Before we get to the bummer part of my day I thought I’d share my latest and greatest easy meal creation – aka “So easy your dog could make this” recipe:
Orange Cranberry Couscous
Ingredients: 1c OJ, 1c ww couscous, 1/3c cranberries, 1c cooked chickpeas, salt, 1 Tbs. olive oil, 1 Tbs. vinegar 
Directions: Bring OJ to a boil, add couscous and immediately take off heat and cover. After couscous sits for 5 minutes fluff with fork and add salt, vinegar and olive oil. Mix. Add cranberries and chickpeas, mix well. Serve and Enjoy! 
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Stop a Bad Day
Warning: This is just a rant about how I fell off the wagon today, feel free to skip 
Today I had what I would define as a “bad eating day”. For some reason I ate my lunch at 11am, then wanted to eat again around 12:30pm (not out of hunger) and ended up snacking on bars (plural) and junk food.
Boo. I was super upset with myself because I had been doing so well! But, I decided to write down all my eats anyways. It turns out the damage wasn’t too bad and even with an afternoon snack and dinner I wouldn’t gain 4 pounds today.
The key for me was to write it down and be accountable – NOT just say “F it” and continue to ruin my day even more. Any time I fall off the wagon I usually chalk up the day as a disaster and continue to ruin my diet nice and good so I can start again tomorrow.
Well, today I recorded all the extra damage and ate the rest of the day as normal – not binging, but not starving myself either. And I’m glad I did that or I’d feel either overly bloated and full or hungry and ready for binge #2 if I didn’t eat.
Overall, it was definitely more food than I needed (or burned) today, but I am tired and stressed and I’m moving on
End Rant.
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I actually am not feeling ready for my exam and need to get on studying! See you tomorrow morning…
Before we get to the bummer part of my day I thought I’d share my latest and greatest easy meal creation – aka “So easy your dog could make this” recipe:
Orange Cranberry Couscous
Ingredients: 1c OJ, 1c ww couscous, 1/3c cranberries, 1c cooked chickpeas, salt, 1 Tbs. olive oil, 1 Tbs. vinegar
Directions: Bring OJ to a boil, add couscous and immediately take off heat and cover. After couscous sits for 5 minutes fluff with fork and add salt, vinegar and olive oil. Mix. Add cranberries and chickpeas, mix well. Serve and Enjoy!
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Stop a Bad Day
Warning: This is just a rant about how I fell off the wagon today, feel free to skip
Today I had what I would define as a “bad eating day”. For some reason I ate my lunch at 11am, then wanted to eat again around 12:30pm (not out of hunger) and ended up snacking on bars (plural) and junk food.
Boo. I was super upset with myself because I had been doing so well! But, I decided to write down all my eats anyways. It turns out the damage wasn’t too bad and even with an afternoon snack and dinner I wouldn’t gain 4 pounds today.
The key for me was to write it down and be accountable – NOT just say “F it” and continue to ruin my day even more. Any time I fall off the wagon I usually chalk up the day as a disaster and continue to ruin my diet nice and good so I can start again tomorrow.
Well, today I recorded all the extra damage and ate the rest of the day as normal – not binging, but not starving myself either. And I’m glad I did that or I’d feel either overly bloated and full or hungry and ready for binge #2 if I didn’t eat.
Overall, it was definitely more food than I needed (or burned) today, but I am tired and stressed and I’m moving on
End Rant.
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I actually am not feeling ready for my exam and need to get on studying! See you tomorrow morning…