My little Bit of Honey

It sure has, I apologize for my absence! I've been trying to think of things to write about that aren't the same things over and over again. I'm still keeping up with my calorie counting (for the most part) and working out every now and then (trying to get back into that groove is difficult). I have been doing much better with what I'm eating though, I'll have a few days where I fall off, but I get right back up and move forward. There is no sense in looking back because I cannot change the past I'm also working on my self image and how I see myself, this is the toughest part. I was very close to 200 pounds when I started this journey a year and a half ago. Very close. I see pictures now and it's just...wow. I have to kind of force myself to look at them, which is sad because most of them are from when my son was a newborn, so I feel like I should love looking at them and remembering how small and cuddly he was instead of focusing on how big I was. It'

So it's been over a week since I did the detox, I've definitely made changes in my eating habits and have really started to take my overall health into account (and not just my weight). This includes mental health as well as physical, I mean it when I say, I don't want to just lose weight I want to be healthy. So I went away this weekend and I definitely ate (and drank) without abandon. It was fun, but I could feel myself slipping back into my old habits. The last few days I've been really not paying much attention to what I've been eating and using the lack of schedule as an excuse. Well now I'm back on schedule so I have no excuses anymore. I'm wearing a dress  that I wore a lot last year and it does feel a lot different on me, I feel better with it on and more confident, this totally helps boost my confidence levels!  I've kept up with lowering my carb consumption, I can definitely feel it on the days that I overdo it (sluggish/tired) and it just isn&

The weekends go by way too quickly, how is it already Monday?  Anyway. I  didn't update on the other days of the detox because mainly it was the same thing over and over again and figured I'd save it all for one lump post.  So, the final three days of the detox were difficult, but each day got slightly easier. I didn't break, but day 5 was a bit looser than the rest of the week. I'm proud that I did the detox because it taught me a lot about myself and my eating habits. It helped me realize that I need to think before I take a bite and that I don't necessarily need to be full to be satisfied after a meal. I felt better than I have in a very long time and that is something I want to continue on. So, ready for the results of this lovely detox? Here you go: I lost 7 pounds altogether. Now, the majority of that is water weight I'm sure but still, a loss is a loss right? Granted, this brings me back to where I was before I got off track (Oh yes, I was very,very o

Yesterday was day 2 of the detox and it was definitely challenging for me. I had a few hurdles to get through but with each craving I'm dismissing, I'm learning more. We happened to have a catered lunch with Panera for a meeting I was attending. Normally this would throw everything out the window and I'd grab a sandwich (yum) some chips (yum) and a cookie (YUM). Instead, I brought my chicken with salad on top to the meeting and ate that instead. I also was at an advantage since I was sitting as far away from the food as possible, that really helped.  Once I got out of work I thought I was in the clear, then I hit traffic. LOTS and LOTS of traffic. TWO hours worth of traffic, which sent my stress levels soaring. The pressure of getting to pick up my son,getting home, getting the dogs fed and taken out as well as making dinner really started to get to me. So once I got home all I wanted was the things I shouldn't be having. The sugar, the wine, the cheese (If I have a v