Freedom

Well, my vote didn't make enough difference to help Romney win.  Obama is in for another 4 years.  I don't agree with everything (or even most) of what I know that he's done the past 4 years, but I will follow the advice of my church leaders and pray for the leaders of the nation.  And God will make me free where man never can.

I DO have freedom to control what I eat.  I did well today, and am hoping that it helps make up for the lack of sleep I've had and will have for the next few weeks.  7 more weeks until I'm no longer required to work 30 hours/week on my thesis.  30 hours til relative freedom (I'll still have to defend and submit, etc.)

I've also realized that if I want to have any sort of freedom later in the week, I can NOT skip even a day of thesis work.  Sunday is the only thesis-free day if I want to not die.

Today:
S: 9 hours
W: 138
E: pm yoga
12:00 dal, walnuts and raisins
5:20 and 5:45 green smoothie (spinach, peaches, banana)

Choice

This morning, Amy and I waited in line for an hour plus to cast our votes. We were almost late to school, and since I wasn't in the book, there is a possibility that my vote might not even count!  But it was worth the sacrifice of time and sleep and prep time to voice my choice.

I've also been more deliberate in my food choices today.  Did eat more than I probably needed (I wasn't hungry at dinner time, but ate anyway), but it was all ETL food!  I just feel so much better this way!
And I'm going to bed early, so hopefully this cold that has been lurking in the corners will be banished by many hours of sleep.

Today:
S: 7 plus hours
W: 139.2
E: pm yoga, .5 mile walk/run with my students
7:30 banana, walnuts
12:00 Cafe Rio veggie salad of deliciousness
5:30 banana, dal

Let your body heal itself.

I don't think I've said it for a while, because I haven't needed to, but in the past, when I've had semi-hypochondriac kids who always need a band-aid, or want to be "all better" 30 seconds after a physical fiasco, I tell them "You just need to give your body a chance to heal itself."  I need to take my own advice on this.

Somehow I've developed this attitude recently that I can eat whatever I want to.  That is true.  However, I can't eat whatever I want to or whatever everyone else is eating and feel good, or follow what I feel like I'm being directed to do.  I don't know if I will develop something later on that will be helped to heal by eating this way, or if I'm preventing something, or if it's "just" a way to be closer to the Spirit.  Whichever it happens to be, I'm going to do better.

I will not eat meat or dairy unless those are the only options available, or if I would offend someone by not eating it.  I will also avoid sugar most of the time and refined flour foods as well.  I will do my best to Eat to Live.

In yesterday's CES fireside, one of Bishop Causse's points to live by was "Become who you are."  I feel like eating this way is helping me become who I am, a beloved daughter of God.

Today:
S: 4.5
W: 141
E: pm yoga
7:30 banana and walnuts
11:30 spring mix, chili, tomatoes, onions, mushrooms, a few grapes
4:00 grapes
5:00 2 cheese buns, lots of butterscotch chips

When you're eating well, you're well.

That's the title of a little song that Erin linked on FB.  I've been eating well in the sense that I've eaten a lot, but not in the sense that I've eaten well for my body.   I know that I need to be careful about this, but I wasn't today.  I don't think I need to go back to no meat or dairy ever, but I do need to set some parameters and abide by them.  Today turned into a free for all, but it will have consequences for my body.

Today:
S: 5 hours
W: 136.6
E: am yoga...felt so good!
5:00 lasagna...said no to seconds
6:00 sugar cookies from Kelsey, and butterscotch chips with Amy during the CES fireside
7:30 rats, 1 1/2 chicken enchiladas, clam chowder, peach cobbler, ice cream.

Hunger Games!

We had our 1st annual Hunger Games party tonight.  Apparently I had the idea.  Amy took it and made it happen, otherwise it would have just been another idea.  I don't have enough time to play to plan things, but I sure enjoyed tonight! Lots of good food, fun to dress up, a good movie and fantastic company.

The Hunger Games book/movie make me think about how blessed I am, and about my relationship with food and others.  I am so grateful to be able to provide for myself, to have enough and to spare.  I need/want to do more to help those who don't have enough, or to spare.

Today:
S: 5 hours
W: 135.8
E: pm yoga
12:00 banana, regular salad
4:00 mallow pumpkins, banana?
6-8 a little bit of grazing, and then 3 chicken pillows, one blue berry one, and lamb stew.  All delicious. I ate more than enough, but I wasn't uncomfortably full.  And I didn't have to compensate for all the food I ate Capitol style.

Benefits of being friendly.

I don't have friends with benefits...I did have a psuedo relationship sort-of like that once upon a time: BAD IDEA.

What I am striving for now is being friendly to my body...and it has HUGE BENEFITS.  Earlier this week, I was just dragging, exhausted all the time.  In the last couple of days, I've decided to stop eating the world to try to stay awake.  And remarkably enough, I have more energy, and it's easier to stay awake.

It doesn't hurt that I'm on a down-ward trend again for losing weight...I've gone a little crazy with over-eating in the past week.  Here is my track record:

Saturday October 27th: 134.4 (pretty average)
Sunday the 28th: 141
Monday the 29th: 137
Tuesday the 30th: 141.2
Wednesday the 31st: 146.2
Thursday the 1st: 145.2
Friday (today): 138.6

We'll see what I weigh in as tomorrow, but I've gained almost 12 pounds, and lost almost 7 in the last almost week.  Yikes!

Today:
S: 6.75
W: 138.6
E: pm yoga (SOOOO nice after a long day of teaching, planning, and thesising.
7:30 few bites of beans and tomatoes (while prepping lunch)
12:00 spring mix, mushrooms, onions, canned fire-roasted tomatoes (delicious!), canned chili
4:30 banana, bread, peanut butter, honey

Just keep swimmin'

I did much better today about eating good for me food.  And I'm much less tired today, mostly because my body isn't expending all it's energy trying to digest the massive amounts of food I've consumed!

Today:
S: 6 hours
W: 145.2
E: yoga
11:45 spring mix, tomatoes, onions, mushrooms, chili