Today was a big test for two reasons: #1 - it's a Friday and good habits are usually discarded on this day since it's the end of the week (especially newly forming habits) and #2 - I'm attending a mini family reunion with my brother and his family along with my sister in town over at my parent's house. Since they arrived today, we had lunch out (first time out on my new plan) and dinner out. I found out the hard way that without going into the day with a plan, it gets harder.
Lunch was to be at Red Robin - not necessarily known for their healthful menu (the place sells the Royal Red Robin Burger that has a 1/3 lb patty, cheese, bacon and a fried egg). Two issues around this - lunch was going to be later in the day for me (I usually like to eat around 11:30-noon) and it was to be at 1p so my blood sugar got a little low getting close to the time but I was able to scope out what I was going to order before I got there (Whiskey River BBQ chicken wrap with a side salad).
Dinner was a disaster. We were planning to go out but at the last minute we decided to get a Papa Murphy's pizza instead. We ate it at my house so I could have chosen to eat something else, but I didn't. Plus with having a large pizza sitting there in front of me, it was harder to maintain much self control. I didn't go too overboard, but it wasn't a good meal for me.
I recovered for the rest of the evening and now it's late and I'm going OK.
Here's today's food menu:
Breakfast:
Kashi Go Lean Crunch (my favorite!) w/ skim milk (300 cal)
Snack:
Fiber One protein bar (150 cal)
1 bottle of water
Lunch:
Red Robin Whiskey River BBQ Chicken Wrap (379 cal)
Side salad with very small portion of poppy seed dressing (approx 220 cal)
2 glasses of water
Snack:
Dry roasted peanuts (2 handfuls) (approx 150 cal)
Dinner:
2 slices Papa Murphy's pepperoni pizza (560 cal)
1 slice Papa Murphy's Hawaiian pizza (280 cal)
1 12 oz Sprite (180 cal)
Snack:
Popcorn - approx 3 cups (200 cal)
Daily total: 2419 calories. Not good.
Some of you have asked me privately about my calorie counts this week. I was surprised myself that I was feeling and doing fine on around 1400 calories. Yesterday was low (under 1300) which really came from skipping a snack due to dealing with personal business. I did feel pretty hungry this morning when I woke up and had to eat right away coupled with the late lunch, my blood sugar felt pretty low around 11:30a this morning so I pushed it too far.
Today's count is actually closer to what I can consume (according to the calorie calculators I've used) to slightly loose at my current height/weight. So I didn't really slip too far, just in comparison to the other days in the week, I blew it by 1000 calories. Which wasn't all that hard to do.
I need to be better prepared into these types of days. Especially this weekend where I'll be staying with my parents tomorrow night and it's a typical buffet of snacks available there. Staying on top of it when you don't get to drive the bus on the meal makes it very difficult to make it work.
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