August 18, 2021 Day 38

Today is my wonderful sweet amazing daughter's birthday! 9 today!! I can't believe it! She/we had a wonderful day! I was way too busy to pay any attention to my body! I certainly did not have a good health day! I wasn't bad but I didn't drink enough water, not even close! I didn't have any successful bathroom visits and I ate French fries at Red Robin! But I didn't dip it! I did resist all the wonderful amazing looking cupcakes though and the homemade giant fudge cupcake that I made for our little birthday queen. I slept like a solid rock last night! I normally sleep fairly light, but I don't even remember waking up when my son came into bed last night! I usually will wake up as soon as I hear him open his door. I was toast up until the moment I woke up this morning. That was wonderful! My challenges today were certainly avoiding the sugar. I had a few moments where I thought to myself, this is my "birth" day too! I should celebrate with her and enjoy one of my favorite treats (donuts for breakfast - we had so many!) or a tasty cupcake! I didn't have one like or taste! I am glad I didn't though! I don't think it'd be worth it and I know I can enjoy all of those things again some day! I'm shooting for my indulge time for our trip to Mackinac. Today however I started to think that it might be hard to cheat there too! At this rate while the things sound good, I'm not craving them and honestly it's not that hard to not eat it. I am sure it helps that I am noticing changes. While they are small, they are great changes in the right direction.

Breakfast - Skip

Snack - PB and Celery (not much I was in a hurry baking and just wanted to get something in my tummy!)

Lunch/Snack - I had a handful of popchips

Dinner - I had a grilled chicken salad at Red Robin - **Cheats** I had olive oil and Balsamic Vinegar (my first vinegar I've had since I started), the salad had shredded cheese and carrots - I tried to take most of it off which I think I was pretty successful. I told them to leave the croutons off which they did! I also had some of the fries - I didn't go nuts but I had some.