Has it been six weeks already?
This week was a roller-coaster of both good and bad behaviors. One day I fasted, and one day I went way over the charts.
The day I fasted, I'd not eaten breakfast or lunch. But when the sun set, I feasted on too much dinner. I still was about 300 calories under my goal, but a 1200 calorie dinner is just too much food at one time! I was overfull and feeling quite mad at myself for over-indulging.
My second mistake was eating during a very stressful time. I had consumed 2100 calories in a day because I'd just figured "Heck with everything" and ate some take out, had a bad carby dinner, and then had a slice of pizza for a snack. Bad ideas all.
The take out wasn't too bad- the sandwich itself was about 500 calories- but the fries, oh those delicious, hard-to-resist fries! I'd bought a medium instead of a small, and even a small would have been too much. But I was frustrated, so I ate.
Dinner consisted of BBQ ribs, buttered noodles (the Death Star of the caloric universe) and corn. Again, corn, not too bad, but I had enough buttered noodles to fill my plate, and I could have eaten less ribs. I think I would've been okay if I'd skipped the noodles though. Sigh.
I didn't get on the bike once this week. Not once. Double sigh. I feel like the Lion King intro- there's more to do than can ever be done- and I did all of the other stuff instead.
I still have no idea what I weigh, since all docs doors were closed to me. So, I'm looking forward to my appointment with the nutritionist this upcoming week. Yes, I screwed up one day (big time!), but for the most part I've been hitting my target caloric intake- Hopefully it will show on the scale.
Lessons learned:
Find something other than eating to do when stressed. Like kickboxing stuffed animals or getting on that bike!
Get on the bike. Get on the bike. Get on the ding-dang bike!
Eat more veggies. I haven't been eating them as much as I should. That 2100 calorie day I didn't eat any veggies!
There's no do-overs, but there are do-betters. Today is a new day- learn from your mistakes, make notes, and move on. Don't dwell on the one 2100 calorie day, dwell on the almost six weeks you behaved yourself (for the most part!)
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