Week 5 Update

Week 5

All the demons decided to descend on me this week. I had a very difficult time staying on the plan. And it was all blown Saturday. I actually ate at Dairy Queen for lunch. And I didn't make good choices. I had onion rings. They were delicious. Then it got worse. For dinner we went to Hawg Wild BBQ, which is a local Habersham County joint that has really, really good food.  I made ridiculously bad choices. Hushpuppies, pulled pork, brunswick stew, squash casserole, garlicky texas toast.
I could have made better choices....chicken, slaw, baked sweet potato. No bread. Sigh, I gave in to temptation. And man was it good. Although I am being a tad bit difficult on myself. I did manage to stop eating after finishing up half of the meal...I took care of the rest of  it Sunday for lunch. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that we had leftover cake..so I ate a piece Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday nights. Now it is gone. No more cake. No more nightly temptations.

The other part of this plan is to exercise. Well, I am not doing it. I am always tired. We get home from work late. I already get up at 4:30 am to get ready for work. How do I fit it in? Especially with time changing soon. It will be dark long before we get home. The plan was to start walking week 4, and start the Couch 2-5K on week 6. Well, I haven't started doing anything. I am lazy. I am tired. I am unmotivated. I don't want to work out. I want to go home, put on my pajamas, cook dinner, eat dinner, then watch TV, or read. I gotta get to work on this. At this same point 2 years ago, I had lost twice the weight I have lost so far this time. I need to start walking. I need to be able to hike again. I need to work on core exercises. I need to be less lazy. Guess I better figure it out.

Recipe for the week is for
Lime-Cilantro chicken...in a crockpot. It is fantastic, it smells great, and there are a myriad of ways to use it in a meal. We added some brown rice pasta to it, and ate it like that. It would be delicious as a salad topper, or in tacos or burritos.

Here is the link:
Lime-Cilantro chicken
We made a few changes. I added much more lime juice, and a cup of water. Even with that, it almost sucked up all the juice in the crockpot.
Also, we do not use packaged taco seasonings. We use chili-powder, onion powder, cumin, cayenne pepper, garlic powder, and a little paprika.  I'll post that recipe one day too.


Weight lost this week    1.2 lbs.
Total weight lost           14.6 lbs.
    
You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through- Rosalyn Carter.