Day 30! WOOHOO!!!

Stuffed Bell Peppers

Garden Pasta Salad



Garlic Greens

I am officially on day 30:) These are some of the recipes I made this past week! They were all very good! I really enjoyed the Garlic Greens more than I thought I would.  It was so satisfying and I loved it just felt good on my belly. 

The past 30 days have been pretty amazing! I learned a lot about myself.  For example I CAN do something I put my mind to.  I can eat healthy and do it around a family who eats a Standard American Diet on a daily basis.  I am not going to lie and say I didn't struggle at all! There were plenty of times I had opportunity to choose something bad but I didn't.  I didn't because of all the support I have around me! My Zumba girls are amazing! They are so encouraging and supportive! Julie the creator of www.protectivediet.com has been a wonderful source of support and joy! I am so thankful she created recipes that I can actually make and they satisfy me. 

I really feel like I can do this for the rest of my life! This is how I want to be:) I can't see me ever driving through a fast food place to get a hamburger:( Never again going to order Chinese takeout:)  haha If you know me at all you know Chinese was a big source of my emotional eating.   I felt addicted to that and sugar! I am not saying I won't have more challenges a head of me.  I am saying though I can choose to remember all the hard work I have put into having a plant based lifestyle! I can choose to remember that there is plenty of outs when offered something bad.  You can so no:)  You can choose to eat better!  It really just depends where you are at in your life. 

I just got to the point in my life that I was sick and tired of the yo-yo dieting! I am sick of being Fat! I knew I had to either do it or not.  So one day I just said yes I am going to do it for 30 days and see what happens.  What happened is I feel like www.protectivediet.com gave me a chance and changed my life. 

I also want my BFFF Denise to know that I love her and all her support! I am so happy we are in the same place right now in our lives!

If you want a change and you are sick of being where you are at! Why not try Protective Diet for 30 days like I did.  The website is very informative and if you have questions you can ask right on the site.  If you have any questions how I started I be happy to share them! If you have any questions at all please comment:)  If you enjoy the blog and would like me to continue to write let me know that as well:)

(doing Happy Dance on day 30)

Road Trip

In the past when I would plan for a road trip part of the planning was to find what places I could eat at.  I always got excited because I could eat something "good" that I wouldn't normally be able to get where I live.  The first thing that comes to mind is Dunkin Donuts or Jack in the box.

This time I thought about eating out and even searched online but thought it would be too difficult to stay on the plan.  So I decided to pack what I needed so I wouldn't have to stop and by junk.

I used up all my fresh food in the fridge so it wouldn't spoil before I got back.  I packed two salads (w/homemade dressing), 2 green smoothies, homemade potato wedges, carrot sticks, and leftover soup with some roasted vegetables added.  I also had a bag of air popped popcorn.  

I only had to stop to fill up on gas and use the restroom.  I never even had to go into a store.  Which is good for me because I probably would have bought candy, chips and chocolate to munch on while I was driving to keep me awake.

I was hoping to find a rest area but there weren't any on the road I was on so I decided to stop at Cracker Barrel.  They had a pretty big lawn so we sat out on the picnic blanket I brought.  Charlie ate his dinner and I ate my salad.  We did get some pretty funny looks, but oh well.  

I was pretty proud of myself for sticking with the plan.  Sticking with it at my parent's house will be a little more difficult but I am committed to it!  

To good to be true disease!

I think it is so funny how I have been following www.protectivediet.com for almost 3 weeks now and I am still asking questions like when do I stop eating the potatoes and the pasta? Do I need to cut back so I can loose weight?  While I was talking to Julie she said I had the to good to be true disease! That was brilliant! So very true as well! Every time I lost weight in the past its because I had to restrict what I was eating! Never did I eat all that I wanted and be full.  I was always hungry and counting every calorie.  I love that I am not doing this anymore!

I am a little obsessive with the scale to! I feel like I need to get on it every morning to track my progress! If you know me I have had issues with this in the past! I get a little crazy:) So far though the scale keeps going down so its been a good feeling:) :)

I went and bought a dress for my daughters graduation tomorrow! I don't know if I like it.  It is weird I have never bought a dress before and liked it! Is that weird? Does anyone else go through this? I buy clothes mainly because I have to wear them.   I never have enjoyed shopping because every time I went nothing fit right or looked good! I usually have to take someone with me because I don't really know if something looks good! So this dress probably makes me look a little older which don't bother me I am a mom of a 18 year old.  There was not a whole lot to choose from in my size!  However what I was super excited about is how close I was to a size smaller than I have ever been! yes it was a little tight and I would not wear it but I could soon:) That made me feel pretty good!  But this is the dress in the picture I ended up buying. What do you think???

I made creamy potato and kale soup tonight for dinner! It is one of my favorite soups.  I really enjoy it! I thinking about making a frosty tonight but not sure yet! I hope you all have a great weekend!