I tried to make an effort this week, but I was soooo bad. Just literally bad to the chicken bone, but it wasn't my intent to have a Friday night gorge fest. It basically started Friday morning. I had run out of groceries and had to leave work to buy lunch. Well I was craving Chick Fil A --I know...not a good place to go if you're trying to watch your weight, but they have a really cool meal builder http://chickfila.com/#calculator that helps you build your own meal to monitor your calories. Awesome! So I built a 555 calorie kids meal! I mean I counted calories right down to the drinks and condiments!! I opted for the 15 calorie diet lemonade rather than the 150 regular lemonade, and chose the 30 calorie fat free honey mustard dressing for a dipping sauce rather than the 140 calorie Chick Fil A sauce. I didn't think 555 calories was too bad since I missed breakfast. I would just go easy on dinner until.....
Afterschool.
I was given about 18-22 donut holes. They were actually given to me that morning, but I didn't want them. I told myself I would save them for my 3 children, but I sneaked and ate a few on the drive to pick them up from school. Out of those 18 or so donut holes, my little ones only had a few a piece. They were like, Mama??!! Is this all we get???!!
and then...
I rarely feel like cooking on Fridays (or any day of the week for that matter) and didn't feel like driving across town to my favorite pizza place to pick up dinner. So I decided to go to my local grocer's deli. They have the best fried chicken, but I had sworn off of fried foods while I was dieting. I had planned to buy individual pieces for the kids, but couldn't resist their 8 piece special. On top of that they had a huge cotton candy display (sugar is my absolute weakness) and I succumbed. I was soooo bad and hate to make excuses, but after a stressful week it feels so good to go upstairs **alone** to the media room, eat to my hearts content, and watch Project Runway and Real Housewives of ATL. I felt so guilty after all of that that i just went to bed.
Looking at my personal planner, the upcoming weeks are not about to get any less stressful so I've got to actually write out a daily schedule and incorporate 1 hour of exercise. Once again, I let a week go by w/o hitting the gym. I was flipping through an issue of Glamour magazine and found a BMI calculator. The same calculator can be done on their website: http://www.glamour.com/health-fitness/body/calculators/body-mass-index
I wasn't suprised when it said I was overweight. According to the calculator, if I want to maintain my goal weight, I will need to consume no more than 2216 calories per day. It also suggested I cut back 250 cal. and burn the same. Obviously, eating that cotton candy, donut holes, and fried chicken DID NOT help, lol.
Well, I've got a busy day ahead of me. I'm hoping to go out tonight (something I rarely do) w/ my girlfriend. First thing on my to do list is to exercise, I'm feeling so guilty about my friday night gorge fest that I want to jog 6 miles this morning. Ciao!
