Sunday, October 7, 2012

Yay for NSV'S! (Non-Scale Victories)

It always amazes me at how fast my body remembers how to be good and what it feels like to be eating better. On October 2nd, I had to go to work and I had only had 2 days of tracking and eating better so I was a little nervous on if I would have the willpower to not eat a very yummy pan pizza or better yet, hot wings. MMMMM.... I had about 7-800 calories left for the day so I knew I couldn't go crazy no matter what I decided to purchase. Then I remembered, Tuesday is pasta day, so it would only cost me $3.00 for a pan of chicken Alfredo. I decided this would be my best bet, especially since I found out that 1/2 pan is 580 calories. I could do that. So I ate my pasta and it was yummy. Not quite as filling as say the salad that I ate for lunch or the Chicken Cordon Bleu that I wanted to make but couldn't cause I had to work. At the end of my shift I remember that I was suppose to get garlic bread with my pasta... mmmm. garlic bread!!! So I popped my two slices of bread in the oven finished work and by the time I was done, so was my bread. YAY! I decided to eat my bread on the way home, and that first bite... ohhh, so delicious! Then another, then another, then, I started noticing, my stomach not feeling quite so well. Turns out that my body just needed 1 day to realize a 1" slice of french bread slathered in garlic butter just wasn't a good thing. I did finish that 1 slice, but gave the 2nd slice to my daughter who promptly dropped it on the ground after I got home. Oh well for garlic bread.

My next NSV came last night. While at work, there was a mistake made and too many hot wings were made. I was given the option of bringing them home with me, and decided I would. I was looking forward to them too. I knew I wasn't going to eat them last night because I had already eaten everything for the day and had closed out my food diary so I was okay with saving them for today, but then I decided, it just wasn't worth it. Since October 1, I have lost 5.5 lbs with a total of 18lbs, and I really didn't want to ruin my loosing streak, so I gave the wings to a co-worker.

My NSV today was kind of similar to last night. I once again was given free wings, honey bbq tonight though. This time I did bring them home, but not for me, for my son to munch on tomorrow after school. I thought they would be a nice treat for him. I decided to have pasta again for dinner but no garlic bread this time, and I only ate half the pan. :-) And when I got home and put in everything that I have eaten for the day, I even had more than enough wiggle room so I could indulge a smidge and eat 1/2 cup (yes it was measured darn it!) of Dreyers slow churned Coconut/pineapple ice cream, and let me tell ya, it was heavenly!

So, since I've missed a couple of days, I kind of let the cat outta the bag up above. I have lost a total of 18lbs since I started my weight loss journey in March. I'm kind of proud of those 18lbs... I've worked really hard to get here, and the best part, my pants were trying to fall down all day. LOL.

Weight: 234.6, so it was actually a gain of .2lbs. I'm ok with that. I was kind of off my schedule yesterday, but today seems to be back to normal. :-) Plus I forgot to check under my wii board to see if there was anything under it before I weighed. My daughter put it on the floor and she's been known to just stick it on top of anything.

Water: I've been doing really good getting all 8 cups in each day, and sometimes more.

Exercise: Today I did 20 minutes of yoga for a total of 66 calories.

Breakfast: normal yummy pancakes w/ strawberries and whipped cream and 2 eggs

Lunch: Today I had a turkey sandwich. 2 slices of sara lee 100% whole wheat bread, 3 slices of fat free turkey, 1 tomato, 1/2 cup lettuce, and 1 TBSP of Best foods mayo. (yes the full fat. I bought it last month and I'm not going to waste it. Will switch to canola mayo once this is gone.) total calories for lunch 414

Dinner: As I mentioned Dinner was Pizza Hut Chicken Alfredo 1/2 pan. Total Calories 580

Snack: Dreyers Pineapple/Coconut Ice cream. Total calories - 140

Total calories for the day: 1604
Calorie Deficit : 126

According to My fitness pal if every day were like today I'd weigh 228.2 in 5 weeks. WOOT WOOT! I'm down in the 220's! yay!

If I can do it, you can do it... just never give up on yourself!

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