Well, as usual I have hit a roadblock. When I first ordered the food delivery service, I was pissed off because they wouldn’t let me exclude certain foods (those with green/red/yellow peppers, which I hate). Well, they would let me exclude them, they just wouldn’t tell me which of their dishes had these ingredients, so I wasn’t able to pre-emptively avoid them. I had to order them, and receive them, and then discover they had the forbidden ingredients therein. Then I could avoid ordering them again. Totally lame.
Anyway, in a huff I called up to cancel the program. But I ended up liking the food, and very few items contained the yucky peppers. When I looked online it looked as if I was going to receive week 2 of food, and it allowed me to configure my choices for the week. So I got all psyched for the delivery of week 2… which never came, of course. It was just a very sucky online interface, not a failure to cancel my order.
So, all this to say that I’ve been eating on my own for about a week, and haven’t been doing so great. It’s crazy because I really have convinced myself that I’m incompetent and incapable of preparing food on my own that satisfies me and helps me lose weight. God, talk about negative self talk. I’m starting up the delivery service again tomorrow, I believe (just in time for guests to come in town for 2 weeks… but I’m sticking with it anyway!). So I’m excited about that.
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I haven’t mentioned my fitness breakthrough. I ran 1 mile straight on the treadmill, at 5.3 mph, this past weekend. Yippee! I mostly walked (all but 5 minutes more) of my 30 minute treadmill workout, but it was a huge milestone (yuk yuk) for me. I also entered a fun run (jog stroller friendly) for October 29. I’ll probably do the 2 mile distance and make my goal running the entire time. DH will probably have a soccer game that morning, so I actually signed up for Zipcar (car sharing service) so we can both transport ourselves (we only have 1 car) if our events overlap. So empowering, rather than sitting at home feeling sorry for myself because I don’t have a car. And the stroller-friendliness of the event means I can make it a fun outing for me and the boy.
Hi Pamela! I got your email and I’ve been meaning to get back to you, but was SWAMPED for a couple of weeks there. I would have loved to do the reservoir, but E and I are headed down to Monterey to do the Big Sur 5k with my cousins that very weekend. It’s a total long shot that we would be doing something this planned that couldn’t be rescheduled, but that’s just my luck!
There is something wrong with my bloglines, you weren’t showing as updating. So I’ve had to go back and read your adventures in delivered food. I think it’s a fantastic plan. You liked jfc, that planned portion of it anyway, so it seems like a good fit.
As for convincing yourself that you’re “incompetent” or “incapable” of preparing healthy food, I am going to very gently slap your hands and remind you that you a) work full time with an infant son and b) have been actively a single parent while M is out of the state and c) need to remember that the other option for crazed working mommies is take out, so give yourself a break, congratulate yourself for making healthy choices by having the service in the first place, and keep on running! We’re right around the same pace and I see great things for our future.
Thanks, Mia. The Monterey race sounds like fun fun fun! I’m sure mine will be, too. Thanks for your words of encouragement. I do think I’m doing pretty good, physically and mentally, and notes like yours help me keep it up! Glad to read your recent posts, as you sound very happy!