*SOB*...my baby!
Tomorrow is my little girl's first day of kindergarten. I can't believe it! We went today to meet her teacher and see her classroom, so she's all ready for tomorrow (with her Tinkerbell backpack and lunch box, of course). Interesting note: at Back to School Night last night, the principal told us that there's one student entering kindergarten with a severe peanut allergy, so we are not allowed to send in any peanut products at all, even in our kids' lunches. However, she's not allergic to almonds or cashews. This was good news, since my daughter is a total PB&J freak and that's what I planned to send her with for lunch pretty much every day. I always use all-natural unsalted peanut butter, low-sugar jelly and wheat bread, so we went to Whole Foods and got all-natural almond butter to substitute. Add some grapes on the side and a mini bottle of water, and we're ready for kindergarten!
I am very pleased with the way they do snacks at her school: every day, one of the students is the "teacher of the day," and along with other responsibilities in the class, that student's parents are in charge of sending in the snack for all the students that day. They made a point of saying no sugary snacks or juice - they gave a list of healthy snacks as options: half sandwiches, crackers & cheese, fruit, veggies, etc., water or milk. I think it's a great system.
In other news...I am proud to announce that I have just completed 31 successful days without chocolate (or onion rings or coleslaw, but chocolate is the big one). My friend John also made it through the month. I tried to get him to extend the challenge through next month, but his exact words were that he could, if he wanted, "eat chocolate cake for the entire first week of August." I guess that means he's out. As for me, I think I'm just going to keep going and counting up the days. What was my total on workout days when I did that challenge? 75? 76? Maybe I can beat it with chocolate.
John and I have, however, agreed to a French fry ban for August. I know, I had given up French fries a long time ago, but this month, what with giving up onion rings, I found myself tempted a lot and would eat a few here and there - sometimes even "forgetting" to substitute a healthier choice when I got my turkey burgers. And I know John sometimes eats French fries, so I suggested them for this month and he accepted the challenge.
As for my other August goals...well, with all the traveling I've been doing, I've started to be sporadic about exercise, so I'm going to say that I will do SOME exercise every day, even if it's just a 15-minute ab video or 30 minutes of cardio. Just something. I go back to work at the end of next week (the students come back August 22), and I won't have as much free time, so I want to just make sure I'm doing something.
I haven't thought of a third goal yet - will decide by tomorrow morning and put it in my log.