Today was a strange day. My daughter was up sick last night most of the night so I didn't get much sleep and I was sooooo tired today. I laid on the couch with her most of the day watching movies and eating things I wouldn't normally be eating any more ......since I have started to live a healthier life that is.
By about 2:00pm I realized I had eaten all my calories for the day (plus some probably) and I still wanted something more to munch on. Ok....I had a bagel with sausage and an egg white on it for breakfast and 1/2 cup orange juice.....I did try to start out good this morning. Then I had the cream cheese danish with my coffee. I had a hotdog for lunch and I ate chips and mango salsa with it (and cream cheese under the salsa)....oh this is looking really bad!!!! Then I ate 2 cookie bars and I found myself going in the kitchen looking for that "just right something to munch on" that doesn't really exist, you know the snack that you just keep searching for by eating everything you can find to satisfy the craving that just never ends. I felt myself wanting something salty this time and realized that I was doing the sweet salty thing today as well as just not eating healthy at all. I also was munching on cherries every time I opened the fridge. I don't know why I just didn't get a cup of them and munch on those instead of cookie bars. !?! Ok....are you ready....here is the strange part......I grabbed my water bottle and filled it with ice water and started sucking on it. It felt good to be drinking water after all the junk I had eaten. Then I got off the couch and laid the floor. Weird huh??? And you will never believe what I did next.....I started to exercise. I was doing leg lifts and crunches then I saw my weights and started using them for my arms.........before I knew it an hour had passed!! I got up and filled my water bottle again and felt pretty good......a little sore but, good.
After all that I went in to take a shower and guess what I realized.....I did all that without forcing myself or giving it any thought...it was fun and just what I felt like doing. Strange, I know! I would have never done that in the past....you would have had to force me to have water instead if a snack!! And exercise when I'm watching a movie....are you crazy....I might miss something!!
Then I had a salad for dinner and it was really good. I did want to have a few pieces of chocolate but I resisted mostly, I did have one little bit of dark chocolate then I finished my water.
I started the day good.....got in a bad rut by the middle of the day and by the end I had gotten myself back out.....amazing!
After my shower I stared going though a pile of clothes trying them on and seeing that most of them are too big for me now. What a great feeling.
I learned a couple of things about myself today....lack of sleep, feeling blah, and tv/movies are bad food triggers for me. I hope to catch this next time before things get outta hand.
Speaking of lack of sleep....I'm up too late.....again!
I had a good 4th of July and hope you all did too!
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