A Little Catch-Up

I've been really bad at updating lately. Hopefully after the grocery shopping trip I have planned for tomorrow and getting back to really gung ho about my diet I will be posting more.

I started charting this cycle. I had the WORST period of my life to start it off with. I was seriously in agony. There was a day where sitting in the chair at my desk hurt so much I just laid down on my office floor. And I work at a car wash, so nothing (other than the cars coming out!) is clean, including the office floor. But it felt so good! It's been hard getting back into the habit of charting after two years of not doing it. I'm hating taking my temperature in the morning! I have to temp vaginally because I sleep with my mouth open. Yesterday I think I was so tired when my alarm went off to take my temp (5:25am, because that's when I randomly took it the first day) that I forgot to actually turn the thermometer on and then fell asleep. When I woke up I removed it and turned it on and saw a really low temp. I don't think it was an actual reading because the last temp always shows up when you turn it on, and that temp didn't show up today. So, yeah, temping is driving me crazy. I will get used to it though, just like I did before. I've also been checking my cervical fluid. I have found that checking internally is the best for me. I didn't start this until a few days after my period ended. I definitely went from dry to one day of sticky to a few days of creamy so far. Tonight, though, it had a very pink/red tinge to it. I'm excited thinking this may be ovulation spotting, but it could also be any number of things, including my cycle being lame and my period being on its way. So we will see! I'm getting back to checking my cervix as well. I'm not marking these readings down yet because it's a sign that's very difficult for me to get accustomed to. So I'm kind of just scoping it out right now.

Okay, I just have to say that I love going out to eat and having complete control over my meal. Donnie and I were off today and ran some errands and decided to go out to lunch. We went to BD's Mongolian BBQ. I don't think if this is a national chain or not, but it should be. Basically, you get a bowl, go through a "salad bar" type line and pick your meat/seafood/pasta, then your veggies, then your sauces. Then you take it to a big grill and watch them cook it for you. I LOVE this place! I've been really trying to eat the best I can lately, given that I seriously need to go grocery shopping. This meal just made me happy. I had two plates today. The first was chicken (boneless/skinless), shrimp, broccoli, bean sprouts, pineapple, onion and edemame with soy and ginger sauces. The second was all veggies (since I was full but really wanted more!): broccoli, onion, pineapple, pea pods, baby corn and edamame with a sweet orange peel sauce and teriyaki sauce. Now, granted, the sauces weren't incredible choices as I'm sure they're filled with sugar and definitely lots of sodium, but I think overall it balanced out well. I just love that I had total control over my meal. I didn't have to ask for substitutions or feel bad about anything I ate, I didn't have to feel like "Well, most of this is good, so it's okay", or anything like that. I chose exactly what I wanted and it was delicious. And it was good for me, and totally within my diet. I walked away uncomfortably full but HAPPY.

Tomorrow I'm making salmon and I can't wait. I've managed to talk myself out of making it the last few nights because I never felt like going to the store to get stuff to go with it. How lame is that? The scale is not being friendly, so I'm very excited to go shopping and fill the house with yummy, healthy food!