Roadblocks: you have a destination in mind and they stand in your way, diverting you, delaying you and almost always leave you completely frustrated. If you are in a new area they can scare you and leave you lost. And if you are running late they can be utterly infuriating! They are definitely "plan changers" and if you cannot find a way to adapt you will never make it to your destination and the roadblock becomes a stumbling block.
Yesterday was supposed to be my first day of my 30 days 100% raw vegan, high carb, low fat plan. I had two roadblocks: I was ill and my blender quit 3 seconds into my second smoothie of the day. I did not allow feeling ill to stop me, I just decided to take the day easy and go lightly on the fruit (I was having terrible bowl and stomach pains and even bad heartburn -something I don't usually experience). When I had put everything in the blender for a lunch time smoothie I was quite frustrated to have nothing planned to eat as a back up and I was feeling quite hungry (it was about 2 PM and I had only had two bananas in my morning smoothie).
After several attempts to fix the blender I gave up on the smoothie idea and gagged down two too-ripe-for-me bananas. The plan says to eat fully ripe bananas for better digestion in general and for the fructose. I like my bananas when they are perfectly yellow; pre-browning stage, though that is the ideal stage for smoothies and baking.
Not long after I decided to make a dinner of brown rice and black beans. I held on to raw until the idea of just eating browning bananas grew too unappealing. When Alex got home he tried the blender and got it working in just a few tries! I was elated and took my to-be-blended fruit out of the fridge and whipped up a dessert of two bananas, about 6 strawberries and water. Overall, I had a good day, but did not succeed in sticking to a fully raw day. I had a raging headache by 4 and also made a small amount of coffee and had a small amount of non dairy creamer. I am aiming to not regularly ingest caffeine, but have decided to slowly reduce the coffee intake because I am addicted to it and I feel like keeping just this one "favorite" will help me as I am feeling overwhelmed by so much change to my diet right now. Either I am making a wise choice or I am just making excuses to not quit coffee, just yet. ;-)
Today I was all set to really rock this first day!!! I drank about 2 liters of water in the morning (so much more than I usually do, first thing). I had to drink it slowly, if I drink water too fast it makes me extremely nauseous, much like any amount of water consumption did when I had HG. By the time I finished with my water I was really looking forward to my smoothie. I was feeling much better than yesterday and had a better appetite, too. I decided to do a 4 banana smoothie and was getting ready when I discovered another roadblock: the blender refused to perform for me, yet again. I nearly cried. Seriously. I reallydislike loathe what I call "over ripe" bananas. And I am quite tight on my budget and planned to use the frozen fruit I had in my freezer to stretch me through next pay day.
I refused to give up so easily, despite it feeling like a non-detour-able roadblock. I had some coffee and a yellow banana and plotted my "alternate route." I passed by our new trashcan several times, noticing it needed to be emptied and remembered that we had discussed returning it to Costco because it was a poor design and the motion activated sensor part was -just weeks later- not working right. "Light bulb!" I announced to the kiddos that we were going to buy fruit and I cleaned up the trashcan and put it back in it's box.
Here's a picture I took of my cart just before loading it into the trunk:
I'd call the trip a great success except for one small derailing of my eating plan: when I got my kids food at the food court I ordered myself a frozen coffee drink (which has milk in it). OOPS! I could have thrown it away, but I did not. In fact, I enjoyed every drop of it. Not going to lie! Tomorrow is another day. I refuse to allow my tendency to have "all or nothing" thinking ruin this for me. My positive efforts are not erased by mistakes or deliberate breaking of the rules. For some allowing "cheats" would derail them, indefinitely. But, for others, having a "all or nothing" mindset poses a greater risk for derailment. I am usually very good at being extreme and perfectionist at new endeavors, but then giving up completely at a first-offense mistake. I am delighted that I am not giving up because of a coffee drink or giving in to an urge to call myself a failure for it.
Yesterday was supposed to be my first day of my 30 days 100% raw vegan, high carb, low fat plan. I had two roadblocks: I was ill and my blender quit 3 seconds into my second smoothie of the day. I did not allow feeling ill to stop me, I just decided to take the day easy and go lightly on the fruit (I was having terrible bowl and stomach pains and even bad heartburn -something I don't usually experience). When I had put everything in the blender for a lunch time smoothie I was quite frustrated to have nothing planned to eat as a back up and I was feeling quite hungry (it was about 2 PM and I had only had two bananas in my morning smoothie).
After several attempts to fix the blender I gave up on the smoothie idea and gagged down two too-ripe-for-me bananas. The plan says to eat fully ripe bananas for better digestion in general and for the fructose. I like my bananas when they are perfectly yellow; pre-browning stage, though that is the ideal stage for smoothies and baking.
Not long after I decided to make a dinner of brown rice and black beans. I held on to raw until the idea of just eating browning bananas grew too unappealing. When Alex got home he tried the blender and got it working in just a few tries! I was elated and took my to-be-blended fruit out of the fridge and whipped up a dessert of two bananas, about 6 strawberries and water. Overall, I had a good day, but did not succeed in sticking to a fully raw day. I had a raging headache by 4 and also made a small amount of coffee and had a small amount of non dairy creamer. I am aiming to not regularly ingest caffeine, but have decided to slowly reduce the coffee intake because I am addicted to it and I feel like keeping just this one "favorite" will help me as I am feeling overwhelmed by so much change to my diet right now. Either I am making a wise choice or I am just making excuses to not quit coffee, just yet. ;-)
Today I was all set to really rock this first day!!! I drank about 2 liters of water in the morning (so much more than I usually do, first thing). I had to drink it slowly, if I drink water too fast it makes me extremely nauseous, much like any amount of water consumption did when I had HG. By the time I finished with my water I was really looking forward to my smoothie. I was feeling much better than yesterday and had a better appetite, too. I decided to do a 4 banana smoothie and was getting ready when I discovered another roadblock: the blender refused to perform for me, yet again. I nearly cried. Seriously. I really
I refused to give up so easily, despite it feeling like a non-detour-able roadblock. I had some coffee and a yellow banana and plotted my "alternate route." I passed by our new trashcan several times, noticing it needed to be emptied and remembered that we had discussed returning it to Costco because it was a poor design and the motion activated sensor part was -just weeks later- not working right. "Light bulb!" I announced to the kiddos that we were going to buy fruit and I cleaned up the trashcan and put it back in it's box.
Here's a picture I took of my cart just before loading it into the trunk:
I'd call the trip a great success except for one small derailing of my eating plan: when I got my kids food at the food court I ordered myself a frozen coffee drink (which has milk in it). OOPS! I could have thrown it away, but I did not. In fact, I enjoyed every drop of it. Not going to lie! Tomorrow is another day. I refuse to allow my tendency to have "all or nothing" thinking ruin this for me. My positive efforts are not erased by mistakes or deliberate breaking of the rules. For some allowing "cheats" would derail them, indefinitely. But, for others, having a "all or nothing" mindset poses a greater risk for derailment. I am usually very good at being extreme and perfectionist at new endeavors, but then giving up completely at a first-offense mistake. I am delighted that I am not giving up because of a coffee drink or giving in to an urge to call myself a failure for it.
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