Thanks. Tina, I could use a little kick. Anyone else who likes is invited to kick me too. I sorta blew it yesterday, and I tried to un-blow it today, and then blew it (slightly less). OK, so yesterday I was planning to meet my oldest & dearest friend for lunch. Just before I leave, my boss's wife brings lunch in (a huge plate of mexican food) and says, "I brought you lunch", I say "wow, thanks, I'm meeting a friend for lunch but that was really nice of you" and she says, well I bought it for you, so why don't you take it anyway & just eat it later". So I do, and then call my friend as I'm leaving and she says, "let's have Del Taco". I don't want Del Taco, it goes against everything I've been trying to do, but I go anyway, with her, her husband, and my boyfriend. The BF and I decide neither of us really wants Del Taco, so we eat a half of two tacos each (one fish, one bean, neither too bad) and plan to go somewhere else for more food afterward (I'm still wanting a salad at this point). Then, I ask the BF where he wants to go, and he says, "there's a new mexican place that just opened, let's go there". So we do, and I ate a bunch of chips, guacamole and a whole deep fried fish taco. But wait, it gets worse. We finally get home and I ate a bunch of cookies, some chocolate, and the chile relleno that my boss's wife gave me. It was good, but it's a deep fried cheese stuffed chile, covered in cheese! How healthy is that? NOT AT ALL! So, then I feel bad, I'm exhausted, and I don't want to work out. Talk about adding insult to injury. But I make a deal with myself. I'll just do the Tae Bo basic 20 min. workout and then I'll work out again in the morning before breakfast. At least I made it through that.
So I woke up this morning, and I did work out before breakfast. For 50 minutes & it was a good workout. then I had my high fiber, low sugar cereal, a peach, flax seeds and a cup of skim milk for breakfast. Good, huh? THEN, before lunch time even comes, another friend shows up at work with lunch. Yummy veg & cheese sandwiches and some sort of probably very fattening pasta salad. I ate it. YUM. I guessed about 400 cal in the sandwich, probably not more than an ounce of cheese, maybe 1/6 of an avocado (if that) a tiny bit of herbed cream cheese, lettuce, onions and two slices of whole wheat bread. I guessed 250 cal in the pasta salad. It didn't seem like a whole serving of pasta, but I bet there was mayo or some oil in it, it was too good and a little slippery. Do you think I underestimated on the pasta salad? It seemed like whole wheat pasta too.
So if my calorie estimates are correct for today (yesterday was a bomb, I didn't count a thing) then I think I have about 500 cal left for the day. I can probably survive, but I'll have to be creative. I'll also have to exercise again today, because, guess what? Tomorrow I'm going to a 2 year old's birthday party complete with cheese & crackers and cake (and fruits & veggies). I love cheese. It's my favorite food on the planet. I have not once EVER been able to say no to cheese. I hope I don't gain weight operating like this! My only hope is to exercise so much that my body doesn't hold any of that as fat. At least it's the weekend, and I may just be able to get in that 2 hours a day of exercise to offset my poor eating.
Here's hoping!