Post 4th of July

Jul 05, 2025

The 4th was the 2nd holiday since starting the generic Contrave meds.  On Memorial Day I didn't feel great and didn't miss the usual family food traditions.  For Independence Day we didn't celebrate which was fine. I'm still a bit blue over the recent tragedy in N. Idaho.  It will be good to be able to give my Firefighter/EMT son-in-law a huge hug next week. We can't ever begin to thank our first responders enough.

Our patriotic celebrations always had a bbq'd meat with caloric sides: potato salad, chips, a pasta salad, a cheesy-rich green salad, corn on the cob, watermelon and usually a chocolate zucchini cake and a pie for dessert.  I couldn't even fit in one bite of all that together.  Hubby had some leftover bbq'd chicken and I made him a low-sugar pudding pie with blended cottage cheese in it.  Ssh, don't tell him it was healthier.

I had half a cup of zero-sugar-added Bush's beans (what a disappointment!) microwaved with half an Aidell's Italian seasoned chicken sausage.  The beans weren't worth the calories, lol. But 2 cups of cubed watermelon and some cucumber spears...were scrumptious snacks!  After eating clean again now the flavors of fresh food are intense. 

This morning was week 7 weigh-in and I expected a gain from the sodium in those beans but instead I had a nice loss--shocking.  The scale said 202.2 which brings me so close to Onederland!  With that motivation it won't be hard to stick to plan and push in as much exercise as possible this week.  After a month of PT I'm able to walk so much better.   I still can't believe this is me and I'm able to keep my meals so healthy.  What an amazing gift. 

So, this post is accountability for me to work as hard as I can to get to Onederland next week.  Crossing fingers!

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