So I've been taking protein shakes in the morning per my doctors request.

So far, just by adding that to my lifestyle,

I've found that i have way more energy, and I've also lost about 6 lbs

It hasn't been so hard, now i just drink my breakfast when before i would just skip it.

I guess my body has come to expect the effects of the protein in the morning, because i skipped it the day before last,

and i felt super hungry and tired, as well as irritated!

Bah!

But now i'm getting tired of drinking and want something more solid.

My solution was to make some organic Corn bread with the protein powder mixed in.

I have free range chickens, so i used there eggs

with some fresh corn meal that i got at the farmers market, some organic flour and the powder replaced the sugar.

used applesauce to replace the oil/butter

and added blueberries from my garden!

Threw it all in my bread machine and out came a delicious product!

Yummers!

Had a small helping with my coffee!

Right now i'm on summer break, and already i am bored out of my mind!

I've been gardening, building and playing with my animals,

but that is only interesting for a portion of the day.

I've started playing a computer game

but its addicting,

so i have to make compromises with myself!

I.E.. if all of my (self-imposed) chores are done, i can play for 1 hour

Then i have to Clean the kitchen!

Afterwards i can play for 30 mins

Then i clean the living room!

and make my bed!

before bed i normally play another hour.

I want to incorporate some exercise into this plan so that i can get off my bum and do something!!

Yesterday i took my grandmothers Rabbit (Moi) to the Vet's to have him neutered!

I drove by a Grocery Outlet

and couldn't resist a quick trip!

They have a lot of products for a lot less that a normal grocery store.

I used to love this store when i was living in Sacramento, CA

and in college,

that said, I practically ran in, first I picked up some hanging baskets, a basil plant as well as a bag of fresh tomatoes

then i saw it!

The aisles of frozen foods/processed foods/sugary sweet foods that got me through those late nights studying and writing papers.

I had the urges to stock up of frozen burritos, chips, cookies, kid themed cereals, pop tarts, and other bad bad foods.

The Urge was so strong, but i kept reminding myself that those foods would taste so good for about 2 mins, then i would feel like crap

and gain weight, the i'd end up eating more because i'd feel like crap and

the cycle would start again!

Bah!!!

I grabbed myself by the collar, and with every person i saw in the store, i told them ((**In My Mind**))

To keep me away from those foods!

It worked!

When i found myself drifting back to those aisles and browsing,

I'd imagine the mom telling me to set a good example for her kids,

the grandpa telling me how those foods had let to his health problems

and the other heavier set people telling my to be brave and walk away!

Its silly and sounds strange, but i talked myself out of buying those foods.

I ended up with my original products and a bottle of wine.

I never knew that when i started this journey

that I'd be battling with myself so fiercely

to stay on the right track!

LOL

Oh me oh my!

I'm definitively ready to change my life!