Intro

Yesterday two sisters had a brain storm. After eating our weight in Easter chocolate we came together with a similar conclusion in an instant: "We better do something about our fat asses right NOW!" We've both struggled individually over a decade with our weight and this time we are teaming up to battle the bulge. The decision to blog about it in an open forum, instead of the Weight Watchers site is so we can be brutally honest. This is going to be one hilarious weight loss trip.

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Mother's Day

Today was a gorgeous and wonderful day. Spent time with my children, weather was fantastic, and my husband made breakfast for me (asking politely what I can have, so supportive!). The day was spontaneously planned and that included the food. Eating spontaneously and not planning meals is a sure fire way to ruin a diet. I did pack a cooler full of healthy snacks and bottles of water, but by 2:00 and a full two hours of walking we were all starved for lunch and ended up at a local diner.

I admit it, I splurged a bit. Ignored Sister1's advice to order chicken and a backed potato with spinach and ordered a turkey club, hold the mayo. It was a triple decker on whole wheat, but I knocked it down to a double decker, hence removing 2 points immediately by removing one slice of bread. Turkey, smart choice. But it wasn't the turkey that was the problem. It was the delicious pile of curly fries that I pointed out at 11. Worth every one.

Between breakfast and late lunch I was left with 3 points. Luckily I was really full and dinner was an apple. It should have ended there. BUT, since Friday I have been set on eating a dessert today. A Betty Crocker Cookie Brownie, which I've been calling Browookie. I ate it, yup, actually ate two servings. I only went over my points by 4 today and borrowed into my activity points that I earned.

I'm not ashamed or feel like I'm off the wagon. I've got to learn that occasionally I can have a treat, but the key word is occasionally, not something that I should be eating everyday OR multiple times in one day. And that spontaneous eating is something that I will need to wrangle. I will not always be in the safety zone of planned eating. Baby steps, yes?
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  1. AnonymousMay 9, 2011 at 11:51 AM

    Good for you Sister2 (I keep having to erase your name when I'm typing comments!). You are right, occasionally you will be over your points, and it is good that you are not beating yourself up for it. You had a wonderful day with your family, did some good excercise, AND made better food choices than you would have just two weeks ago. I say it was a successful holiday!

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