I had a weekend that went over the top, mostly with chocolate but also food in general. As of today, I've gotten back on plan - working toward the bikini body that I want to take on vacation this summer!
I have a few guidelines that I've added to help me stay in control:
* No candy other then chocolate. It's sweet, so I'll eat it, but I don't really enjoy it.
* Only dark chocolate. Easter candy this year really brought it home that milk chocolate is just too sweet and not satisfying enough - I've really developed a preference for dark! I had an easter egg, and I was appaled at how it tasted - like wax with a bit of chocolate taste. It wouldn't even melt on my tongue like quality chocolate - I had to chew it
* Only old or sharp cheese. My sister made us grilled cheese sandwiches (buttered bread and slabs of cheese - VERY unhealthy) with marble cheddar and I ended up dissapointed in the taste and 'nibbling' alot more than my serving. My boyfriend prefers old cheddar, so I started buying it and eating it - and now I prefer it, too. You need alot less cheese to get alot more taste!
* Only diet or sugar free drinks, even with alcohol. I have a very bad habit of drinking alot of regular pop and sugary fruit juice when I'm at a bar, because they only have diet coke otherwise. And somehow, because the drinks have alcohol in them, I tell myself that it's ok
But after feeling the effects of the sugar all weekend, I'm not doing it anymore!
So far today, I've had:
B - 2 slices pineapple ((I don't count the calories in fruit), two rice cakes w/2 TB FF cottage cheese (150 cal), 200 cal of smoked salmon and 2 TB black olives (50 cal) - keeping within my limit of 400 cal per meal.
S - 1 FF yogurt bar (60 cal)
L - 1 apple & 1 rice cake (50)
I know that that doesn't sound like much, but I've been sitting almost ALL day and just haven't been hungry. I've almost finished my daily goal of 6 bottles of H2O
For supper, we're having:
Either roasted potatoes or chickpeas with a little oil and herbs (1 each, or 100 cal of chickpeas for me), and a ceaser salad with shrimp and soy 'bacon' bits. I always put my dressing on the side and just dip my fork in it, and I'll cook the shrimp in PAM instead of margarine, as I have in the past.
We are staying in and watching movies, having some drinks, so we'll probably end up snacking on something - but I know that I'll keep it at 250 calories, so I can stay within my limit of 300 cal of snacks per day.
I did have a good experience at Denny's on Sat morning. Usually, I order the two egg breakfast - for anyone who doesn't know what that is, you basically get two eggs, two slices of toast, and hashbrowns. I ordered my eggs poached (no oil), my bread dry and untoasted (if you toast it dry, it's REALLY dry...and then I removed the crust, which I don't like), and a fruit cup instead of hashbrowns. A few days before that, I had looked up the calorie count for that dish, and came up with 687 (!!). I had NO idea that I was starting my day off so horribly whenever we went to Denny's, but Sat morning, I know that I definately kept it alot closer to my goal of 400! Plus, it tasted SO much better.
Yesterday, I found my new favorite guilty Easter pleasure. We went to London Drugs to satisfy my bf's desire for cheap holiday chocolate (it's ALL him, I swear!
) and they had DARK chocolate Lindt eggs, 3 for 99 cents. They were 340 calories for all 3, so if I had just enjoyed them one at a time, I could have definately stayed on plan. They were SO good, though - hard on the outside, with a sinfully creamy center
Anyway, I hope everyone had a great long weekend! Thanks for reading
I'm back!
