Well…..today didn’t go all that well. I think the problem started when I went to WI and had only lost 1 lb. despite weigh ins being a little slow lately. I had been perfect, so I was expecting a greater loss, and it was a bit of a disappointment. Then I went home and because I was a little down, I decided I didn’t want to put the energy into making lunch, so I had a fourth bar for the week (only supposed to have 3), and I had the wafer kind, too, which have extra carbs, so I felt a smidge guilty about that. Then, when I eat bars, I’m always a bit hungrier for dinner, and I knew I had a class lasting till 9, so I took a drink with me to have as a snack. Well laid plans, but when I went into the grad lounge to read, there was free food…and yes, I was hungry since it had been about 5 hours. So, at least I didn’t get any of the sweets, but it certainly was not on my menu. I’m not really hungry now, though, so I won’t be eating another dinner, and I’m just having an extra drink. Hopefully it doesn’t do too much damage, but now I’m super disappointed, so I need to try to let it go so it doesn’t get me down. I”m thinking of making chocolate chip cookies (slice and bake) tomorrow because some people are coming over, and I feel like I should have a snack. Usually, I would be able to withstand the temptation, but considering I strayed today, I don’t know if that’s a good idea. Normally I get right back on, but I’m kind of sensing a bit of rebellion in myself for some reason.
Breakfast: MRC cheesecake, HNS
Lunch: chocolate wafer bar (these are delish, just like dessert, and you can’t tell they’re sugar free), HNS
Dinner: 10 ritz crackers, 3 oz. cheese, 15 pepperoni slices, broccoli with no dip– could have been worse, I suppose, but still more calories than I normally get.
Snack: HNS
MRC weight: 195.5 (down 1 lb. since Monday)
weight at home: 189.5– finally below the 90s, and it corresponds with my 1 lb. loss at MRC. Maybe I should just focus on that number.
slimming back down after having my first baby
Laura
October 23rd, 2008 at 10:13 pm
Looks like I was commenting on your last post as you were writing this one! Anyway, sorry to hear about your less-than-stellar day. I really understand how that frustration of not losing as much as you thought you should can get to you. I wish I had the solution to that feeling. On the cookies, honestly, if I were you, I would consider not baking them even though you do have guests coming over. Is there any dessert/food that you actually don’t like. (Like for me it’s peanut butter.) I know that if I even had cookie dough sealed in the package somewhere in my house tonight, I would have eaten some of it. Especially in the moments where you can feel yourself starting to waver, it’s really hard to resist those temptations. And it’s far better just to make your guests eat broccoli than to end up consuming a bunch of extra calories. Tonight, I had Katie over for dinner and served exactly what I needed to eat anyway. And as far as the one pound…that’s good. You’ve lost so much already. Some weeks are likely to be slower, but that’s okay. And you definitely did not eat enough calories to hurt you at all. I put your food in CalorieKing and it was about 1100 calories, not enough to even think twice about.