Yesterday I caved & gave into to my craving for rolls...at 10pm. I know, I know "Bad Mary! Bad! Bad!" *insert smacking of the hand sounds here* We made Cornish Game Hens in the crock pot with onions, red potatoes & carrots for dinner last night. It was SO good and VERY tender. I ate about 1/3 of my hen removed the skin before eating it. I once again made the decesion to drink water instead of soda at dinner. It doesn't seem like much to some, but to me it is HUGE. I used to drink as much as a two liter bottle of soda each day. I only drank 12 ounces of soda yesterday. Like I've learned in the past, tackle one thing at a time. This month I had deceided to do the following:

1. Journal everything I put into my mouth
2. drink at least 64 ounces of water daily (knowing that I would have to work up to that amount...from zero on most days)
3. Kick the soda habit
4. weight myself & use FITDay to keep myself accountable

I realise that this is more than one thing, but in my mind they ARE one thing. They all go together & will make it easier for me to take control of my health.

Today DH & I were out with the kids. He was told he had the day off but he is on call. He got a call to go to a job & on the way home I had DH stop by the grocery store. I was wanting a buger SOOO bad. We easily could have stopped at Mc Donald's & grabbed something but I had go to Frys. I hopped out, grabbed some pre-made burger patties & buns & we went home. I cooked the burgers while he got ready & I was proud of myself. Pre-TOANL I would have gotten the 1/4 lb Cheeseburger, fries & drink. Now I made the burger, had NO fries & had 12 oz. glass of diet soda. I followed that up with a 16 oz glass of water. Once again, I made a choice NOT to eat fast food. I swear there is something in the food that makes people like me crave it. It felt really good to drive by Mc Donalds & just keep on going.

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