hey everyone
So today I ate out for the first time in a while. I had a yummy chicken quesadilla lunch special ( rice and black beans). The portion was huge and I was full halfway thru and took the rest home. In the past messing up like this would really upset me and crush all my motivation to lose weight. I also would've ate the whole plate. I am happy to say that I feel completely fine about it. I have no desire to keep eating badly/binge since I already messed up. I am so happy to see a change in myself and that I'm recognizing when Im full. I'm expecting a gain tomorrow and I'm okay with that. I'm back on plan already. ( sister had the leftovers). I just had to share bc in the past I know I would've felt like a failure and hit the drive thru all week. Makes me feel like this time I'm really gonna do it. I'm gonna lose the weight.
I hope everyone's doing well on their plan and keep pushing on!
You ARE going to do it this time, curvy. Because we are all here to walk along side of you!!
Unfortunately, sometimes eating out is unavoidable. But if you know it's coming up, there are ways to plan ahead. For me, planning ahead helps me. I look up the restaurants menu. If one isn't offered I think about what I want and try to find a comparable dish online to see a good estimate of what the calories will be, and plan accordingly. If not, I will make a poor choice. Oh yeah and I avoid Chilis. It's a trigger for me and I will eat 1500 calories just worth of chips! Lol
Congrats on your loss so far. 26 lbs is a lot. You earned each and every pound!
Great job on making good choices for yourself! (And not berating yourself in the aftermath...)
I also ate out Sat. night with a friend - we went to a brick oven pizza place. Yes I had pizza, but it was thin crust.. and I only had 3 small slices. Brought the rest home and my kids polished it off in 2.5 seconds.
I did indulge though in 1/2 bottle of beautiful Malbec wine though.. and you know what? I don't berate myself either. The company was great, the evening was long.. and as of today I was back in the game. No regrets.
I think I would call that a well managed, once in a while splurge rather than a mess up. Nothing wrong with enjoying a nice restaurant meal once in a while, especially when you can recognize that you've had enough and stop eating.
Yeah, just because it was mexican, doesnt mean it was a mess up. If you planned it into your calories, then go you.
I generally get mexican once a week, LOL. Veggie or chicken fajitas, I only eat 2 corn tortillas and then use the rest on top of the lettuce/pico they give you. No sour cream, yes to the guac and extra extra pico. With tons of habenero sauce!
No mess up there. That was handling dining out well -- ate half, gave left overs to sister, prepared/planned for the fake gain from the sodium the next day.... sounds all good to me.
Go you! Life happens. Congratulations on picking your plan right back up immediately. You ate till you were full, you stopped and then didn't consider the day a bust. I think that's the non-scaliest of NSVs. So much of this journey is mental and today you won.
Messed up and had Mexican food today
