UPDATING - Sorry It's Long
I am currently at work – and I need to update for the last two days. I had every intention of posting, but then I got tired and was like meh – the struggle to type words!
Anyways, I pulled up a Word Document at work to type what I want and then copy and paste. Work is slow à but this makes me look busy. Mawhahaha
Sunday (Nov. 17) DAY 7 of trying to get my healthier life on track.
Before I break down my eating, I will say I did end up grabbing food not from home for both lunch and dinner. I almost made it a whole week fully sticking to my plan (minus the sandwich Saturday while at moms). BABY STEPS!
Breakfast – Pancakes, cheesy scrambled eggs, and a clementine – Oh and coffee!
I started of good in the morning – I chose not to eat all the pancakes I made and shared them with my husband. That was a tough choice, but once I was done eating I felt stratified in my food intake.
Lunch – Ordered Moes to the house – I had a burrito bowl, cup of queso, and chips.
I know I had food at home I could have made, but once I got home from dropping Hayden off at work and spending time outside with the dog I just wasn’t feeling putting something together. So, I caved. I probably should have skipped on the queso or gotten the smaller size. I am however not made at myself – and I didn’t go off any rails eating more once I was done with my meal. It was yummy and end of story.
Snack – Oreo pack (4 cookies) and some milk
Dinner – McDonalds 6 piece Nugget Happy Meal & Double Cheeseburger
So I ended up napping Sunday evening and missed dinner time – but when I was out picking up Hayden for work (which is around 10pm) I was hungry – so I stopped and got a McDonalds Happy Meal (because I had points for it) and a double cheeseburger. I know I shouldn’t have gotten the burger – it wasn’t even that great because the burger was burnt. Reflection here is key and I will keep that in mind going forward. Don’t eat what you are not enjoying – I know that’s hard sometimes when you feel like you don’t want to waste your money, but sometimes an unsatisfying meal is not worth saving the cost. The small happy meal would have been find on it’s on.
And that’s how I ended my 7th day of getting myself back on track. I can’t say it was a great finish, but it also could have been worse.
I think the one take away here is that my water intake really sucks. I really have to keep working on it.
Monday (November 18) DAY 8 and the start of week 2!
Started off strong, but the evening didn’t go as planned.
Breakfast – Overnight Oats ( Greek yogurt, apple, vanilla almond milk, and oats) & coffee
Lunch – Chef Boyardee Ravioli, Salad (lettuce, cherry tomatoes, mushrooms, goat cheese, pecans, and balsamic dressing), and 1 small bag of chili Fritos.
Snack – Small bag of chili Fritos (another one) & 2 mini boxes of Milk Duds
This snack was spread out through the rest of the day, but it really happened because work is slow and I got bored. ☹
Dinner – Zaxbys – Blue Buffalo Fried Chicken Salad & Ranch Chicken Fries appetizer
I didn’t go home after work and hung out in my car waiting for Hayden to get off work so that’s why I didn’t eat at home. Two takeaways – I didn’t need both items, and I should have gotten the salad with grilled chicken. It’s clear I am still in the huge process of working on my relationship with food.
I think if I had made a post about Sundays eating it may have made an impact on my meal choices last night – only because it would have had my accountability more in the forefront of my mind.
TBH – I even thought about skipping posting about my eating, but that is the whole point of coming back and trying to get myself together.
As, I said in my previous posts – I am on the “baby steps” route and I have only just started. Just need to keep on going and thinking.
My next post will be a reflection of the first week – to help put things into perspective.
If you made it to the end and read all of this thank you!
