Day Eight: The First Weigh-In

I was somewhat of a bad girl yesterday. I did not exercise, I did not count my points. I even went out for a late night dinner with a friend and made a conscious decision to treat myself to some otherwise, no-no's.  I did not skip out on the Mozzarella sticks, I ate a cheesy pasta dish (it had grilled chicken) & I had BEER!  Granted, I only had a few sticks in comparison to what I would normally do and I also separated my main dish into 3 servings.  I also chose Light Beer...but one could say I was still "bad".

The way I see it is like this, first of all "bad habits" are hard to change overnight. Second of all, I never was and probably never will be one of those salad eating chicks. Third of all, I am the type of person who likes to have freedom of choice & I need to allow myself to exercise that freedom just as long as I can remember what my ultimate goal is & can get myself back on track.  This is how I have succeeded in the past & how I will succeed now.  It's not about total deprivation, it's about moderation & it's about awareness. I could have eaten all of the Mozzarella sticks, but I didn't.  Ditto for the pasta & don't even get me started about the alcohol (what I really wanted was something creamy & sweet....MEGA CALORIES), but I didn't.

My bad behavior even carried over into this morning.  I got home late & when the alarm went off at 6:30 AM for me to get up and get moving on my morning abdominal routine, I chose to ignore it & hit snooze several dozen times before I actually emerged from my bed. Needless to say, all I had time for was a quick shower before getting Ryan and me off on our day.

Breakfast used to be a bagel or biali, much better huh?

Once I got to work, I settled back to "good" behavior. I had a yogurt parfait and a banana for breakfast & a Lean Pocket for lunch. Snacking which usually involved Fritos or something like it, was replaced by another banana & a Special K bar. At dinner time, I chose to have another 3rd of the pasta from Sunday night (I don't want it to go to waste and I really did not have the time to make an elaborate meal, since Monday nights are my Zumba nights).  I knew that no matter how many calories were in that pasta, I would probably sweat them out at Zumba tonight, so I was not overly concerned. 

Good or bad? Really doesn't matter because whatever I am doing, it's WORKING....at my morning weigh in I discovered a weight lost of 4.4 lbs this week, GOOOOOO ME!!!!!