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So today is day 6 of my SP program. The assignment? Two miles! I chose to do it on my treadmill. 
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ITSHOWYOULIVE
4/16/2011 10:47PM
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Looks like the "accidentally hard" workout was a really good thing :). You are pushing harder and getting results!! Love that you are planning ahead. Not sure I would do the same thing :). It'll be a fun time with the family and maybe some of them will start noticing the healthier habits and next time there will be healthier items to choose from :).
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STAABSGIRL00
4/16/2011 3:42PM
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 Good work planning ahead for your get together and for pushing yourself with your exercise! We are headed to more baseball today & I'm having dinner out with the girls - I had to hop on the net & plan my meal ahead so I won't gravitate to a giant burger and fries *sigh* haha! We can do this!!! Have a great Saturday! Report Inappropriate Comment |
Okay, I didn't literally slip but I MAJORLY SLIPPED on my weight loss program!!!! I was just going to keep it a secret and not share anything about it here on SP but I have to keep it REAL!
I'm hoping to be one of the many people I admire here who can post that they've lost 100+ lbs. When I find people like that I peruse their blogs to get ideas, inspiration and just a little pick-me-up. I want to keep a blog not for my own personal journey but for a resource, in a year or so, for others who are where I am now. So to do that I have to write everything, the good, the bad and the UGLY!
Last night was UGLY! So my husband is out of town which puts me as a single parent right now. The kids have no school today so yesterday felt like a Friday night. My 12-year-old has been eating healthy and has the goal to lose 1lb a week. I didn't feel like cooking last night so I let her choose where we were going to purchase our dinner. She chose McDonald's. Together we sat down and looked at all the nutritional facts before setting out to get it. I knew what my nutritional facts were here on SP and how much wiggle room I had to stay within the guidelines. Unfortunately I had A LOT of wiggle room. My daughter and I each got a salad and a small fry. (still didn't put me over on any of my numbers). We checked out the nutritional facts for the meal my 16 yo son ordered....1500 calories! Good thing he's an athlete and probably burns that in one workout!
Even though I ordered a salad I'm feeling bloated, the spiciness of it along with the salt on the fries was too much!! I'm learning that about myself. Even before I started eating healthy I rarely added salt to things.
Anyway, after that meal I was going to be done for the night. WRONG! I don't know if it was all the carbs in the fries or just the fact that I went off plan but I wanted MORE!!! And the craving, DESIRE hit me strong! Unfortunately my 12 yo daughter, my healthy eating buddy, left to hang out with a friend or I would NEVER have done what I did. I didn't want to be a bad example to her.
My older kids were taking the car for the night so I told them I had to go get gas in the car. Well the closest gas station is connected to a Safeway. We needed milk and eggs so I used it as an excuse to go in and buy my dear old friend that I haven't seen in two weeks....PEANUT M&M's!!!!!! Unfortunately I also bought their YUMMY cookies and a box of Mike and Ikes. As I climbed into my car I could feel my hands shaking, I couldn't get to the cookies fast enough. I chowed down an oatmeal, raisin, cranberry cookie faster than I could blink. I felt bad, but not bad enough to stop.
When I got home it ended up just being me and the three youngest home. We put in the movie Tangled, I had never seen it. In the process of setting things up I ate ANOTHER cookie, then a THIRD!!!!! Half-way through the movie I opened up the Mike and Ikes and we divided them up four ways. After putting my kids to bed I was going to snuggle in mine with a good book and my M&M's. That was my daily routine just two weeks ago. But after the movie I was feeling SOOO bad both physically and emotionally. I knew I couldn't take back what I had already eatten but I wasn't going to make it worse.
Here I am, the morning after, feeling AWFUL! My stomach hurts and the scale was scary (thank goodness it isn't my day to log in my weight).
That wonderful yellow bag of delicious goodness (or fatness) is or was sitting in my pantry this morning. Today is garbage day and in front of my kids I took out the bag and put it into the black can that is waiting at the curb. A few of my kids were freaking out because it was a waste of money to throw it away. A few of them wanted them if I didn't but I told them we already enjoyed cookies last night and a little bit of movie treats and NONE of us needed anymore of that junk in our body.
So, there it is, the ugly, the bad and the GOOD!
And a HUGE yell out to TUBLADY! I read a comment she wrote on yesterday's blog post. I hadn't "met" her yet so I traveled to her Spark Page. I'm so glad I did! Her amazing story and results were one of the things that helped me walk away from doing further damage! THANK YOU!
Update***********I wasn't planning on working out today but DID!
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LOOZINITNOW
4/15/2011 10:27PM
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It was a slip and you nipped it quick. Yeah for throwing out the M&M's!!! Move on forward!
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GRACEISENUF
4/15/2011 9:07PM
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YOU did the right thing by throwing them out...kuddos to you!!! McDonalds adds sugar to almost all their food including their larger salads. Their food is made to be addictive (most fast food is). If you EVER get the chance watch the movie "Super Size Me". I am proud of you for fessing up AND doing the right thing. (Not that you need my approval, lol) :) Report Inappropriate Comment |
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STAABSGIRL00
4/15/2011 2:17PM
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Don't beat your self up...progress not perfection is the key to a forever change. Way to keep it real :) I can definitely relate. Sometimes I am embarrassed by how excited I get about food - then I eat so quickly I'm not even sure if I taste it. McD's is so addictive - I swear they put something extra in it! Way to get back on track! You can do it!!! Report Inappropriate Comment |
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SLIGHTLYBRAINY
4/15/2011 12:48PM
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Good for you and your honesty. It takes alot for us to be able to say it out loud what we did or didn't do and to own up to the choices that we made. Today is a new day and it will be a good day for you, I just know it!!! Terri =) Report Inappropriate Comment |
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KWHITEHEAD9
4/15/2011 12:15PM
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Thanks for your honesty. Great job throwing the leftovers out. Report Inappropriate Comment |
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HEYPINK
4/15/2011 12:08PM
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Yeah, we all have these days. I think the challenge is how you respond to such a day - do you just feel horrible and keep binging or do you shrug it off, admit your mistakes and get back to the healthy life. Sounds like you're doing the latter, which makes you a success in my opinion. We keep on keeping on and eventually we will be those people who lose 100+ lbs. And bonus points for coming onto SP to admit the mistake. That takes courage :-) Yay you! Report Inappropriate Comment |
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ITSHOWYOULIVE
4/15/2011 12:08PM
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It's those McD's fries. I'm convinced of it. Anytime I eat even one I am ready to eat everything in sight. A slip is a slip and today is a new day. Your honesty says a lot about what you are trying to accomplish. Today is going to be a good day :).
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SUSANMOMOF6
4/15/2011 12:07PM
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You Will have these days, friend. I have. Learn why they happened, but also remember what they DON'T mean. It doesn't mean you don't want this. It doesn't mean the next day has to be a repeat. It doesn't mean you are a failure-it means you are a human being trying to change deeply rooted habits. It doesn't mean you will not lose weight this week. You know what you need to do and you are doing it. You've pushed your restart button. Please remember that you must NOT beat yourself up. You will speak words of grace and forgiveness to yourself the same way you would to me if it was me that overindulged. You will see yourself at your goal weight, smiling and laughing. You came clean-I'm so proud of you. This is going to be a great day! I believe in you, my friend!  
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WDWGIRLS
4/15/2011 12:04PM
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Everyone has a day like this - just learn from it and go on! No beating yourself up, just get yourself back up. The difference between failure and falling is that if you fall, you pick yourself up - if you fail, you quit. So my motto is NEVER NEVER GIVE UP! Did Tublady tell you about Fatlosers.com? It is a free program on getting mentally tough to succeed at weightloss - I love it! He is very blunt, but gives you a kick in the butt if you need one. Keep on sparking! 
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