Day Three Hundred and Five - Slushes and a New Workout Buddy

I hate it when one of my children doesn't feel well.  This afternoon, E has come down with a fever.  It isn't too high, but still high enough to make a parent worry.  There isn't anything in the world that pulls at the heart like watching your child when they aren't feeling well.  As a daddy all I want to do is make her feel better and happy.  I know sugar isn't the best for them, but I did go get her a Lemonberry slush from Sonic.  B has been sweetly sitting here with E, and while I want to say he's being sympathetic, I am pretty sure he just wants a drink of her slush or a bite of her food.  I hope she feels better by Tuesday so we can go see some fireworks.

I'm trying to make sure I eat better these next few days.  I had too much unhealthy food this weekend.  I did better today.  I really need to work on being more disciplined.  When I picked up E's food and treat I decided I wanted a slush.  I knew I had enough calories for an Optimus Prime Transformers Slush, but I still know it wasn't best.  That was the first slush I've had since last fall.  I think outside of a little bit of lemonade, that was the first sugary drink I've had in a very long time.  It's having the discipline to avoid those types of sugary drinks 99.999999999% of the time that has brought me success so far.  The worst part is, that while it was fairly tasty at first, it was really too sweet to enjoy (thank you Plexus Slim!).  I really like that I don't have the sugar cravings I used to have.  It's a huge benefit of the changes I've made.  I know that probably won't be the last slush I'll have in my life, but I do know it's going to be the last one for quite a while.  I'm losing my butter half.

My calories were within my goal today, but my choices weren't perfect (see above).  I will need to make sure I do better with my food choices these next few days as I get closer to my weigh in.  I worked out this afternoon, but I've been so tired that it was not an easy workout.  Thankfully I had a great workout buddy to push me through.  We are still working on his form.