Steps forward… steps backward… we’re doing the cha-cha! October 6, 2008
Well, weekends are the worst but I made it out alive. Here’s the down-low:
Friday: First things first- I made it through the bakery! I walked over to the amazingly delicious artisan bakery next door with a coworker and managed to walk out empty handed. Considering pastries are my biggest weakness, I think we can call that a slam dunk. After that, we had a meeting and teambuilding that took half the day. I didn’t really plan well, but it came out alright. I didn’t eat many calories with breakfast or snacks and so I left a good amount of room for meeting food. (1/2 ciabatta sandwich, bag of chips, cookie. Should have had some of the fruit). For dinner, DH and I headed off the hill and had Chili’s. First victory- passed on the appetizers, even the extra yummy queso dip, and had a side salad instead. Next victory- ordered a grilled chicken sandwich with the honey mustard on the side and broccoli instead of fries. (DH was shocked… I’m a total hussy for fries with ranch dressing!) Also managed to avoid dessert. So, I was pretty proud of myself. Unfortunately, that ended later on when I looked up the calories to find that the sandwich was 840 calories! EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY. D’oh! Guess it goes to show that things that sound healthy aren’t always- it pays to look ahead!
Saturday: Slept in, yay! DH and I took Miss Lucy on an hour long walk, then grabbed some lunch (unfortunately, McDonalds…ugh) and went over to the Homecoming game (some of our kids were playing). We didn’t get much else done, but went out again (AHHH! I’m driving myself crazy with this!) to a salad bar buffet. Unfortunately, I went wayyy over, further proof that buffets are directly from Satan.
Sunday- relatively uneventful, except that we ate out AGAIN- this time at Panda Express, where I unfortunately consumed close to 1000 calories. Bummer. Once again, need to plan these things out better.
Overall, my daily net calorie average for the week was right around 1575. (Under by 105/day)
So, this morning I weighed in at 207. But, I refuse to accept that weight. J I’ve been weighing in at 205.5 every other day, and I only went over by 150 calories yesterday, so I know it’s just water weight from the quasi Chinese food. So, I’ll use tomorrow’s weight instead.
Got back on track today. I didn’t manage to get all my meals packed for today, but I still managed to stay on track. Didn’t get up early, but got in my water and a good walk for Lucy. I’ve slowly been expanding our walk time, and tonight came in at 30 minutes. (Would have been longer but said water began to torture my bladder). Managed to bake another batch of muffins, added pumpkin, more zucchini, and shredded carrots to last week’s recipe while cutting out some sugar. Final result? 66 calories, 2.6 grams fiber, and 3.84 grams protein. (Recipe to follow). So far. So good.
This week’s goals:
- Get up 15 minutes early. It’s a repeat, but I really need to get this one to stick.
- Take a daily multi. They may make your pee bright yellow, but they are good for you!
- Have a serving of vegetables with each meal.
- Stretch for 5 minutes each day.
- Up Lucy’s walks to 30 minutes each day.
