Always something there to remind meeee...

Yes, it is hot here in CT in the summer. It is humid. I don't like it, but I accept it. But today?

DAMN PEOPLE.

I walked out of the hospital to walk between buildings and I was hit with a wall of hot steaminess. It literally felt difficult to breath. And peeps, I'm a singer, so I have GOOD LUNGS. If it feels hard for me, I can't imagine how it feels to others!

They were not kidding when they put the heat advisory and air quality alert out there. Not to mention the fatty-d thunderstorm that is supposed to swoop in here in the next few hours.

I love me a good thunderstorm, so I am looking forward to it. Thing 1 and 2 however, get a little skittish, so I will likely have to call daycare and check in on them.

OK, back to the topics at hand. Eating has been good. I say only good and not stellar because I found myself in a predicament yesterday I want to share.

A co-worker of mine gave me a zucchini the size of a toddler. I am not kidding. When I got home with it, I stood it up next to Thing 2 and it was almost as tall as him. Anyway, I got to work making some meals out of this thing. I made an awesome, totally clean zucchini lasagna (zucchini in place of pasta. Don't knock it, just try it. SO FAB) and I wanted to make a little treat for the boys. I set out to make some clean zucchini muffins. Mini ones, so as to control the amount of them they eat. The recipe was something I adapted from a regular sugar and fat laden one I found on line. Subbing Stevia for sugar and applesauce for oil, oats and oat flour for regular. Eggs and egg whites instead of just eggs. Anyway, I even went so far as to mix mini chocolate chips in there (obviously NOT clean) to entice the little buggers to eat them.

Well, it was a success. Things 1 helped me make them and as the official taste tester, agreed they were delightful.

Then, I had one. I really wanted to experience the fruits of my labor.

For a normal person, 1 of these little guys at 50 cals a pop is NO BIG DEAL.

However, for me, the obsession began.

I had another.

Thank goodness I was able to stop it there. But I obsessed about them in the fridge all evening.

This, my friends, is the mind of of a food addict.

This food, while the ingredients are wholesome, when combined into this kind of food product (a baked good of sorts), has a mental effect on me. I was FINE before I had one. Baking them for the family was totally fine. No issues. But, once I tried one, the obsession about them began.

What good has come of this?

Well, I have been reminded once again that I cannot eat like normal people.

The "reminder" didn't impede my calories for the day. It didn't lead me to a binge, and it really was (mostly) calories well spent.

I am grateful for little reminders.

Today, eating has been on par. I am gearing up for an intense tabata session this afternoon. Heat advisories and air quality alerts be damned.

I will weigh in on Friday or Saturday. I am getting less obsessed with getting on the scale all the time. Once (maybe twice) a week is enough.

No workout occurred yesterday (gasp-horror!) Because I got in the kitchen and started cooking, brought the kids out to play, went BACK in the house to keep cooking and by the time I was done in the kitchen and with the kids, it was 8:45 and I had yet to sit down since I got in from work. SO, tabata tonight will be an awesome cardio killer, and tomorrow I plan on upper body strength routine.

I know I promised a little peak at a project I am working on, but it's not quite done yet. As soon as it is, I will post a link.

Hope everyone out there is doing well! Soldier on, peeps!