Posted by: mrbks22 on
Well....I DID NOT have a good weekend food wise. As I've mentioned several times, my wife and I have been helping my MIL pack and then this weekend we had a moving sale. Friday was great. The sale went really well, the temp was near 80 and we had a lot of customers. Thursday night I grilled 4 chicken breasts and cut them into strips. That was for Friday's lunch. During the sale I took a break and went inside and made us all salads with grilled chicken. It was really healthy and lo-cal. I was really proud of myself for planning ahead and everyone loved the salad. Saturday for lunch I had a 6" Subway Sandwich, no cheese, with mustard, only 310 calories. Then I blew it on Saturday night. We went to one of our favorite local Italian places. I had really good intentions, but then they brought the garlic bread to the table and it was so hot and smelled so good.....I ate 4 of them (they are about 3 inches by 3 inches. AND I followed that up with a Calzone (it was good, but oh so not worth the guilt that followed later).
Sunday, I woke up, had my oatmeal, and I'm back on track. I take the boys to church, then in another moment of weakness I take them to a pizza buffet place for lunch. The worst part was I intentionally did NOT keep track of how much I ate because I knew I shouldn't be doing it. The boys were so excited to get pizza because that is one thing I have really cut out of our diets. For dinner I made us shredded chicken burritos in whole wheat tortillas with tomatoes and a side of beans. A very tasty dinner and only about 300 calories. Guess what--I was just as satisfied with that meal as the pizza. Actually, for about two hours after I ate the pizza I felt so sick. My stomach was churning and I thought I would lose it....actually I'm glad the pizza affected me that way. It was another knock in the head and a reminder that food is fuel and I need to eat to live, not live to eat. One thing I've realized the last few months is that no matte what I eat, good or bad, healthy or not, that in a few hours I'm going to be hungry again. So, I might as well make good choices that I won't regret. I forgot that this weekend and now I have to get back on track. I felt really guilty this weekend when I made bad choices, but I'm over the guilt already. I messed up, it's done, and now I have to get back on the right track. I'm a little behind on my hours for the 100 Hour Challenge, so I've committed to 2.5 hours/day for M-F this week. I need to make up the time and make up for the extra calories. Thanks for all the encouragement and good luck with your week!!
