I’m a mess. With all the holiday days off, vacation days, long weekends, kids not in school, junk food, alcohol, staying up late, sleeping in…I feel completely out of sorts! I haven’t weighed in yet either. I’m kind of scared honestly. It’s not that I went insanely crazy but I did let myself indulge a bit. I figure that if I can’t enjoy the holidays, what is the whole point of this journey?
I’m going to be getting 100% back on track. I realize that despite my knee pain I have to start doing SOMETHING again. I am saving for an elliptical trainer. I have seen a fairly decent one for around $400 at the sporting good store and I really REALLY want it. I have NO idea how long it’s going to take me to save this money, I think I’m going to list a few more things for sale on craigslist to help me get there faster.
Christmas:
My girls absolutely loved their gifts and were very surprised at what I was able to save for and get them. They bought me a new blouse and a new tank top with a sweater jacket. The blouse is a large and the tank is a large and the sweater is a medium. I kind of freaked out when I saw the sizes (and said to the girls “Wow these are awfully small looking” to which they replied “well, you are smaller now Mama”) because I NEVER, never EVER have worn anything smaller than a large. Even when I was pretty small because I am super busty, I always have been. But the sweater actually fit (color me SHOCKED!). The blouse in a large is a bit snug on my “girls” but not uncomfortably or noticeably so. Maybe it just fits and I’m not used to that, haha! They also got me a new purse which I need to switch over into tonight. I’ve been putting off the switch because that means I have to clean out my purse YIKES. I tend to be a junk magnet in my purse. I know for a fact that I have a few plastic spoons in there, my camera, my old cell phone, a stack of paper about 3 inches thick, probably $3 in loose change (iced tea money!!!) My youngest picked up my purse yesterday and said “Good grief Mama what’s in here, it’s so heavy!”
Food:
I feel like even though I ate some crappy items during my holiday I still ate better than I would have in the past. My littlest absolutely adores Buffalo Wild Wings, which if you don’t have one near you is just a wing restaurant. So I took her out a few days after Christmas because we had a coupon for some free wings. I ate my wings, 5 medium, and a few (maybe 15 pickle chips – the serving size was HUGE, like probably 2 full cups or more even of fried pickle pieces!) fried pickle chips (at the urging of my cousin who thinks they are Ah-Mazing!) In my prior eating life, I would have probably ordered 10 wings and eaten the entire serving of fried pickles plus either an order of fries or onion rings to go with. I also on NYE made a breakfast cake. I used a box of butter pecan cake mix and mixed it with a can of pumpkin puree and made a crumble topping. I used less butter than the recipe calls for and I used a lot of whole oats and nuts, pecans and almonds, for the extra fiber and protein. I feel like I made better choices and I guess that’s all that matters, aside from my NYE night home alone, 6 chocolate chip cookies and 1/2 cup of (light) ice cream! GAH, never again!!! I only drank alcohol once during the holidays. On Christmas night after I dropped the girls back off with their father and went back to my parents house for Christmas dinner. It started out innocent enough. I adore Captain Morgan Lime Bite Rum so I had a lime bite and coke zero. Then my brother in law decided that I needed a refill (in which he doubled the rum!) By the time dinner was over I had probably had about 5 shots worth of rum and knew that there was NO way I’d be able to make it home and decided I would just sleep over at my parents house so I poured myself another…after that I don’t remember anything. I woke up on the day after Christmas not knowing where the heck I was. And by the time I drove home I was SO sick that I completely lost everything I ate on Christmas night (probably not a totally bad thing!!!) But I was absolutely worthless that day. I did NOT get off the couch. I won’t be drinking any time soon!!!
Here’s to being back on track 🙂
hankpanky
January 5th, 2012 at 9:44 am
Those drinking accidents always start out innocently enough. Unfortunately, sweet cocktails are so brain fulfilling that by the time we realize we’ve been over served, we no longer have the judgement to stop. Been there, done that.
Glad you had a great holiday season. Now, it’s time to get back in the saddle!