Tip of the day: Simple weight management tips & my hell-of-a-week update

  Hay again my sparkly little rock star who I adore so much.
I am terribly sorry about the un-organized & not-so-great posts lately. I feel guilty. I'm doing my best & I know I promised some great weight tips, but the truth is the past 3 days, all I've seen suddenly are weight posts. It just really burned me out and depressed me a little bit. I'll give you my tips below, but first I have a little something to say.

  After seeing all these posts about weight loss, losing weight, oops I went 40 calories over today, it just really made me sick.

  I was telling my BF just the other day how miserable it would have to be to never let yourself enjoy food & actually be able to keep your eating under control. I said man, I never want to have to spend my life worrying about everything I put in my mouth. I am female, so don't get me wrong, I do know what it's like to worry about looks. But I never want to be a person who has to stay away from all sweets because I will over eat. That's never been too much of a problem for me. I guess because of the problems I have with abdominal pain I've always stopped when I quit being hungry. I do watch what I eat thanks to certain times out of the month I get too many stomach problems.

  I hate the feeling of eating too much. It's so miserable.

  I'm very big on chocolate & you better believe I'm gonna have a mini kit-kat just about every day. I strongly believe in not depriving yourself of things like favorite foods every now & then. I just think we should do it in moderation. I hear so many people say "I can't eat one cookie or I will eat 20." That's crazy. Now sometimes I can eat several cookies a day, but it shouldn't be something that you just can't control. I'm not saying it's not hard.

  So I think we should eat what we like, but be satisfied with a pretty reasonable amount. Sorry to be a downer, it just really depressed me lately after reading & hearing my sister say that I would end up not being able to control my weight when I'm older. I believed her until I thought about it & realized that I'M THE ONE IN CONTROL. NOT HER, NOT ANYONE BUT ME. I exercise regularly although while we've been remodelling somehow someone has confiscated my ab lounge thingy & took it a part & it's missing. I've been on a mission to find it & I did find 2 parts by the way lol.

  Anyways, I finally realized that we are not "doomed" to a certain weight. I know there are some who are unable to do as much & have a real struggle & I'm not referring to those who may have higher needs when it comes to weight. I totally understand that.

 On to the tips:

1. When you do have a piece of chocolate or something you enjoy, take one or a handful depending on what it is & leave the rest in the kitchen. I usually take a kit kat to my bed room & eat it. When you don't have access to the entire bag you'll be less likely to eat more.

2. My most important one: When you have a craving wait at least 15 minutes. Don't spend those minutes thinking about the food, do something like read, listen to music, clean, etc. After 15 minutes, if you even remember the food, ask yourself if you truly still want it. Most of the time I find it wasn't anything but some compulsive craving & usually passes. This happens to me a lot if I see pop-corn or something on TV. Instead of going immediately to the food, wait & if you still want it, by all means have it!

3. Yall have heard me say this one. Try sprinkling a little ground cinnammon to your food. It helps with cravings, weight, & energy! I add it to cereal, waffles, sliced apples, etc.

4. If you're a midnight snacker like me, try keeping something like peppermints in a jar in your bed-room. I keep them at my desk in my little project area because I always want to eat in there. I also keep them in my bed-room so if I do want something in the middle of the night, I try a peppermint first. It almost always keeps me from making that trip to the kitchen at least until the next day.

5. Stop worrying and telling yourself you can only have this or you can't eat that. The more you tell yourself "don't do it!" The worse the temptation will be. Before you start your day or before bed, instead of saying I won't eat this, remind yourself that if you happen to eat a little more then it's ok.

6. One thing I love about my ab machine is that it's always under my bed (well it was) and when I did eat a little extra, I didn't have to freak out because I knew I could do 30 before bed & be totally fine. So if you can work some kind of little exercise into your day & just do 30 extra when you over eat, you'll be less likely to over eat because you won't be constantly worrying about not doing it & that will lift temptations & you will have peace of mind knowing if you must have it, then you can work most of it off in a few minutes.

7. Carnation instant breakfast drinks. I bet you've seen or tried these. I used to get them & ensure when I was trying to gain my strength back from being really ill. I still drink them. The carnation breakfast drinks are like chocolate milk & they will absolutely keep you from being hungry for at least several hours. I can't eat until late in the evening after drinking one. I also think they're really great for kids because being in school all day, for some reason, makes kids so hungry. Probably because the schools really don't offer much. I remember being in high school & being so hungry all day I couldn't even think straight. You get breakfast in some cases & lunch which is usually whatever you can manage to choke down & the rest is unedible. That leaves a kid with hardly anything besides a $2.00 ice cream at break which isn't much help either.

I give them the Carnation drinks before or you can send it in a lunch box & that will keep them from starving all day as well as yourself. You can take it in a coffee mug to work. It only takes a minute to make. They're pretty good too. I like a lot of flavor with anything I eat or drink. My coffee has to be strong & I usually add some type of extra flavor to all foods. So I used 2 packets of the carnation drinks & drank it as one so it would be extra chocolate-y.

8. Special K chip crackers. I think that's what they're called. Those are really good! I actually like them better than regular potato chips. They're perfect for when you're going crazy for salty food.

These are the tips I use myself, everyday. They aren't hard & the don't require you to purchase pills, and machines. These may not seem like rapid results but they're a great way to improve without killing yourself & your health. This way, I don't feel like a failure every time I turn around & I know that it's simple so it keeps me from stressing & making problems worse.

                                       I hope you liked these.

                     And just a little update
  In my latest posts I told you about the remodelling & what a bitch it's been & then hurting my back on top of it was just a nightmare. Speaking of nightmares, I had 3 the entire week about me being kidnapped & just horrifying details. That's been really scary! Anyways, after the 3 weeks of hell with no toilet, no bathroom door, and no sink for 9 months now, I finally had the toilet put in yesterday. Well of course it was broken!

 After a nervous breadown, I finally got a new toilet (the toilet was from the same Lowe's that sold me 2 cans of terrible paint!) we got the new one it's been in since earlier today! I also now have my gorgeous black, sparkly sink in & a bath room door! Finally, I can shower in peace! I couldn't tell you how much stress is gone now that it's finished. Well, it will be finished once I re-do the damn paint & then I'll just have to get my light put in. It's a really pretty one too! I'll post pics of it as soon as possible.

  Now I'll be finding time to re-paint my bedroom & then I'll have to move my furniture in & put everything where it belongs. Then all that's left is getting my hard wood floor in. I sure hope it goes a lot better than the tile we used in the bathroom. That was a serious bitch.

   Until then I'm finally going to get some sleep, I hope. But there is bad news, our freaking dryer just screwed up! We knew it was coming because my sis was doing serious damage to it & it's ruined. Hopefully the BF will have one in this week.

*Thanks for being there. Yall have been very supportive during my hell of a week. lol I will be back to normal in no time! My back is already getting better by the way. Much Much Much love to yall. I hope yall have a very sparkly day!*