sereneinthecity

Day 17

Yes, I missed day 16. Stayed at work till midnight bc had to finish up some work before vacay. No gym or 40 block walk – WAHHHHHH. Oh well. Manager to stay on track w eating (kinda) despite the fact that I stayed at work so late. Working late usually leads me to feeling sorry for myself and thinking I “deserve” to “treat” myself w junk food. Not this time. Still felt sorry for myself, but this challenge and my health in general are most impt. So just ate toast for bkfast, a salad for lunch, healthy snacks (almonds raisins Apple bannana) and waited til I got home (past 12am!!) To eat. Although I planned on eating my regular dinner when I got home I was just too sleepy. So I ate a small bag of popcorn and drank some juice. Healthy? No. In line w/ my no binge/junk food rule? Yes.

Today I’m not off to the greatest start – its past 1pm and I haven’t done exercise yet, but I will get it in!

Lawd have Mercy

I did Zumba this morning. Then 30 minutes on the elliptical. Thought I would PASS OUT. Not sure why so fatigued today. Maybe its the continuous exercising. They say you should take days off, especially after strenuous exercising. But my challenge! Maybe tomorrow I won’t even do Zumba, I will JUST WALK on the treadmill or maybe even outside. That should be ok to do.

I ate my same bkfast and lunch that I have been eating all work week. Its nice to have a schedule and routine. I don’t have to think about what I’m going to eat, how many calories it has, getting something that has a questionable amount of calories or health value. I just eat my planned meals and go on with my life.

Tonight however I will be dining with one of my fave people. We are getting sushi so I shouldn’t be able to get into too much trouble. However, dining out always is dangerous for me b/c of alcohol and desserts. Honestly I haven’t decided if I’m going to drink tonight. I really shouldn’t considering how last Saturday turned out. I even promised myself on this blog I wouldn’t drink and I wound up having FOUR drinks (maybe 5). Sigh. Maybe I should take the same approach to drinking as I have with junk food – just for today, i’m not having a drink. I really don’t believe I have a problem with alcohol, like I said I just think it makes it easier for me to make poor food decisions. And alcohol IS caloric (so unfair!) The more I think about how many empty calories it has, and how I nearly passed out on the elliptical today, sweating like a damned race horse, the more willing I am to not have a drink tonight.

So last night (Friday night, I think the dates are all wacky on this blog) I was at grams house and promptly fell asleep after I ate my dinner (leftovers of rice, eggplant, pasta and fish). I woke up after 11pm and debated staying the night. Pros: I was so comfy, didn’t feel like getting up. Just wanted to go back to sleep. Con: There are BAGS of hersheys kisses in grams’ fridge. She even has a couple scattered in the candy dish in her foyer! Usually she just has those hard candies no one likes, but yesterday I saw the chocolatey delicious morsels wrapped in tin foil as soon as I came in the door. DRAT. “I can have just one, can’t I” I thought as I came through the door. I quickly heated up my dinner so that I could distract myself. But when I woke up from my nap that night, I KNEW that if I decided to sleep over there would be no way I would win my battle against the hershey kisses. Grams was sleep so there would be no one to witness my binge. And trust me, it WOULD be a binge b/c there was no way I was just having one tiny hershey kiss. Or 3. Or 5. Sure I would plan to have those small amounts but I know I would quickly descend on them, eating damn near the whole bag. I was half sleep, physically tired from the work/exercise week and wanting comfort. Once I got that first rush of sugar there would be no turning back. So I quickly put on my shoes, kissed grams good night and got the heck outta there. PHEW. SereneintheCity: 1. Hershey Kisses: 0. Round two will be tomorrow, Sunday, when I go to Grams’ house for mother’s day. Wish me luck. Oh, today is day 13.

Actually…

Today is day 11. At some point I must reconfigure and edit this blog.

Shredded wheat w fruit : check.
Sandwich: check.
Almonds for snack: check
Apple for snack: Nah, its still sitting in my bag!! Maybe that’s why I’m famished right now!

On my way home from Zumba and the treadmill. It was very hard today bc my big belly kept hitting the emergency stop button on the treadmill, SIGH. But I completed my work out and feel good. Sore as hell, but good. I have leftovers waiting for me for dinner – rice, chicken and asparagus.

Day 8

SW with fruit for fast. Turkey on pita w swiss, sun dried tom and lettuce w mustard for lunch. Had some almonds and raisins as a snack. Have an Apple w me If I want to war it before dinner. Dinner will be leftovers – I have fish, baked and soggy (Wahh!) Eggplant, whole wheat pasta, broccoli And cauliflower to choose from.

Walked and jogged for 15 min each this morning. Felt good. I didn’t feel as HUGE and gross as I did yesterday in Zumba. That’s prob bc I wasn’t in front of a mirror. Also did 15 min of stairmaster this morning. Tght I wld pass out since I kept upping the speed. It wld be tragic if I passed out and tumbled off the stairmaster from exhaustion. But I’m sure also pretty funny 😛