Short-term Problems Create Long-term Goals

My husband was coaching a tennis match until about 5 PM yesterday, and I knew that once he got home that I needed to go do homework, so cooking dinner just wasn't on my "to do" list. So, I texted him and told him that we were just going to get a pizza and call it a night. Easy, no clean up, kids will eat it... plus, we don't eat pizza often at all, so it's a nice treat.

UGH.

My skin felt NASTY within twenty minutes of eating that pizza! And I was bloated and uncomfortable, and I only had two pieces. Ugh, ugh, ugh.

So, I have created a long-term goal for myself: NO FAST FOOD.

This goal will:

POSSIBLY - Lower my weight and clear my skin up
MOST DEFINITELY - Save money!

This isn't just a goal for myself; it's for my whole family. It is cheaper and healthier to just pack sandwiches and fruit if I know that we're going to be on the road during a mealtime, so why in the world am I not doing that? Because we live in freakin' America! Just driving home from Kroger in our town, we pass literally ten fast food restaurants. It's sad.

On a different (though related) note, I got raspberry ketone capsules at the urging of a friend yesterday, and took the first two today. I am going to take two everyday and see if it helps with my energy. She told me that she has lost three pounds in three weeks while on it (accompanied by a good diet and exercise, of course) and that she doesn't get bloated anymore, so it sounds like something I'd really like! It doesn't seem gimmicky, at the very least!

So, I am going to start keeping a tally of my fast-food-free days. My short-term goal is three months, which I know I can do. We really don't get it TOO often... My long-term goal is a year. I know, that's really lofty, especially considering the roadtrip that I'll be taking in March (going down to Hilton Head, SC with the tennis teams and Phil's parents for spring break). If the kids get hungry, I have to feed them, obviously, so I'm going to pack a cooler full of sandwiches and goodies for on the way down. No reason to spend a lot of money on fast food when I'll have even faster (and healthier) food already at the ready! :)

BY THE WAY! I made the chocolate chip muffins with the whole wheat muffin base, and oh my gosh, they are DIVINE. They taste better than those horribly awesome mini chocolate chip muffins that you can get in the sealed bags at the grocery store, and I know that these at least SOME health to them, haha! I also made sour cream drops (cookies) with cranberries in them, and the kids loved them. They only have 1/4 cup shortening and 3/4 cup sugar, so they are by far the healthiest "non-health" cookies I have found.