Day 5 – Monday March 26th, 2012

Woke up around 8:30am (first time in quite a while) for my first day of spring break. Today Carly and I are going to my mom’s retirement party. I am packing a lunch and snacks of veggies, a chicken sandwich, fruit, and some almond butter with celery. I ate my eggs and a banana in the car on the way to the party, and earlier I drank a Spark and had some grapes. It really does feel like you eat a lot on this program. I haven’t had many hunger pains/cravings.

When we got the party I noticed right away it was catered by Buona Beef. I decided to live a little and eat with everyone else, and save my packed food for later. (Right after I talked about being good, I know. It’s hard!) Buona means “good”.

I had some Italian beef with hot peppers (no bread), a few gnocchi, and a salad with very little dressing. I was able to skip the sweets, and pop, saying no to cupcakes and cake. I still feel bad for eating red meat instead of my lean proteins and wheat bread, but my mom only retires once so I might as well live a little. (I know, I need to stop saying that!). Pretty soon I’ll be stopping at McDonald’s and making up excuses as to why I could eat it. It just seems like things keep coming up where I am tempted beyond control. I plan on being good from this point forward. No more funny business.

Despite cheating on pizza, popcorn, and the Italian beef, I really think I did to a good job of limiting my portion size. This has been a problem in the past so the taste of these foods was welcomed, and I was able to skip away without getting seconds and thirds and fourths. I’d really regret getting to the end of this 24 days and not lose any weight because I blew it.

Since we had to travel so much for the party, and then attend a doctor’s appointment for Brooke, I can’t work out today. I’m a little disappointed, but the rest of my week is clear and I plan on getting a workout in Tues-Wed-Thurs-Fri. That should help get back on track.

Tonight we are doing leftovers for dinner, and I will probably have some of the leftover Asian turkey lettuce wraps. To be continued…..

Edit @ 5pm. Well an old friend came in from out of town, and we had to meet up for an early dinner. We went to a Chinese food buffet and destroyed the place. Just kidding! I’ll add more later today when I have more to share….

Ate the leftovers for dinner as planned. Took C-Rose for a walk with the dogs, and then played with her for about an hour worth of activity. Sumpin bettahden nuttin.

Fell asleep early tonight…