Next Goal

So I finished whole 30 and I've done a pretty fair job at trying to eat healthy.  I had a fried lumpia last night in concession stand and a Krispy Kreme dougnut and about 10 Thin Mints this past weekend.  But that's miniscule compared to what I used to devour.  I'm able to sleep better at night and pass up junk food in the break room.  Thats huge.

Now I'm onto 10,000 steps a day since 3/6/2017.  I'm going to try to average 10,000 a day.  

And....we need to do Dave Ramsey's Financial Success program again - something fierce.  We are on a very thin line.  That Alaska trip and Haley starting CofC did a number on us.  I've opened and maxed out two credit cards.  Not too mention every time that I turn around something is breaking - the truck, the boat, the van.  The van has costs us about $4000 to repair.  It's ridiculous.

One full week complete

I think we've done pretty good.  A couple of slips with the sugar in the tomatoes and I don't think that I made the ghee right.  Last night, my parents came over for dinner.  We had steak, asparagus, brussel sprouts, mushrooms, and mashed cauliflower.  All were Whole 30 compliant except for the mashed cauliflower - I added half and half to them.   I thought the whole dinner was pretty good.  But with my parents, it could be spectacular, Michelin 5-star quality and they would still find something wrong.   So since it's a guarantee that my parents are going to complain about the dinner behind my back,  I was trying to fix a meal that was within the 35% margin for complaint.  

On a side note, I guess that's where Haley gets it from.  We had a good old-fashion, Mommy Dearest style fight on Sunday morning.  She was late for our hair appointment with Kathy.  She had the car and was going to pick me up.  I called at 9:50 (appt is at 10)  to see where she was -and she was still downtown!  So I had to pray that the old truck would crank up to get me there.  Kathy isn't one for folks being late and I don't blame her.  So I fussed at Haley over the phone.  So when she got to the appointment, she apologized to Kathy and proceeded to pout the rest of the time.  When we got home, I tried to explain why I was upset with her.  Well hell bells, she turned it into I hated her, she couldn't do anything right, I was never happy to see her like her friends' moms...blah, blah, blah.  So carb deprivation kicked in and I went off on her.  I said and called her some things that I really regret.  

Joey took her back downtown.  He said she was pretty upset.   I sent her a text trying to patch things up without giving up my stance that her bad attitude HAD to improve. She's already got in trouble with her friends at school because of her whining, complaining, etc.   I can't take the blame every time something goes wrong in her life.    Joey said I did the right thing and he's very good at diplomatic resolution. 

In the text, I asked her to call me.  She hasn't yet.  So I think that if I haven't talked to her by Wed, I'm going to pack up her school paperwork, give it to her, and tell her that she's on her own.  

Almost Done

Only two more days for the whole 30 diet and honestly, I have to say, I'm not really looking forward to eating anything.  I thought that I would want to dive into some Girl Scout Cookies when I'm done but now I'm scared to do it.  I feel great for the first time in years and I'm scare to go back to being exhausted, sleepless nights, and constant indigestion.  I honestly didn't think that we could do this diet but we did.  It was very helpful that my husband did it with me.  We kept each other accountable.  I couldn't have done it without him.