About the streak

Well, my streak ended before it really got underway.  But, here's what I'm doing instead:  on my bathroom calendar, I am marking an X on day I exercise.  That will at least give me a visual reminder and a way to track my exercise.

I took my children to meet my husband at the ocean where he was speaking at a retreat.  We arrived Saturday in the early afternoon and spent a quick 24 hours there.  I dragged along my family to walk along the shore--something I could do for miles, but they have the stamina and interest to last only a mile or so.  Drat!  I did find an elusive unbroken sand dollar, so there's that.

Also?  Because we were at a retreat, eating the food pre-ordered and prepared for us, I ate a horrible diet.  We arrived in time for lunch which was a giant hamburger and fries and onion rings.  That's it.  no fruit, no salad, no other options.  So I ate a burger.

Dinner was a turkey roast, rice dishes, cornbread and dessert (I'm not sure what it was--sort of a breadish cake).  Oh, and corn.  I ate the turkey and a little bit of corn, but what's a girl to do?  Oh, there was a small salad, which, of course, I ate.

Sunday was the worst, though.  Breakfast was a gigantic white pancake, bacon and sausage.  Maybe in my past I wouldn't have thought twice, but as I ate half that pancake (with strawberries on it), I thought, "My blood sugar is going to spike and crash." 

Throwing all caution to the wind, I treated the kids to ice cream before we left the ocean.  And I had my own little bowl.

And then, on the two hour drive home, we ate the "box lunches" that were provided to us--turkey on white bread, chips and a sad looking red apple.  I hate red apples.  So, I moved all the turkey to half the bread and had a half sandwich with double the turkey--and then I ate the chips.

Why am I telling you all this?  It's certainly not riveting reading.  Sorry.  I can't help myself.

I'm back home now.  I have my bowl of oatmeal here, ready to eat.  I'm going to eat carefully today.  I'm going to get some exercise.

Also, I'm going to weigh in on Thursdays again.  Call me superstitious, but I like weighing in better on Thursdays than Tuesdays. 

Hope you had a good weekend!

Comments

[Red]

Damn you life for getting between us and our goals!

At least you recognize it wasn't the greatest day. Normally I'd use a day like that to backslide even further. be strong!

[Heather]

I wanted to let you know that marking the exercise I have done on the calendar is the BEST method for me to keep motivated. It does not help me to "schedule" times during the week to exercise, but for some reason seeing written down what I have done for exercise on what days, and tallying it up at the end of the week, etc really keeps me going! I think your x's are a good idea.

[LeeAnn]

Yes, I like Thursdays better. I have a better chance of recovering after the weekend. So far, this week is looking good for me. I plan on being 161 on Thursday!

[Sandy McCann]

OK, I am doing the same thing with no good excuse though. Tonight was the end of year Gala for our homeschool group...two tables of mostly no-nos...and I tasted about all of it. *sighs* Do you remember what we did back two years ago? ...well at least what I did...I packed my food and NEVER touched the non approved foods...I mean I was happy preferring to skip eating than to MAKE myself eat the stuff I knew was wrong for me...

[Kelly]

i feel like i am in the same place you are right now. i was doing great and i had lost about 25 lbs when i found out i was pregnant. i've had the baby, and i'm trying to get back on track and i just can't seem to do it! initially, i lost all my baby weight, but now that everything is evening out post-pregnancy, i'm actually starting to gain weight. yikes! i keep telling myself that i'll do better tomorrow, but i never quite make it. hopefully, i'll get it together soon! good luck to you too!

[b]

So, pregnancy was going well. Then we went to the in-laws and I ate whatever. Which is NEVER good. I feel awful unless I'm eating and I don't want to eat anything low-cal. Then again, I don't want junk food either. I don't know what I weigh today except that yesterday I weighed 130.5, which is okay.

I hate being pregnant. Thank God that there will be a baby at the end of this.

[Lynne]

A bathroom calendar? Not that there's anything wrong with it, but it did make me laugh... I totally felt for you with the pre-arranged meals. Even with the best of intentions you are left hungry and with the worst possible choices before you. I know you'll soon recover... Here's to a streak of several good eating days!!!

[Lynne]

A bathroom calendar? Not that there's anything wrong with it, but it did make me laugh... I totally felt for you with the pre-arranged meals. Even with the best of intentions you are left hungry and with the worst possible choices before you. I know you'll soon recover... Here's to a streak of several good eating days!!!

[humincat]

Hey, congrats on the total weight loss so far! I just started exercising this last week, as well as watching (but not DIETING, I freak over that stupid word. It makes me feel fat.) my food intake. I can't really exercise yet, but I've been doing mini-workouts which are 10 minutes, 2-3 times a day. Anyway, love this blog and your other. And talk about Naked Diet, I posted my stats last week to help my motivation. The world now knows I am on a mission to get my thighs back to their appropriate corners! LOL!

[mrs darling]

Been waiting all day for your update. Im rooting for ya!

[Claire in CA, USA]

Even people who aren't overweight overeat sometimes, and make bad choices. I think the key is to get back on the horse.

Oh, and I tagged you. :-)

[Paige]

Mel,
You sound a bit discouraged and down on yourself. So, you went to a retreat and they didn't have the best food options. You still ate the best choices with what you had. Besides, if you eat well all through the week and eat your oatmeal every other day, a little splurge weekend won't hurt you. You are an inspiration to me!

I joined WW this week (again) and haven't done so well with tracking the points, BUT today I jogged/walked 5K with some neighbors. I'm going to do great today. Even though I ate sugar cookies yesterday, the cookies are not stronger than me, and I will NOT eat them today.