Plan B to the Rescue - Day 2 , Week 1
So today had the opportunity to turn bad real quick. I was racing around like a maniac this morning trying to get out the door by 9 AM, practically the crack of dawn for me. I know, I know, but I hate mornings. I realized after reading old blogs that when I had to be at work at 7:30 AM every day, I had to take a nap in my car to make it through the day. I’m so glad I get to start at 9:30 now, no more car naps.
Anyway, I planned on working out at the fitness center at work. It’s free and in the same building as my work and I would be insane not to take advantage of it. So I grabbed my gym bag that I had packed the night before and grabbed my purse and out the door I went.
I was about 2 blocks away and realized that I had forgotten my lunch bag. Nothing had seemed amiss since I had two things in my hand when I left, my gym bag and purse. I checked the clock and realized it would take too much time to turn around and get it. Damn! This means I have no breakfast, I have no lunch, and I have no snacks.
Well I am a breakfast eater and without breakfast I get mean. My blood sugar drops and I turn into what my ex kindly referred to as Mega Bitch. Mega Bitch scares most sensible humans who scream in terror and flee for their lives. I liken it to the Japanese running away from Godzilla in the movies. I didn’t want to scare my co-workers or boss so I swung through the McDonald’s parking lot. I wanted a bacon egg bagel meal but nixed that idea as soon as it entered my mind. I got an egg Mcmuffin meal. I could do without the hash brown but my glucose was quickly dropping and healthy choices are hard to make when Mega Bitch is in charge.
I felt sort of guilty eating fried potato for breakfast but that didn’t stop me from thinking about asking my co-worker to go out for lunch and not to a healthy restaurant mind you. Again, that idea was nixed. Instead I thought about what healthy choices there were in the cafeteria and put plan B in place.
I also hopped onto SparkPeople and logged what I planned to eat for lunch and my snacks. Once it’s in there, to be honest, I’m just too lazy to erase and edit it so most times I stick to it.
I was feeling pretty smug since usually when my daily routine is interrupted I give up and start over the next day. So even though I forgot my lunch and even though I had McDonald’s for breakfast, I was able to make healthy choices for the rest of my meals. I even planned my dinner. Yummy and I rock!
So what I’ve learned today is that even when things don’t go your way, plans are going to change and Plan B must always be there ready to head off a bad food day or no exercise day. So my new equation for weight loss is: tracking my food + consistent exercise+ drinking water+ cooking at home+ limiting fast food + sleeping 8 hours/day +Always have a plan B= weight loss.
Breakfast: Egg McMuffin, hash brown, diet coke
Lunch: Hot tuna sub, veggie container (broccoli, cucumber, celery) with Ranch dressing.
Snack: Dannon yogurt and a banana (side note: after cutting out high fructose corn syrup from my diet almost completely, the yogurt tasted sickly sweet. I could barely choke it down or get rid of the super sweet taste in my mouth.)
Dinner: Parmesan Tilapia fish, Thai lime rice, 1 cup edamame in shell
Snack: 2.5 cups papaya
Exercise: 15 minutes treadmill, 20 minutes elliptical
Total Calories Recommended: 1800
Total Calories Consumed Today: 1933
Difference in total Calories: -133
Anyway, I planned on working out at the fitness center at work. It’s free and in the same building as my work and I would be insane not to take advantage of it. So I grabbed my gym bag that I had packed the night before and grabbed my purse and out the door I went.
I was about 2 blocks away and realized that I had forgotten my lunch bag. Nothing had seemed amiss since I had two things in my hand when I left, my gym bag and purse. I checked the clock and realized it would take too much time to turn around and get it. Damn! This means I have no breakfast, I have no lunch, and I have no snacks.
I felt sort of guilty eating fried potato for breakfast but that didn’t stop me from thinking about asking my co-worker to go out for lunch and not to a healthy restaurant mind you. Again, that idea was nixed. Instead I thought about what healthy choices there were in the cafeteria and put plan B in place.
I also hopped onto SparkPeople and logged what I planned to eat for lunch and my snacks. Once it’s in there, to be honest, I’m just too lazy to erase and edit it so most times I stick to it.
I was feeling pretty smug since usually when my daily routine is interrupted I give up and start over the next day. So even though I forgot my lunch and even though I had McDonald’s for breakfast, I was able to make healthy choices for the rest of my meals. I even planned my dinner. Yummy and I rock!
So what I’ve learned today is that even when things don’t go your way, plans are going to change and Plan B must always be there ready to head off a bad food day or no exercise day. So my new equation for weight loss is: tracking my food + consistent exercise+ drinking water+ cooking at home+ limiting fast food + sleeping 8 hours/day +Always have a plan B= weight loss.
Breakfast: Egg McMuffin, hash brown, diet coke
Lunch: Hot tuna sub, veggie container (broccoli, cucumber, celery) with Ranch dressing.
Snack: Dannon yogurt and a banana (side note: after cutting out high fructose corn syrup from my diet almost completely, the yogurt tasted sickly sweet. I could barely choke it down or get rid of the super sweet taste in my mouth.)
Dinner: Parmesan Tilapia fish, Thai lime rice, 1 cup edamame in shell
Snack: 2.5 cups papaya
Exercise: 15 minutes treadmill, 20 minutes elliptical
Total Calories Recommended: 1800
Total Calories Consumed Today: 1933
Difference in total Calories: -133
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