I am seriously on the struggle bus when it comes to my weight loss efforts! This weight loss journey is tough! Life, continual apple dumplings and stress just pull me away and I am struggling!
Apple Dumplings and Weight Loss
Yes, I am still making apple dumplings. My recipe is perfected, however I still find myself looking at other recipes to tweak it just a bit. I was checking out a recipe that was left in my comments and as I was scrolling I saw a recipe for caramel apple dumplings. Jason loves apple dumplings…and he loves caramel. Would he love them together? I’m not sure, but someday I may have to find out. But for now I am happy in my perfected recipe. I will post the recipe on here in a day or two. I’m still working on making them ‘pretty’. I’ve learned there is an art to apple dumplings and I’m working to perfect that art. They look better each batch!
So why am I making apple dumplings when I am struggling? Jason likes them. Plain and simple. Jason is asking for them. Should he have to suffer just because I can’t control myself? No! Ok. So Im usually pretty good with not indulging…I typically eat one the first night after I make a batch and then I let the rest for him. So it’s not all that bad. I made them last night and tried to round it out with a lower calorie meal for dinner. Not perfect…but I still consider it a win to know that I’m not eating them every night!
The Stress is Building
Weight loss and stress just don’t mix. Work has been absolutely crazy. Nuts! I’m pulled in a gazillion different directions and made to feel as if nothing I do is right. It is rough. And that makes me want to run to the kitchen for every piece of comfort food that I can find!
Adding to the stress is the stress about this house buying venture. I am a worrier and the thing that makes me worry the most is finances and stuff like that. So you can just imagine what my stress levels are as we begin this process. (Do not even mention the fact that they are saying that the interest rates are rising in March. That just gives me cause to have hives….if my body were the type to respond to stress with hives that is!)
However, Jason and I have been praying so keep telling myself that it will all work out in the best possible way.
Eating and Weight Loss
Almost every morning this week I have set up my eating plan for the day. I’ve gone into MyFitnessPal and entered my food that I am planning to eat that day. I have been spot on! For those five minutes….I do well while I’m at my desk in the morning. But that is simply because there is no food in front of me. But my plans have gone up in smoke each day when it comes time for lunch. Lunch comes and that healthy lunch with lots of fruits and veggies that I planned just seems to unpalatable! So I have eaten leftovers…a high calorie meal that we had on Monday of course. I have managed to avoid the apple dumplings (except for last night when they were fresh and hot from the oven). I have however had a few pieces of chocolate at night. So it’s not typically my evenings that mess me up. It’s the leftovers for lunch that throw me over the line into eating poorly.
So what is my weight doing on the scales? My weight did my normal weekend jump….and I have NOT seen it drop this week. Sooo…if the scales hold true I have possibly just managed to erase every ounce of weight loss that I achieved the first few weeks of this year! How depressing is that?
Apple dumplings, stress and weight loss journey may not seem to go hand in hand…but those things are what makes up life. (Or things that are very similar). To have a life long success at this thing called a weight loss and a healthy weight I HAVE to learn how to manage. I know it can be done! It’s a new day…I will be putting my food into MyFitnessPal here shortly…and today I’m vowing to stick to my plan!!!
