Twelve

So... sorry I didn't post my update yesterday. My husband has been taking the computer to work, and I've been running late, making it tough to post!

I am down one pound this week. It wasn't my best week. Thursday I went to Olive Garden with some friends, and decided I was going to "enjoy myself" which I persist in thinking means I have to eat unhealthy. Whatever. It's slowly getting through my brain that I can make healthy choices and still enjoy myself. So two breadsticks, two plates of salad, and half a plate of steak gorgonzola alfredo later, I was full... I haven't been FULL in a while and I didn't necessarily love the feeling.

Also? I learned this: it's still really dangerous for me to venture away from my plan. Because the next two nights, I did it again. Friday we went to a steak house. I wasn't horrible, but did have salad with ranch dressing, cheese, and croutons and a baked potato with lots of butter and sour cream. Then Saturday I decided I really wanted fast food and got a cheesburger, curly fries, and a milkshake.

I've been back on track since then, but this does remind me that eating poorly is a VERY slippery slope for me. It reprimands me and also scares me. Will I ever be able to eat just one "cheating" meal and not pay for it for three days... a week... a month... sixty pounds? I don't know, to be honest.

So for about a minute I pouted that I had not lost more, and then I remembered my little vacation from the exchanges, and was grateful I was still down a pound.

Here are the cold hard numbers. I didn't calculate the calories for the Olive Garden dinner because NO IDEA.

Monday, 7/10: 1183 calories, 14 glasses water, workout
Tuesday, 7/11: 1439 calories, 14 glasses water, workout
Wednesday, 7/12: 1302 calories, 14 glasses water, workout
Thursday, 7/13: ??? calories (OG), 14 glasses water, workout
Friday, 7/14: 1504 calories, 14 glasses water, workout
Saturday, 7/15: 1950 calories, 14 glasses water, workout
Sunday, 7/16: 1175 calories, 14 glasses water, workout
Monday, 7/17: 885 calories (MISTAKE), 14 glasses water, workout.

Down one pound, from 200.2 to 199.2, for a total of 12.4
~Paige