Let me introduce you to the dumbest smart person you’ll ever meet
You guessed it, it’s me! All week I had been doing really well with making healthy food choices throughout the chaos. My goal was to be at or below 230 tomorrow morning and imagine my surprise when I checked this morning and saw 229.5! Awesome, all I had to do was maintain today. As I’m sure you can figure out from all of the melodramatic foreshadowing today has been an awful day food-wise. I keep trying to figure out why I’m eating before I shove the food in my mouth but I can’t really pinpoint it. The only thing I can possibly go to as a reason is this mess at the bank; to add to it we signed the loan documents very quickly yesterday so we could get them turned in Friday afternoon and show them that we’re serious about getting this finished quickly. Last night as I was reading the document I saw that the interest rate we agreed to was 6%. What??? For a construction loan they do a 5/1 ARM and when we met with them a few weeks ago it was 5%. I figured rates must have gone up so I checked the bank’s website and it’s 4.95%. I’m sure it will get resolved but it’s just one more phone call to make and one more obstacle to getting this resolved. We have used this bank before and they’re generally good about things so I would think it’s either a mistake or we’re just not reading it right, but a 1% difference on your mortgage is huge!
I’m not giving up on my goal but I’m not optimistic that I’m going to meet it. Even if I have to erase my food stars, though, I’m not too upset. The whole goal of this week was to get through it w/o gaining 10 pounds, so if I’m up 2-3 I’m not going to flip out. Even though we’ll be busy the rest of the summer getting the house ready to sell I’ll be able to devote 1-2 hours most days of the week to exercise. And being busy will actually help me w/eating b/c I can get consumed in tasks.
So my big dilemma right now is what to eat for supper. My hubby and older son went to the store to get their fishing licenses and I asked him to bring me back a Snickers bar. He forgot to get it so I’m taking it as a sign. I made chicken enchilada casserole for supper tonight, it’s a favorite of my hubby and he has worked so hard I wanted to do something nice for him. Odds are I won’t make my goal even if I eat light but I know if I eat the casserole that I’ll be waaaaay over. So I’m deciding right now that I’m eating veggies and a load of watermelon plus a turkey wrap that I have fallen in love with. If any of you like wraps you have to try Flatout Flatbread. There are several varieties but I like the healthy grain best. It only has 100 calories, 8 net carbs, 1 gram of sugar, 8 grams of fiber and it has flaxseed added for protein. I generally add a few pieces of turkey (60 calories), a cheese stick (80 calories) and a pickle (5 calories) for a yummy lunch. I’ll just have that tonight and tough out the cravings until bedtime.
Maybe I’ll get smarter before tomorrow 
I did workout today, the yoga/pilates dvd, so that was 1 smart thing that I did.
Progress toward workout goal: 33/300
I still think you can reach your goal. Doesn’t sound like you messed up too bad!
I think a lot about what makes me graze or overeat and two of the most recognizable things are boredom and feeling like there is a situation that is out of my control. Unfortunately, life is always going to be boring at times and there are always going to be some things that I can’t control. As much as I enjoy exercise, I still don’t turn to it as a distraction. Not sure I ever will.
You can still reach your goal, it may be a bit later. :p I have overate so much this weekend. I realize the scale will go the wrong way but I’m learning WHY I ate so much.
Also, I love flat out bread! Have you tried arnold’s hamburger rolls? They are one WW point and around 100 calories (dunno the rest of the info).