January 19

We've made it halfway through our month of vegetables! And I'm finding myself in that part of the Thirty Days where my motivation wanes a bit.  So, a blog entry and reflection to get myself back on track...

We got off to a good start, carefully weighing out endless portions of carrots and broccoli and lettuce. Thank heavens for watermelon, which weighs in well...

Challenges this month: 

* packing lunches for work-- not used to so much chopping in the morning!

* getting in enough fruit-- this one surprises me a bit as I tend to think that I like fruit. But I am never motivated to just eat an apple or a banana. If someone would purchase, prepare and keep on hand a fruit salad, heavy on the berries, I'd have no problem eating a half pound a day...

Perks:

* Four pounds of Christmas weight are off!  Could be the fact that I've been back to the gym three times a week, or it could be that I find I really do have less room for all the other parts of the meal, after eating a bushel of greens. 

* I think my skin is evened out a bit.  Not too many other drastic physical changes to note but one does feel healthier as one crunches away on broccoli florets and cucumber on the drive home...

Goals moving forward:

* Keeping up the good work!  Trying trying trying to make this a habit.

* Weigh out the daily fruit and introduce more variety to make that part work.

* Try some cooked greens as a part of mealtimes

* Pay more attention to the eating choices around the veggies-- watch the sweets, less meat, etc.  Nothing drastic, just keeping up the consciousness for these next 11 days...