My Series of Unfortunate Events
Started with taking my car in for repairs at Chrysler. Followed by a weigh in at LAF = 147. Followed by:
Pizza stick
Heat
Hangover
Not necessarily in that order
Actually, I woke up wanting an Angus, mushroom cheeseburger, with fries (and mayo), and a chocolate shake, but I wisely chose mozzerella cheese sticks instead. My biggest goal yesterday was to forgo the ballpark frank at Alex's game. Sounds like such a small hurdle (yes, hurdle), but just like our muscles have memory, so do our stomachs. Location plays into this memory because we connect our experiences with food, libations, friends and fun times. Just knowing that I am going to the field makes me think ball park frank. The franks at CGLL are (in my opinion) pretty darned good too. I distracted myself with a diet 7 up for a while, but when Matthew bought pizza sticks, I caved in and ate one. This led to momentary guilt, but it was short-lived. I traded one vice for another and made a note to self: many times, I do not think about the value of what I am eating, nor do I weigh (literally) what I am putting in my pie hole (pun intended). So, I decided to google pizza sticks and hotdogs to see which one had more nutritional value and calories. According to Chacha.com an average pizza stick has 320 calories for 2 (not sure about nutritional value). Just a ball park frank has 242 calories and most of this is fat and doesn't include the bun or condiments. Obviously, neither choice is a healthy one, but in the small bite of things, it is better than chomping down a hot dog and a pizza stick!
All in all, yesterday was a good food day, if you take the pizza stick out of the equation. I had a little bit of everything:
2 mozzerella cheese sticks in the morning
hummus and chips (to go pack, so intake was monitored)
handful of bagel chips
pizza stick
half a salad with chicken and goat cheese.
Today is a new day! Let's see what it will bring ;-).
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Hey Allison: Good for you for resisting the Hot Dog, and thanks so much for your motivating spirit. I'm all in with taking the "How Low Can You go Challenge". My overall goals:
1. Continue to work out at least 4 days per week.
2. Portion control, Portion control, Portion control.
3. Try and each as much healthy, non-processed foods as possible.
4. Run the Wine to the Line 5Mile race.
For those that do not know me. I am a total "foodie". I'm a frustrated food network star, and chef. I love to cook, and I love to feed people. Cooking is a form of relaxation to me. So, what I have to tell myself is that I can still enjoy cooking and entertaining, and eating, but I just need to do it in moderation. Moderation seems to the answer to a lot of problems!
My menu yesterday consisted of: Whole wheat/Bran shredded wheat for breakfast. Lunch was spinach salad, with diced chicken, olive oil and vinegar dressing, and a WW mini burger. Dinner was not so good. Homemade personal size pizza', only ate two pieces though, 2 oz of wine, and a small 100 calorie icecream cup.
Today I need to focus on drinking more water, and planning my dinners. If I dont' plan them, I usually cave to something not so healthy and easy.
My current weight is 174, I need to get down to my goal weight of 155.
One day, and one meal at a time.
Allison,
I'm impressed with your writing and food self-awareness. I also noticed how you used your self-awareness to monitor what was going on with you and food moment to moment and then use that info to help control your eating. Awesome!! I want to do that, too.
My health goals for the two week blog period are:
1. Continue working out 1 hr/day 5 or 6 days a week at LAF.
2. Run, walk, swim, or take bike rides with the kids at least two times per week.
3. Make very healthy food choices and control my emotional eating.
4. Lose 5 pounds by the end of the 2 week blog period, tightening up the area between my waist and knees.
5. Keep on top of medical care: needed blood tests, female stuff, etc.
6. Allow my spiritual self to evolve with simple and brief meditation and relaxation techniques.
I started out fine yesterday by eating an 8 oz container of yogurt before heading to LAF. At noon, I went to a birthday party. I ate some Olive Garden salad and a breadstick. I was hoping to avoid the cake, but someone didn't ask me if I wanted a piece, and just gave me one with ICE CREAM which I ate almost automatically. I forgot all about my resolve to avoid the cake. Thinking about it now, I realize I could have said "No thank you." After eating the cake I realized I craved sugar for the rest of the day, taking bites here and there of sweets: pie, ice cream, etc. The bites add up which I like to deny to myself as I'm taking the bites. I ate a Healthy Choice frozen meal (with dessert, of course) for dinner. Overall, I think I did better than I have been recently in terms of my food choices, and am focused on my opportunity to do a better job from now on.
Enough for today!
Yes, baby steps ;-). This applies to so much in life! When you are trying something new; baby steps. Working towards short or long term goals; baby steps. When you are walking towards the refrigerator; baby steps...............
To me, the first step is recognition and the second is using this to monitor and modify what you are eating.
One of my goals is to eat a leafy vegetable everyday. Baby steps!
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