Week Eighteen, Day Four and Snacks

Today has mostly been a typical Thursday. My classes that I see on Thursdays are generally well-behaved which helps as well. I also call this my "lesson plan day," because I have the most amount of prep time on this day and try to get them all done on Thursdays to free up my weekends.

I'm looking forward to this weekend, because I will get to see my St. Joe friends. We are having a Singstar party on Saturday evening. It is nice to have other people to play singing video games with once in a while. I have to play them alone at home which is fun, but it is more fun with other people.

My one thought of the day for my weight loss journey is how much I'm sucking it up with my snacks. My meals are 99.9 % of the time are healthy and on plan. Many of my snacks are too, but then I get "hungry" and eat junk too. I say "hungry," because I don't really think it is real physical hunger. It has more to do with an emotion such as stress, anxiety, dreading something coming up, etc. A big problem for me at work is rice crispy treats. I keep them on hand as a free day reward for my students, but I often time grab these to munch on as I work during prep time or get stressed out about all the things I should be doing. I guess I'm going to either just buy them as I need them or hide them somewhere (storage closet or lounge?). I'm half tempted to do a "no sweets" challenge to get myself back on plan and feeling the motivation again with snacks. Every other time I try something like this, I end up binging on the "forbidden" food. I guess I'll think about that for maybe next week.

Food:

Breakfast:

Snack:

Snack:

I also had some rice crispy treats...

Lunch:

I had my homemade "healthier" pizza with a side of peas. Then I ruined it with more rice crispy squares as I was setting up my room for the afternoon.

Snack:

Dinner:

Snack:baybel cheese


Exercise: Laundry, organizing clothes in my closet