Well...here I am...
...today was a case of failing to plan, but I think I did okay.
I've been trying to get to work quite earlier for the past few months. It's a quieter (more quiet?) time of day and the parking is MUCH better. If someone had told me six months ago that I'd want to get up at 4:30 am, I'd have told them they were crazy. Now...I'm the crazy one!
And...I didn't make it today. I slept until 5:05 and then felt rushed to get out the door. I didn't make up the time, so I arrived later than usual - still early but not early enough. I did take the time to make my breakfast, 4 ounces of brisket with a very high fiber tortilla - 12 grams!
That worked fine until lunch. There was no combination in the cafeteria that I could make work. Wait - let me take that back; there was a salad bar, but for some reason I couldn't deal with salad today. There was a bean and bacon soup, so I had that instead.
That worked fine until mid-afternoon when I got hungry. There's a vending machine, but I haven't bought anything from a vending machine in YEARS and I wasn't going to start today. The secretary had some trail mix-y/popcorn-y stuff, so I grabbed a handful of that...then I grabbed another.
On the way home, hubster called to tell me that he was going to be working late - like 9 pm late, so that alters dinner - though I didn't have any particular plan for dinner. After talking to hubster, I realized I had to stop and get gas because I forgot to fill up over the weekend...rather, hubster forgot to fill up my car!
Anyway, I stop to get the gas and go in to get something to drink. They have prepared food there. They had hotdogs, so I thought I'd just get a plain ol' hotdog and be done with it. I ate the hotdog on the way home.
When I pull up in the driveway, the front door is WIDE OPEN. WTH? I have folks in the house for the remodel, but I left specific instructions to not EVER leave the door open because I didn't want Maggie the Cat to get out. I was pissed and walked in fussing. I think the poor guy is still scared. However, I'm confident that he will not be leaving the front door open any more.
I putter around the house and then decide to eat the leftover slow cooked pork I made last week. After eating the pork, I decided to check the nutritional information for that stupid hotdog. According to the company's website, that stupid hotdog was 770 calories.
Now, I'm not much of a calorie counter, but holey pajoley. I would have estimated about 400 calories - I was off by HALF!! To top it off - the sodium content was almost 2000 mg!!!
So - this day was a bust on a bunch of levels. I was really only conscious about what I was doing for the first half of the day...okay, okay...only for breakfast. I should have had a more substantial lunch to stave off the munchies in the afternoon or else I should have had something suitable at work to munch on later.
There was a part of me saying that the day was still less than 100 g carb, so it's okay. That might be so, but they were shitty carbs with little to no nutritional value. Yup - that bs justification floating around in the wings.
I know better. So why don't I do better!?!?! That's the $64,000 dollar question.
I will have the brisket/tortilla thingie again and then I'll take some brisket for lunch and get a small salad from the salad bar. I'll also take some almonds with me for the afternoon.
Call me Scarlet...tomorrow is another day!
Onward!
You will do better and better each day, so long as you take the lesson from each day, like you did today.
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Sometimes we need to have a day where we kinda have a baby failure to remind us of our goals and to keep our focus!!!! You got your reminder and you have figured out a plan for the future.....VICTORY!
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