Day 1 - Commitment reaffirmed!

This weekend was a busy weekend. On Saturday, I helped my mom with the remaining things she had at her old apartment. It was the final day of her lease. Well, the fact that she still had stuff left over there and the stuff was totally unnecessary in my opinion just helped me reaffirm my commitment to decluttering. Not that I was wavering at all. But I really don't want to go through what I went through for my last two moves. They both actually lasted about three days! Ugh!! That is NOT going to happen for my next one.

We came back from Aylmer with my 7-year-old nephew who wanted to come sleep over. I ran errands and cleaned up the garage a little to make room for my mother's things that we just brought over.

Sunday was food day. I prepped two different types of meatballs and made chicken wings (those were for tonight's supper). I ran out of time to cook the chicken breasts I wanted to. I also wanted to make soup, but I over cooked the chicken wings and ended up running out of water (broth) when I was boiling them before roasting them in the oven. They turned out ok, but I lost some because the meat fell off of the bones and stuck to the bottom of the pot.

The day went well food wise. I stuck to the whole30. But supper was a little tougher. There was lasagna, garlic bread, cake, and pie. All looked so delicious. And my family was telling me that I should start tomorrow instead of today. But I stuck it out and resisted. I had my mind set on starting on March 1st.

I'm feeling clumsy and out of it tonight. I was tired all weekend. I haven't been feeling well, and I blame the poor diet. There was a lot of junk food binging on Friday and Saturday night. I am also disappointed that I didn't get as much done as I would have wanted. Oh well. I'll get it done.

I apologize for this post. It's not my best writing. But I suppose it helps illustrate the state of mind I'm in at the moment, which is all part of the journey.

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