads ready to go, my low-fat tzatziki all prepped, and my trail mix ready to go. I pack the kids' lunches every day, but need to put myself on the list as well.

Finally, I need to spend more time working, because when I know that things still need to be done and bills are coming up, it causes pressure, which in turn makes me not sleep well and eat the wrong things.

Plan for today:

Do some files tonight, including billing. Do some major billing tomorrow and Friday as well.