The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Well, the weekend wasn't a complete failure but it wasn't a complete success either. I stayed on track on Friday, ending the day with 22 points and 1,152 calories. Saturday, hubby decided he wanted to go to the fair which is funny because EVERY year, Heather and I want to go and he DOESN'T. But this year, he decided we should go. I tried to talk him out of it somewhat. I suggested the mall or bowling. He DID offer to do something else if I didn't want to go but I said no, that's okay. Partly because he always does what I want to do and I wanted him to have a day of something he would enjoy. And partly because I LOVE the fair and part of me wanted to go.

I did very well at the fair I think. I ate a hardboiled egg before I left the house and we walked ALOT. About 2 1/2-3 hours of nearly non-stop walking at the fair. I debated about what I was going to eat at the fair and ended up with a chicken pita which consisted of a large pita bread, some grilled pieces of chicken and I chose to top mine with the sauteed onions and peppers rather than the lettuce, tomatoes and mayo which was how it was usually served. I think it was one of the better choices I could've made for lunch at the fair. I then debated on a sweet. I was going to allow myself one sweet. I debated on kettle corn, a funnel cake or a chocolate covered frozen banana. I ruled out the kettle corn because it was a HUGE bag and I knew hubby wouldn't eat it which would mean I would end up carrying it home and I did NOT need it in the house. Then, while I was debating on the funnel cake or banana, I suddenly wanted a piece of roast corn which was in my face at every direction I turned! I wound up with NONE of the above. I ended up with an Orangeaide drink instead and that was all I indulged in at the fair: a chicken pita and an Orangeaide.

I was proud of the fact that instead of eating everything I wanted, I actually debated and weighed out the better choices and said NO. I said NO to the deep fried oreos and snickers and NO to a 2 ft. long bag of kettle corn and NO to a cheese burger using Krispy Kreme donoughts as buns (how is that EVEN good?).
So, I was pretty good I think on Saturday. I left the fair and went home and had a bone-in bbq chicken breast and some broccoli with white cheddar sauce for dinner and a greek yogurt for dessert.

Now, Sunday I didn't do so well. I did not track my points at all on Saturday or Sunday. I have done this before. I get past one obstacle (the fair) and succeed and then turn around and sabotage myself another way. This time I did pretty well at the fair, then turned around and made bad choices on Sunday. First, I skipped breakfast so I was hungry by the time we got to the restaurant for lunch. I ordered a grilled chicken salad with ranch dressing which isn't TOO bad considering the other options. BUT, I did order a side order of onion rings. I ended up eating the whole salad with about 2/3 of the dressing I was served. I ate about 5 of the onion rings and left the rest. Later that afternoon I ate some bbq chips that hubby had put in the house ( I don't buy chips). Then I ended the day with a steak and baked sweet potatoe with butter, cinnamon and brown sugar.

While I wouldn't say that the weekend was a total success, it wasn't a total failure either. My past cheats would've consisted of spending the whole weekend consuming whatever I was craving and whatever I wouldn't be able to eat "before going back on plan". I didn't do that this time. I balanced some good choices with some not so great choices but it wasn't all bad.

Although I know I didn't do as bad as my usual "cheat", I still see a bad pattern emerging. I cheated a bit last weekend, a bit last week and a bit this weekend. That means I'm allowing myself too much room for cheating. That is how it usually starts. I cheat a day here and there and then it turns to 3 days on and 4 days off plan, then it turns to completely off plan for months. I cannot let that happen this time. I will not let my day here and there turn into months off plan and pounds back on me.

On a good note, I grocery shopped yesterday and stocked up on really good things for the week. I got apples, pears, bananas, blackberries, greek yogurt, celery, zuchinni, squash, boneless chicken, ground turkey and light, multigrain english muffins. I have plans on some turkey tacos, and chicken with couscous, squash and zuchinni for dinners this week.