My Tuesday

I'm trucking right along. Its funny how when you are eating bad, you are constantly craving more bad stuff to eat. But when you have been on track with eating good for a while, those bad food cravings hide themselves away to where you barely have them. THEN, when you have something stressful occur, they rear their ugly heads ready to take you down! Its like I go through my day to day not really noticing that I'm no longer eating all the yummy bad food I love. Then, if I allow myself to go there, and just think about or picture one of those yummy things, suddenly its in my mind again. AND, if I continue to picture and think about it, I eventually talk myself into having to have it! Its really wierd. So, I'm trying a new thing now. Once one of those food thoughts pops into my head, I'm trying to make myself pop it back out without dwelling on it. Because the longer I dwell on it and think about it, the closer I am to eating it. And let me tell you, advertisement doesn't help matters any. Take for instance the new Pizza Hut commercials for the Big Italy pizza. Now, I love pizza. I mean LOVE pizza. And of course, I haven't had take out pizza lately because I've been dieting. So, of course that Pizza Hut commercial is going to play to advertise this massive pile of delicious cheesyness that is the Big Italy. Just like those Olive Garden commercials, and the Red Lobster ones that air everytime there is a new special or when its Lobsterfest. How many times per day can they air those commercials? I mean really? Its not like a girl isn't having a hard enough time without having those commercials shoved in her face multiple times daily. Its especially a kick in the hind end to have one air when you are sitting down to your plate of chicken and broccoli which 5 minutes before looked really great, but after watching the commercial suddenly feels like you're eating a pile of plain rice cakes.

Okay..enough ranting about the Big Italy. But I feel a little better..lol.

I walked again this morning. I really like taking my walks in the morning because I feel like I've accomplished something and started my day off really well. But since the temperatures have been a bit milder, I kind of like my afternoon walks as well. Its nice to be out in the sunshine. I still prefer the morning walks though, so as long as I can get my butt outta bed in time to walk before work, I will keep doing so.

Tuesday's food:
Breakfast: Poached egg, light, multigrain english muffin and turkey sausage patty
Lunch: Smart Ones 3 cheese ziti with marinara sauce
Afternoon Snack: 7 Triscuit crackers, 2 tbsp. roasted red pepper hummus and sliced turkey
Dinner: 1 slice turkey meatloaf w/ ketchup, green giant broccoli and just for one peas/corn

Totals for the day: 26 points, 1,275 calories, 101.4 oz. water and approx. 30 minute walk

Since I'm craving pizza, I'm going to make homemade pizza for dinner again tonight. Oddly enough, as good as that Big Italy looks, the pizza I'm craving is the one I made at home last weekend. Thats progress I think.

Have a great afternoon, do something fun, enjoy the day, be good to you.

I'll be working on being good to me,

Stacy