New Week - New Challenge

So a new week has begun.  We are down to one computer at home at the moment, one in for repair, one just not worth repairing.  So my husband is nice enough to let me use his work one until our home one is returned.

So I stepped on the scale yesterday morning.  It played a few tricks on me, changing the weight a few times, but I think I finally settled on 200.6.  It hit that a couple times.  So that is 1 lb down.  I am pleased, but man that one pound was hard to achieve.  I spent so much time concentrating on my eating and water, that I thought it would be more than a pound.  But at least I saw a change.

I promised myself I would hit the gym this week....I haven't yet.  I have however been on a bike ride the last two nights.  I have pushed myself, I am talking some hills.  There sure is a difference being on a stationary bike and hitting a hill and being on a real bike, on the pavement willing yourself up a hill.  I pushed a little too far tonight and had to get off my bike mid hill - I just couldn't make it up!!! But now I have a benchmark, now I have a goal, I will make it up the hill!

The challenge this week is no bad carbs, startches (white rice, bread, pasta, crackers).  We are allowing ourselves 4 small servings of a whole grains, such as quinoa or barley.  This challenge is on top of the water challenge and the no eating after 8.  I am very excited about it.  I have been really good at eating only salad/veggies, fruit and a yogurt for breakfast and lunch.  Last night I had some roast beef and steamed broccoli/carrots/peppers.  Tonight I had a bowl of vegetarian chili with 2 tbs of cheddar cheese (yummy) and a green salad.  I have avoided the starch and I am not eating after 8 pm.  I feel so empowered that I can stick to not snacking in the evening, it is an amazing feeling.  Does white rice have a nice smell?  It did to me tonight - I so wanted it.  RICE!!! I resisted.  The thing with family and kids is that you still need to provide a full meal to them.  The growing boys need all the food groups, so I have to continue to work on my willpower by cooking the foods I need to avoid.  Of course, they can benefit by eating new things, but my boys would never eat vegitarian chili!

I was at the hospital today getting injected with some nuclear medicine, a dye.  I have to go for a scan tomorrow and Thursday.  The doctors want to see if my back tumuors will accept this dye.  If so, this will be an option to help slow the growth of the tumours when surgery is not an option.  I am trying not to think about it too much, but the thought of me not being able to have surgery to remove the tumuors and if this "chemo-type" treatment won't work - what does that mean for me?  It is out of my hands, so I do not have much control over it.

On a funny note, my middle boy had some white powder in his hair tonight and I asked what it was.  He said "we were making bombs at daycare today".  They learned to make baking powder bombs - fun to be a kid.

The week is shaping out good.  I am in control of what I am doing and what I am eating.  I need to up the exercise but I am happy with what I am doing and what my girsl are doing too!  We can do this!