Well apparently the calories that you drink, not only add up while your are drinking them, but they knock out exercise on the following day. oops! And, possibly your memory, I'm having a hard time remembering what Friday's food was.


Friday food and Exercise:

Eating in Real life: So Saturday was a test of how to eat in real life. I got a call at 9:30, that there was an extra ticket to the Villanova game and they were meeting at 11. So, I jumped outta bed and ran to Penn's Landing. Ok...for anyone who knows me, this is obviously not true. I do NOT run. But, in this case, time was a major issue, so I did run the first 1/4 mile then power walked. 15 minutes to the stairs, 25 minutes on the stairs and 20 minutes home. Here is the part where I should have added 15 minutes of stretching, but settled for 5. I am currently paying the price in my hip flexors for skipping that stretch and walkin a little funny around the house right now. But, I did get the hour of cardio in!!! Quick shower and off to the game. Where of course it is open bar and there is no food!!! Really!?!? Let me tell you having to right this down is a real eye opener. Luckily the open bar also had bottles of water. So, after my 2nd Mich Ultra, I realized we were going to have to find food. The best option was the Chicken Quesidillas. Lots of tomato and little quac sauce. I would have eaten a vat of quacamole. But, this was a funny shade of green and obviously half sour cream. My bet is that it was sour cream and some kinda of green powdery avacado flavored dip mixed in. So, I split the quesedilla, giving me just enough calories to tide me over. They ordered lots of Nachos, and the chicken was piled on the side, so my few bites throughout the game were mostly chicken with a dab of the goodies like cheese wiz and weird green sauce. Then time to run from there to a Rack and Roll Show at Bensalem Country Club. I grabbed a handful of soybeans for the ride to the show to keep some sort of calories coming in.

Luckily when I got there, they had a big crudite display and lots of fruits. I had 2 bites of cheese since there were plenty of free calories left, and 2 Big plates of fresh veggies and fruit. It's amazing. A year ago, I would have seen that as deprivation. Now that I have changed my eating habits, I really taste the different veggies and even crave them. Not to mention that I could live on the pineapples and oranges they had. Now...looking back on my caloric intake for the day, I had NO problem with the two mini beef wellingtons I ate when the servers came around. I did however stay away from the super buttery filo concoctions like deep fried roll of something and deep fried mystery ball. They all taste about the same, have no nutritional value and I really don't enjoy them as much as a fresh red pepper. Plus, let's face it...Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels :) I do wish I had a few more whole grains though. It's ok, no day is perfect and there's always tomorrow.


Saturday food and exercise:
3 glasses of white wine
4 Mich Ultras
1/4 chicken quessadilla
a few bites of chicken nacho
roasted soy beans
plates of fresh veggies and fruit
2 pieces of cheese
3 fried bite size appetizers: 2 beef wellington, 1 spanikopita

Definately NOT enough food. I have to be careful not to slow down my metabolism. At least, I was continuing to have bites every hour or so. And, not to be gross, but oprah and Dr. Oz made this socially acceptable, so here goes. As long as I'm still regular in the morning, I feel like the old metabolism is still kicking properly. Wow...I really have gotten used to posting all this diet stuff if I'm gonna go there. I hope it really is motivating someone and keeping someone else on track when they want to just let go. It really is a big change to commit to a healthy lifestyle and make the right choices for our bodies every day.