OK - So just as in exercise, once you fall off the wagon, it's tough to get back on again! I have had ups and downs in all three of my categories of Food, Fitness, and Finances, but not anything horrible. As my friend Leah says, "2012 will not break me!!" I am with you sister! I am home today due to car trouble. I pulled into the parking lot of the bank in town last night to talk on my phone, and when I went to turn the car back on....NOTHING! Not even a sound. So here I am! In my head I am also wondering how much this is going to cost. Luckily, my nephew Rob is going to take a look at it for me and I know I won't get ripped off. So, I will take this day to update my blog and catch up on my paperwork for my job.
Food (Wednesday-Friday):
Since it's been a week since I've written, I'm not going to list all of the foods I've eaten for a week. If you REEEEALLY want to know, you can probably log onto myfitnesspal.com and look me up, but it's really not that interesting. I will give you a basic overview of my ups and downs, but it really has been pretty good overall with a few slip-ups. So, I packed my lunch every day during the work week and I also recorded my foods at the website above. I also made breakfast most mornings or simply had a banana with peanut butter. The flavored creamer that I have with my coffee every morning is probably my biggest downfall. I also made it a point to make dinner each evening as well, which I did successfully most of the time. Friday night my brother and sister-in-law invited me out for dinner at Dragon Garden, so I went and tried to decide wisely in order to keep up with my good eating habits. I chose the steamed chicken with sugar snap peas (Or something like that). It also came with steamed white rice. It was very good and there was plenty of it so I came home with leftovers! Yay! One of the slip-ups of the night was that I couldn't resist the crunchy fried things (You know what I'm talking about? Don't remember the name. LOL) dipped in mustard or that sweet and sour sauce. Yummy! And the fact that they were sitting right in front of me made me keep eating more. Ooops! ;)
Earlier in the day on Friday as I was out and about for my job, I was feeling extremely hungry for some reason. Having eaten all of my lunch, there was nothing left and I was on a hunt for something to eat that wasn't TOO bad for me. I started out at the Cracker Barrel store because I have a gift card for there and I was also trying to conserve cash. As I suspected, there was nothing "good" there or even a little "bad." Everything was loaded with fat and calories and there was nothing really worth that much of a cheat after all my hard work. So, off I went to the next place. I ended up at a small gas station mini-mart. After examining several of the food items there, I settled on a bag of pretzel rods at 110 calories for 3 rods. This seemed to satisfy my cravings and I didn't feel too bad about my choice.
Food (Saturday and Sunday):
My true confession for Saturday morning....I had eggs benedict with ...home fries. I was trying to decide between that and pancakes and I thought that would be a less guilty option, but I'm not so sure. Oh well. I don't think I had any lunch because I was full from breakfast and I had some beef stew (made by John's mom), which was delicious and a very small bite of macaroni and cheese. I sooooo wanted more, but I was good. :) I was a bit irritated on Saturday evening so I had a glass of White Merlot, which was my only alcoholic beverage in 2012. John also made us some popcorn with butter, salt and pepper. It was so yummy that we ate it all!
Sunday morning I started the day with oatmeal that John made for us and coffee. For lunch we had steak and veggies, which was deeeelicious! I went to Jamie and Rob's for dinner where we had Chicken and Dumplings, which were also delicious :) and for dessert I brought over some cheesecake from Gabriel's. This was also delicious and I'm sure it had a million calories.
Fitness:
Again, I fell of the wagon for a few days. I missed 3 days of my running schedule out of 6 so I did 50%. There's no where to go but up, right? I missed boot camp on Wednesday and Thursday and didn't run, Friday was a day of rest (according to the training schedule) and I didn't run on Saturday. But... On Sunday I did do my 6.2 mile (10K) run at UAlbany, despite my initial desire to skip out on the 10K and only do 3 miles. I felt pretty good afterwards and I only walked a little. I keep trying to push myself to walk less and jog more. It will get easier each time (That's what I keep telling myself. LOL!). That's about it for fitness today. Kinda lame, I know.
Finances:
I spent a total of $3.20 this week on a snack (said bag of pretzel rods in the above food section), but did not spend any other money on food, other than the grocery store last Sunday. My brother treated me to dinner on Friday night and my friend treated me to breakfast on Saturday morning (Score for me both times! :)) I did spend some money on Sunday on some gift cards, toiletries, and special dessert for a total of $53. Oh yeah, and John bought me a coffee on Sunday on our way home from our run! Woot woot for me! :)
I will be writing about Monday later today too and that should catch me up! A special shout out to Stacia for reading my blog and checking in on me to make sure I am doing what I need to! Thanks Stacia! :)
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