We have been riding a little bit of a commitment roller coaster.....
Mike is strong and true on his no soda commitment.
He has been drinking lemonade and juices. Very good. Very good!
Jake is still wearing clothes and has eaten a few vegetables so he is a HUGE failure!
Leigha has been caffeine free (except for one outing with her friend) since her commitment. She is less than regular with her scripture reading though there is still room to improve. But still, she's doing pretty well....she does have the most self control in this house, after all.
I went for a week without riding my bike :-((
But this week I have picked it up again!
I had a disastrous ride yesterday because I didn't prepare well and I didn't pace myself. But I made up for it today by going farther than I ever have and doing it in a reasonable amount of time. I only have 6 days before I meet Belle though, so I REALLY need to not miss a day.
I am going to start with a 15 mile ride tomorrow....well, that's the plan. We'll see ;-)
Good luck to you all!
And as David says, "You can do hard things"
Friday, June 24, 2011
Everyone, Don't Give Up!
There has been little activity lately. Everyone needs to post an update within the next week.
or else?
Chelsy is so good at cooking and cooking healthy! We have lots of chicken and eat it with brown rice, whole grain noodles, fresh vegetables, fruit, and salad (recently including handpicked spinach from our garden!). We also like soups and sandwiches, oatmeal, potatoes, casseroles, lots of whole wheat waffles.
For treats we love fruit smoothies, pies and pudding. All without refined sugars!
Ask Chelsy for details on those.
For as well as we've been doing, it seems we have an implicit weekend allowance for sweets.
Every weekend we are either part of an event or social setting that has sugary things as part of the program.
Here are our 4 violations to date: S'Mores, Cookies, Donuts and Frozen Yogurt [though Chelsy maintains that hers had no added sugar. (but I saw her put dark chocolate chips on top!) ]
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No plastic grocery bags? Easy. Everyone could make this switch.
As I mentioned last time, I am so surprised at how much those things can hold.
We leave them in the car and I am doing good at remembering them. Last week I rode my bike to the store and just used my backpack for the groceries haha.
We are part of a rewards program at Smith's here in Provo and for every re-usable shopping bag we use, we get 5 cents off our groceries! It's a just a few cents but that means that the bags pay for themselves after a few months.
While we're in the green vein, Chelsy and I recently got hired to manage a house across the street from us. We collect rent, do repairs, mow the lawn etc.
- As part of our new management changes, we got all the girls informed and instructed on how to recycle here in Provo. We set up a little system for them and we hope they'll do their best to not throw away renewable resources.
Provo is finally adopting a city recycling program and the house is ready to go.
Love you all, good luck!
or else?
Chelsy is so good at cooking and cooking healthy! We have lots of chicken and eat it with brown rice, whole grain noodles, fresh vegetables, fruit, and salad (recently including handpicked spinach from our garden!). We also like soups and sandwiches, oatmeal, potatoes, casseroles, lots of whole wheat waffles.
For treats we love fruit smoothies, pies and pudding. All without refined sugars!
Ask Chelsy for details on those.
For as well as we've been doing, it seems we have an implicit weekend allowance for sweets.
Every weekend we are either part of an event or social setting that has sugary things as part of the program.
Here are our 4 violations to date: S'Mores, Cookies, Donuts and Frozen Yogurt [though Chelsy maintains that hers had no added sugar. (but I saw her put dark chocolate chips on top!) ]
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No plastic grocery bags? Easy. Everyone could make this switch.
As I mentioned last time, I am so surprised at how much those things can hold.
We leave them in the car and I am doing good at remembering them. Last week I rode my bike to the store and just used my backpack for the groceries haha.
We are part of a rewards program at Smith's here in Provo and for every re-usable shopping bag we use, we get 5 cents off our groceries! It's a just a few cents but that means that the bags pay for themselves after a few months.
While we're in the green vein, Chelsy and I recently got hired to manage a house across the street from us. We collect rent, do repairs, mow the lawn etc.
- As part of our new management changes, we got all the girls informed and instructed on how to recycle here in Provo. We set up a little system for them and we hope they'll do their best to not throw away renewable resources.
Provo is finally adopting a city recycling program and the house is ready to go.
Love you all, good luck!
Friday, June 3, 2011
Finally, my words will grace you with their presence.
Oh hey. Finally figured out Jake's invites were being sent to my junk mail and while I should be working, I thought this was more important. Or more distracting.
Anyways, so the two things I had decided on giving up on were ice cream (my big dessert weakness) and letting Connor watch more the 20 minutes of TV. It has been really interesting and the TV thing is definitely not going so well. But let me start with the thing I am doing GREAT on - not eating ice cream.
I didn't realize how often I give into my ice cream cravings. On road trips I almost ALWAYS get some form of ice cream each time we stop at the gas station (my fave is the Tollhouse Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches). So those are out. We are still at my in-law's house and let me tell you, temptation is very abundant. There are these ice cream sandwiches called "It's-It" that are so so so yummy. They are oatmeal cookies with ice cream in the middle, dipped in chocolate. I have had to watch my family (INCLUDING RYAN) eat the deliciousness in front of me and stay in good spirits about it. There have also been a few Dairy Queen runs to get blizzards and I just simply said "no thanks!" Which is a big deal for me!
I will be honest though, I haven't really felt tempted to cheat or sneak anything. It is kind of nice showing some form of self control, even in just one thing.
The TV thing will have to wait until we get back to Rexburg. When we are the only ones in the house here, it is not a big deal, however when other family members are here it is a bit more difficult to keep Connor from watching TV. More on that later.
I will be honest though, I haven't really felt tempted to cheat or sneak anything. It is kind of nice showing some form of self control, even in just one thing.
The TV thing will have to wait until we get back to Rexburg. When we are the only ones in the house here, it is not a big deal, however when other family members are here it is a bit more difficult to keep Connor from watching TV. More on that later.
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