(First, an aside... what the heck is up with Blogger tonight? Some temporary outage that was supposed to be 4 hours ago, even PST, and it's still buggin'????)
Anyway... I thought I had gone way over my points today. It was a very busy day, and I knew that I was going to have some temptations. I was leading my first-ever staff retreat all afternoon (it went very well, thanks for asking :-) and I knew that I had to bring some treats to get my staff through the 3-hour meeting. Then I was meeting a friend for dinner.
I planned for this rocky day with a small 4 pt breakfast and I really skimped on lunch, eating only a 5 point Lean Cuisine. The chicken caesar bowl thingy is actually pretty tasty and filling. Then, I got a mix of treats for the meeting - something for every taste, as available at CVS: a package of Chewy Chips Ahoy, a can of salted cashews, and 2 packages of sugar-free chocolate candy. The sugar-free stuff was for me, so I would feel better about it. The meeting worked out well, actually, cuz I spent the first 1.5 hours standing up writing on the big notepad on the easel. So I was away from the table when my staff really chowed down on the treats! I did have 3 Chips Ahoy and 2 sugar-free mini peanut butter cups. By the time we got to dinner at Gordon Biersch, I was pretty hungry. But I was also really craving some protein, and I've learned to go with that when my body says so. I picked one of the lighter things on the menu - the Hawaiian chicken. It came out as 2 small grilled chicken cutlets with a side of pineapple and jasmine rice, plus a mixed greens salad. I ate *a lot* - all of the chicken, the salad, and the pineapple, plus a few bites of the rice.
Because I had been so busy all day, I hadn't logged in any of my meals into the Points Tracker since breakfast. So I really had no clue where I was points-wise and thought I was way over. I just got home at 11ish and put it all into the computer... guess what? I didn't do badly at all! In fact, counting everything up, I actually hit exactly on plan for the day! I used one Activity Point, but didn't need to use any Flexies at all! Phew. So the key is really sticking with a small lunch if the rest of the day is gonna be filled with temptations....
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Nice job! I do love it when that happens.
I did something similar yesterday - had a lunch meeting where I just kind of guessed about what to eat out of all the yummy offerings, didn't mark it down, then ate dinner at my parents' house and just sort of guessed... only had to use 3 flex points. Not too shabby.
PS, I weigh in tonight for my monthly weigh-in. I think I've lost a few lbs., but only the lbs. that I gained over New Years, so technically I'm back where I started.
Want to lose 10 pounds by April.
Good luck, Lady B! Let me know what happens!
As they say on the boards...
{{{skinny vibes}}}
:-)
Tonight's WI: OK, gained 2 lbs from the last weigh in that was at the end of December. However, I'm going to claim this as a NSV though - because I know I was up about 6 pounds from that December weight, so in theory, I "lost" about four pounds!!
You go, Lady B! That's totally an NSV! And now you're back in the swing of things...good for you!
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