The Latest on Diet Changes

I've finally re-lost those 5lbs I gained a little over a week ago from eating grains.  I've continued to keep grains out my diet for the most part, outside of a few corn chips or gluten-free crackers (which have rice flour).  I'm continuing to juice every morning for breakfast (if not for breakfast and lunch).

There are times when I want to give in eat a cupcake or something. I admit that most of the times that I want to break my "diet" it's usually for something so utterly bad, that I know it's not remotely worth it.  The hardest part is just breaking habits.   Eating stir-fry with rice (rather than without) is a habit. Eating out is somewhat of a habit (at least in my household). It's become the stand-by "going out" activity. We need to find new active activities, especially now that I typically have the energy to be active.There are times when I break it without even thinking. Like Saturday we went driving and ended up at a winery (something we love to do) and in between tasting some wines I ate a little cracker. Luckily, I only ate one before I realized what I was doing and handed the rest to Paul. It's not like they are going to kill me or anything, but I know it doesn't take much to leave me feeling bad.

While I am feeling much better during the day, lately the nights and the mornings have not been great.  I'm not sleeping well again. I don't know if it's stress (I've been dealing with several issues lately) or something else.  I've been hurting more, mostly my neck and shoulders - which usually leads to my head hurting, so I know that affects my sleep as well.  The crappy sleep has lead to me waking up feeling not so wonderful.  I get up and make my juice (and drink it) and suddenly I'm all good again, or at least mostly good. I have energy and I can actually get some things done.  Then the night comes and it starts all over.  Or, like yesterday, it starts over a bit early with a massive migraine. Which reminds me, I need to call the chiropractor and get another adjustment and see if that gets rid of this crick in my neck.  I may also need to downgrade to a smaller purse again, as I've realized that my larger purse just accumulates more stuff.