I SOOO brought this on myself! I knew it was coming, but I did my best to stay optimistic. I traveled to my moms house on Friday after work with only my 8 month old. Normally my husband, Chris, would drive and I would get a well-needed nap. However, he had other plans and I had to make the drive and some-how manage to keep myself awake. How did I do that? First of all I was starving, secondly I was afraid of falling asleep. So I stopped at McDonalds to get a drink...which turned into a 3 pc chicken strip meal with a med order of fries. I did ok the rest of the weekend...then the trip back did even worse for me. I didn't have an excuse of eating to stay awake, cuz I had 5 bananas sitting beside me to keep me a wake. But I stopped at Taco Bell and got a Grilled Stuffed burrito!!! SHAME SHAME SHAME!!!
This morning I had to shower, but I made sure my hair was dry after my shower (normally if I shower in the morning, I just throw my wet hair up in a bun of some sort...since its past my knees, it takes forever to blow-dry), and I searched until I found the most light-weight outfit I had in my closet, then put it on. Don't really know if it helped or not, but finally....here....are....my....results:
+1 lb!!!! OUCH! Sue is our normal leader, but she wasn't there today, so we had a "substitute". She asked if there was anything that she could do to help me, or if I knew what I did wrong. I hung my head and guilt with a smerk, "NO....I know what I did wrong...I ate the wrong types of food". Now THIS week I have to make up for last week and I would like to lose 5 lbs. But instead of setting a number of lbs to lose, I am just going to do what I did the first week: Stick to my points, choose fruit and veggies when I have a craving...and most importantly (which was pointed out at the meeting) distract myself when I get a craving that accurs above my neck *not hunger*. I will not let this ONE lb gain discourage me and ruin my goal!
In the past thats exactly what I would have done. I lost 4 lbs a couple months ago, then I gained 2 back, then another 2, so I just gave up! Stupid, I know. But hey, my loss is more powerful than my gain!!! I have control of this! Talk to ya'll next week!
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I like that you put your "loss is more than" your gain :) Its so true, we often get fixed on the negatives that we do instead of focusing on the positive steps were making. I think its awesome you brought bananas! You may have stumbled this time, but it shows you are thinking ahead and next time you'll be even more prepared :) bravo!
ReplyDeletei love that you made sure your hair was dry, and you wore your most lightweight outfit! cute! stay strong, don't let one measly pound become a setback. like you said, you have control.
ReplyDeletetakeaway is so sneaky. it always shows up when you're at your most vulnerable. i've detoured through many a drive-thru on late night trips... these days i try to take an icy-cold bottle of water with me and crank some singalong music.
I can't "crank" my music on account of my daughter is in the back seat trying to sleep! haha...but I usually try to talk on the phone.
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to say that if you need to swing by McD's again (not that you ever "need" to), a Big and Tasty - (w/no mayo or cheese) is 410 calories which is guiltless in my mind, while still being filling.
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