As I shared over at 2 Witches, Accolan & I started a healthier eating program backin the Spring after finding out we both had higher than optimum cholesterol levels. We were doing quite well (at one point I was down 20 lbs and he was down 35) until late May when we fell off the wagon.

It started for a good cause … our 16th wedding anniversary. We went out for breakfast the morning of, and out to dinner the following evening. All by themselves these two outings weren’t enough to do any damage. Unfortunately, it only started there.

Following on the heels of our anniversary came Memorial Day weekend, then came my 41st birthday, then it was Father’s Day, then the 4th of July. Even then we were still doing ok. We’d stopped losing, but we were holding our own.

Then came the odyssey of Reya’s hospital stays which brought with it the need for convenience food and the fall back into patterns of emotional eating. I’m not sure what the scale says for Accolan (he’s been better than I have been), but I know that I have gained back a bit of the lost weight.

It stops here and now.

This weekend will find me resuming my habit of fruit smoothies for breakfast and noshing on fruits and vegetables for snacks.

This weekend will find me drinking lots of water and flushing my system.

This weekend will find me packing my work bag with supplements and a journal to track my food intake.

Wish me luck

Jia

image credit: CLangevin

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