Day One, Phase One, Take 3 - Here We Go Again!

I might be just plain mad, going back on SB right after Thanksgiving and right before Christmas, but it can't hurt in the meantime, right?

At 205. This is remarkable considering the amount of food that I have shoved down my throat over the past month or so, what with the wedding, honeymoon, Halloween, Thanksgiving... I'm really surprised that all I gained was 5 lbs.

Today's Menu:

Breakfast: 2 eggs, over easy, on spinach and sundried tomatoes w/a weeee bit of parmesan
Snack: Celery Sticks w/Laughing Cow
Lunch: Tomato stuffed w/turkey salad, Jello
Snack: String Cheese
Dinner: SB-friendly turkey and eggplant parmesan, salad.
Snack: Cottage cheese cup (can't bring myself back to the ricotta yet!)

Mrs. Bloated

A wedding, followed by a week at an all-inclusive resort, is enough to knock anyone off the wagon. And then to come home to all the Thanksgiving deliciousness?!?! It's too much for a girl to take!

Hopping back on that SB wagon on Monday, November 28th. In other words, after the leftovers are all gone. See you then!

You Get the Good with the Bad - 10 Days Til Wedding

I cannot just post when I am doing well; that would be dishonest of me. I have to confess that with less than 2 weeks until the big day, I am so overcome with things to do that there are not enough hours in the day, and the first thing to go out the window was the planning and execution (ie. shopping, cooking, eating) of healthy meals. And man am I feeling it. I was at yoga class last night and my body felt so heavy and crappy, and the only thing different is what I am eating.

I am at 203. I could possibly make it to 199 by the wedding but you know what? I'm not gonna kill myself over it if it doesn't happen. It's hard, though, b/c just saying that makes me feel a little more blase about the whole diet thing, which is not good. Even just having a good excuse (the wedding) for lack of time, etc. and saying that excuse out loud makes me lean on it that much more.

And now it's getting cold out, and the fresh veggies are disappearing or going up drastically in price, so I will need to rethink my shopping habits once again! Not that that is an excuse either!

For now, frosting and Halloween candy and frozen foods (that I need to get out of the freezer to make room for the cake) aside, I just won't bring any unhealthy foods into the house. I've been trying to eat a big salad whenever I go anywhere, no croutons, although I did succumb to a dinner roll yesterday at Bob Evans (but only cause they took so damn long bringing my salad) but you know what? At least I am AWARE of the excessive carbs/sugars I'm putting into my body. A few months ago I wouldn't have given a second thought to having that one measly dinner roll with my salad.... I probably would have skipped the salad in favor of a cheesesteak or something.

As excited as I am about this wedding, sometimes I feel like it has taken over my whole life. In that respect, I can't wait until it's over and I can go back to focusing on myself, my house, my cats, cooking, cleaning, all that fun stuff.