A day late, and not a dollar, but a pound short; I'm here reporting in on my first week on the dLife Tummy Trim Challenge.  I didn't lose anything in week 1.  On the positive side, I didn't gain either.

I logged some of my food.  To be exact, 2 whole days and several partial days.  As my fellow blogger, Michelle Kowalski, also admitted this week; I am accepting the fact that I have a dysfunctional relationship with food. In other words, I eat for reasons other than fueling my body.  Because of this, logging my food both works well to help me reach my goals, and is incredibly hard to do. 

My excuse du jour is that it is too hard to figure out the portion sizes of all the BLTs (Bites, Licks and Tastes) of the kids' food.  Not eating the BLTs?  It's nearly unconscious, and therefore very difficult to stop, but I'm trying.  Maybe I should try just logging as best I can? 

Paying attention this week to my food, whether notated or not, has lead me to some unpleasant realizations.  I'm really being hard on my body by skimping on breakfast, then eating bad carbs and too many of them for lunch.  Next I crash, take a nap, and wake up miserable.

Case in point - Sunday, I got the kids fed and ate a slice of sprouted wheat toast and lots of coffee before heading out for church.  When the service ended, I was ravenous and they were serving cake.  I had a piece, telling myself it was OK because it was only about 2 square inches and I would go home and eat some protein to even things out.  It was at least 45 minutes later by the time I got home and got the little one settled in for her nap.  The older child wanted to watch a TV show, so I ended up napping on the couch while he did so; my body frantically trying to do SOMETHING with all that glucose.

That behavior is NOT going to work, not only for the dLife challenge, but for MY diabetes life, as well as my vital organs.  I am committed to seeing this program through.  The week that started today should will be better.  Just quit yer complaining, Kim, and DO IT.