Wow, only two days have passed since my last blog and I already realize what a difference this is making for me. My blog is like an outlet, sure, but it's also a way for me to reflect on my day, see what I did well and not so well, and make adjustments quickly as opposed to waiting a couple days. It makes me accountable. So I did not do as well in my weight loss efforts the last two days. I didn't completely abandon my diet but I definitely didn't adhere to it. I mainly struggled with drinking. Alcohol, that is. Friday night I had 2 Captain and Coke's and today I had a 16 ounce beer. Again, I exercised better judgment ordering a beer today as opposed to a super high calorie margarita, but still.
I went out with my friend Laura today and we saw a movie and went to eat afterwards. At the movie theatre I didn't order a popcorn, but I did get a Coke and a box of Sour Patch Kids. I drank half the Coke and ate 5 Sour Patch Kids (I couldn't eat more after I saw the ridiculous amount of calories in them). So, not good, but definitely could have done worse. Afterwards we went to Black Angus. Now, there is really just nothing healthy there. Even their salads are over 1,000 calories. I'd already had Panera for brunch at 500 calories. Probably 200 more at the movies. I ended up doing about 900 damage at Black Angus, ouch. And it didn't stop. I did another 800 at dinner. WOW. It is AH-MAZING how terrible eating out is! 2,400 calories today; that's the amount I should have today AND tomorrow. :( I did not make good choices. I could have eaten less at Panera, gotten water over Coke, not had a beer or high calorie Black Angus food, skipped dinner... I just made bad choices today. My willpower is not high enough yet to keep eating out, or at the very least, I need to pre-plan and stick to it. The only thing good that I can say is I pre-planned tomorrow's meals already --egg whites and toast for breakfast, turkey sandwich for lunch, and some cornish hens are marinating in the fridge as I type to have with green beans; that combined with strawberries, cherries, and celery for snacks and I should be good. And I am hitting the gym at 7:00 am for racquetball. This not beating myself up for a bad day thing is not so easy. I feel like crap as I type how terribly I did today. But I am trying to tell myself that I could have done worse.
Yes, not only is eating out a challenge, it's expensive! Kevin and I have saved thousands over the past year and a half (Kevin estimates it to be around $10,000...which goes to show you how much we ate out). That figure is insane to me. But going back to the calories... My advice is that if you do eat out, make as many substitutions as you can. The hardest part is ordering the good food. But once you order it, you commit to it, you eat it and you'll surprise yourself with how satisfied you are. You'll be full of good food and you'll be proud of yourself for making the healthier choices. Double awesome!
ReplyDeleteSo keep blogging, keep making better choices, keep taking steps to becoming the best version of yourself!
A really good idea if you're going to the movies is to bring your own snacks. Perez Hilton talked about this when he was losing weight. You don't have to give everything up. Bring a bag of fat free popcorn that doesn't have extra butter and only amounts to 100 calories. Instead of candy bring fruit, etc, etc...
ReplyDeleteand you are acknowledging the choices you made and seeing what a difference it makes....dont beat yourself up for 1 bad day, just make better choices the next day :)Good Job!
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