keeping momentum

I had an amazing week of healthy eating, loving my veggies, kicking out in the workout arena. And, then got sabotaged by a family trip to Cape Cod, always filled with eating and cocktails. We weren't 5 minutes into the trip before we had to stop at Dunkin Donuts for breakfast! Luckily, I was prepared. I had 1/2 a banana and a handful of dry cereal before leaving the house and I was armed with 2 bottles of water!! Then, 1/2 way thru the drive, we pull into McDonalds! Ugh...how am I gonna make it thru this one?? The place actually had side vendor with Chicken Fajita quesidilla, they were made in george forman type grills, not too fatty. I ate half and shared the rest. And found the best bag of trail mix with soy nuts and dried blueberries, cranberries, raisins, all sorts of seeds. Yum, filling and uber healthy :) Then we arrive.... staggered arrivals, so we "have to order apps while we wait for everyone." And, they litterally ordered 6-7 apps. I had a small bite of most and went back for a little more shrimp cake. But, SMALL bites, minimal dips. And, I stayed away from the spinach dip, it just looked full of fat, so why waste the calories. Then they had a reallly delicious vegetarian dish. Cous Cous with roasted veggies, it was in this amazing sauce, didn't even miss the meat. Oh cours I toop a piece of steak tip from my aunt, but I didn't finish mine. :) Oh and a bit of tomato soup, but didn't like it, so didn't waste the calories. I couldn't, I had to save them for the "french silk panties martini" and the 6 glasses of wine that were about to follow. That's like 900 calories just in cocktails (But, very little fat :)) And, it's nap time, because we have to get up at 6am and head to the cape for Gram's 1 year memorial mass. Not the optimum sleep for healthy living, but family reunion weekends have different rules. So, of course, by 6:30, we are back at Dunkin Donuts for breakfast. I couldn't do it. I got green tea for sugar, black coffee and water for hydration. After the mass, it's off to a restaurant. And, oh my god....it was the best breakfast place ever. All bets were off, I was no longer calorie counting. seriously, this is probably my only time I will eat at this restaurant, now is no time to be ordering by your diet conscience. They had a crepe menu, an omelet menu, a panckake menu, they even had and entire benedict's menu. So, I got the Portugese benedict with sauteed chorizo and onion..amazing home fries, beans...yum, yum, yum...and I went to other plates to see what they had. But, I gave away 2/3 of my meal. So...coulda been worse and I felt like I had abandoned all dieting and turned glutton - Guilt Free!!! So, a few hours later, we were back at mcdonalds. unfortunately nursing a hangover AND still kinda in glutton mode, I got a McFlurry!! Yum fake ice cream and m&m's. All thoughts of health out the window, replaced with cheat food! When we got home, I ran to my sisters play with my niece and nephew. I hapily finished her fried chicken (truly ony a few bites), Then dug into some Ablondigas. Her mother in law is a fabulous cook from Spain...I really had no choice..lol. But, now that I go back and look. I have fallen into a practice of cutting portions, so every time I ate, I found a way to make it smaller. And, my calorie count wasn't that awful...so a few of those every once in a while....who cares. In fact, ENJOY!! Let's hope my jeans agree :) And, that I hit the veggies tomorrow.

Truth be told, it's tomorrow as I'm writing this. And, I haven't been able to get a full glass of water down. A little behind on that. I had cup of coffee, a decent fiber cereal called oatmeal squares and a banana. I've had bites of ice cream as passing the fridge. about 1.5 servings so far!!! Don't know if I am someone who can have ice cream in her fridge. for lunch I roasted some veggies with a small amount of new potato. Then I made a stir fry of white beans, chick peas, chicken, spinach and onion. No exercise so far, hoping to do weights during Monday Night CBS line up.