Day 26: Party Time.

This morning I had no choice to lounge in bed as my boy's birthday party was today. So I hopped out and got myself ready and went to the task of preparing and decorating for the day. I am not really sure if I was tired because I just had no time to be sleepy. It was go go go from the moment I opened my eyes.

Food wise I did ok. It is interesting to me that while in Chicago I had no problem sticking to my plan, but now that I am home it is more difficult. I ate a good breakfast and had salad for lunch. I then munched on natural potato chips (they only have potatoes, oil and salt) throughout the day. I did have a quarter of a piece cake, since one of my good friends made it I wanted to try it out (and yes that is the excuse I am sticking to!) For dinner we did Chinese and I had a couple bites of sweet and sour chicken, but ordered summer roles for myself. Writing it down here I don't feel so bad - I guess I didn't go too far off plan. All of the potato chips, and there were a lot, are probably going to make me feel icky tomorrow, though.

Oh well, it is what it is, and it was a party so I think I ate pretty good considering. I have found that I have struggled to be prepared this week. And as I have mentioned before it is so important for me to spend some prep time so I can make it easy for me to eat what I am supposed to eat. One awareness I am having about the party is the amount of peace I felt all throughout the day. I am a recovering perfectionist which can make me very anxious when I throw a party. I really kept my cool all day and remained unattached to a specific plan of how it was "supposed" to unfold. It was really amazing to experience the party minus anxiety - I just went with the flow of all the changes - and had fun.  

What I am thankful for today is all of the wonderful friends who came to the party to celebrate Spence's 2nd year. And I do need to give myself credit for staying mostly on plan. I will do better tomorrow - the guilt is what will eat me up if I allow it to AND I choose to let it go. Good-bye guilt!

I am so beyond tired tonight, I know it will be good sleep. So goodnight friends - gratitude for all of the blessings today.

Meals:

Breakfast- Green tea, Millet cereal, strawberries, pear, and coconut milk.

Snack-none.


Lunch- Salad. (lettuce, tomato, olives, dressing)


Snack- Chicken and rice soup and a tone of potato chips! A very small piece of cake.

Dinner- Summer rolls with chicken and 3 bites of sweet and sour chicken. 

Snack- 1 beer.
Water Intake- 40oz. 

Supplements: L-lyosine, fish oil, D3, Probiotic, antifungal, multivitamin, kelp caps, cal-mag citrate, thyrisol.

Energy levels:

Morning- high.

Afternoon-moderate.

Evening-LOW - crashed!

Exercise: none.

Mood: Good - peaceful in spite of the party. (Normally I would have been an anxious wreck.)

Changes: Didn't notice much.