Will power is when you decide you are important enough to make your dreams a reality

I posted this title as my status earlier and decided to make it my blog.  On the way home I had actually been thinking about my will power and I found it ironic to get home and find one of my friends had posted this.

Today was the day before my weigh day which means it was a shake day.  This was my third week doing this on Thursdays.  I have to tell you, when Nikki first recommended this to me, I really didn't think that I was going to be able to do it.  In the past if I hadn't eaten enough (what I thought was enough) I would feel weak, shakey, and would start sweating.  I saw a doctor to see if I had blood sugar issues and he said that I had nothing wrong.  That I just had to learn to work through it.  I haven't really considered that I had worked through it. 

Shake days consist of:

• A protein shake (powder with 6 oz of water or 8 oz of milk) and a piece of fruit for breakfast
• Same for lunch
• 2 pieces of fruit for an afternoon snack
• Then something higher in protein for dinner.  And I try to stay low sodium.

I have not done the shake days once where I felt weak, shakey, or sweaty (that wasn't caused by a workout).  I have survived the whole day without even thinking about having a regular meal.  I think this is mostly because I knew I was going to have a regular meal for dinner. 

I feel really good about my one day (or sometimes two days) a week that I do the shake days.

Some other things I do to exercise my will power is set times that I can eat.  In this case I may or may not be making the healthiest choice, but I'm not allowing myself to eat anything until the designated time.  It might be a specific time or I may say that something has to happen before I can eat it.  A lot of times it is my workout before I can eat dinner. 

And on another note....I'm keeping my fingers crossed for 2.5 pounds this week.