6/23/15

Day two of the diet/ exercise program. I felt pretty good for the most part. I was a bit concerned that I was going to slip up a bit at a lunch meeting I had to attend. The food was provided and you just never know what is going to be available. Luckily, the place serving the lunch provided lots of vegetables and actually had a meat dish that was not covered in a sugary sauce. They also had a lot of bread, potatoes, pasta salad, and dessert. I managed to get away virtually unscathed and opted for lots of garden salad with ranch, a heaping pile of steamed veggies, a chicken picatta breast (in a creamy savory sauce), and a tiny scoopful of bowtie pasta salad (I have a hard time resisting pasta salad). I stayed away from the bread, potatoes, and opted for no dessert. I never drink soda which I am not sure if that is a curse or a blessing. On one hand, I want to think it is a good thing but at the same time, if I soda was a large part of what led to me getting fat, then it would be an easy thing to cut out and lose weight in theory. Anyways, I was really surprised that my lunch was actually delicious and left me satisfied. I didn't feel like I was missing out by not eating the Carb and sugar heavy foods. But the best thing was the sense of pride I had that I had resisted the urge to splurge on these things.
When I got home, I had planned on exercising but my husband mentioned that his dad was coming to looked at our AC the next day. This made us feel like we needed to clean our house so I spent my time doing that. At first, I was upset that I didn't exercise but the more I thought about it, the cleaning was exercise in it's own right. I was up and moving more than I usually do so I felt better after thinking about that. However, after all the cleaning, I wanted something quick to eat for dinner. I decided to have a bowl of cereal, total with sliced banana. Sounds healthy right? Well it would have been if I had stuck to the 3/4 cup serving shown on the boxes nutrition facts. However, I had triple that. I felt so horrible about myself but luckily, I have an amazing husband who helped me see the light and to stop beating myself up. He asked me "did you do better today than you were doing the same day last week?" Of course I have! The same last week, I wasn't eating anything the entire day and then stuffing myself with a Jack in the box chicken sandwich and 4 monster taco's. This made me realize that I am human and I am going to accidentally slip up at times. The important thing is that I move forward and keep doing my best.