Yup, I’m thoroughly frustrated this morning with weigh in. Can you tell? I didn’t gain this week but for the love of everything I didn’t lose and I was SUPER vigilant about tracking what I ate and made sure I hit my activity points. What do I do? Do I quit? Do I add more to my activity than just walking? I noticed that my calves are getting wider with muscle and I don’t care for that one bit and my treadmill isn’t on an incline. GRR!
Plan for this week is to find something other than walking to add to my exercise. Continue to watch what I eat. Continue to drink the water that I have been (I’ve really been working on that and I hate water). I will commit to one splurge day. Splurge as in absolute splurge. Usually, when I chose to splurge I stay within my points. This Saturday I have Disting and will enjoy my mead and food. So this morning I’m going to start with breakfast and go from there. One step at a time.
The recipe I adapted with the ingredients in my cupboard was Morrocan black-eyed pea acorn squash. YUM and so satisfying.
1 Acorn squash
1 teaspoon olive oil
1 can black-eyed peas
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 tablespoon chopped garlic
2 teaspoons chopped raisins
Cinnamon (to taste)
Salt (to taste)
Cumin (to taste)
1/4 cup of water
1 teaspoon toasted almonds finely chopped
Chopped cilantro (add as much or omit all together – this is a personal choice but I LOVED it)
On a sheet pan, cover parchment paper and spray with cooking spray. Cut your squash in half, scoop out seeds and roast your squash for 40-45 minutes face down. While your squash is roasting sautee onion in olive oil until brown, about 5-8 minutes. Add garlic, raisins, peas, seasoning, and water. Cook on low heat until warm and the raisins have soaked up the water. When squash is tender pull out of the oven and split the black-eyed pea mixture between the two. Top each with 1/2 teaspoon of almonds and chopped cilantro.
Happy Thursday Y’all!
A Creative PTSD Gal 
Keep going, that’s only muscle weight. One can weigh more than expected but the clothes are too big, transforming the body. Put the mind at ease and keep going.
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Thank you, dear💚 It was just frustrating so I’m going to try some new things 🙂
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Never stop! Have you measured things like your waist, hips and thighs? Sometimes paying attention to more than your weight can help keep you motivated when the scale is being dumb. Keep at it. Make adjustments if you need to but you really might just be gaining muscle which over time will burn more calories.
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Thank you hun 💜 I’m getting a measuring tape this weekend. It was just super frustrating.
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Believe me…I know. I’ve fought weight issues most of my life. I’ve given up more times than I can count. But in the end that makes it worse, not better. Even if you do nothing but maintain for a while it’s worth it!
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