I'm back! And I'm frustrated. It would seem that when I am left to my own devices I derail my weight loss train. It's frightening how quickly my body gains weight. Over the years I have messed up metabolism beyond belief. I do have a thyroid disease and my doctor once told me that my metabolism is 20x slower than a normal healthy metabolism. Well let's just say that over the past weekend I proved that fact to be true.
It was Thanksgiving. I did not go off track with the traditional Thanksgiving feast. Rather I went off track enjoying a night in Niagara Falls with my husband. On Thursday morning I stepped on the scale and weighed 163.8 lbs. I made a Poon friendly breakfast and lunch before we headed to the Falls. In Niagara I made some non-Poon choices. I bought a king-size can of Mott's Caesar and a bottle of red wine. For dinner, we went to a buffet. At the buffet I made good choices. I ate mostly from the salad bar and chose a couple of meat items from the hot buffet area, roast beef, salmon, mussels. I was not going to have dessert at all, but alas I could not resist and had very small bites of a couple different items. I'm talking a dime sized bite of a brownie and a quarter sized bite of sticky-toffee pudding. Not Poon-approved, I agree, but a very far cry from how the old Jana would have approached that buffet.
Friday morning we went out for breakfast. I ordered a standard breakfast with sausage and scrambled eggs. I passed the toast and home fries to my husband. I was left feeling hungry but was proud of myself for sticking close to the plan. We crossed the border and went to the Seneca casino because a 50.00 gambling coupon had been included with our hotel stay. Beverages are free at the Seneca casino and I had probably 4 virgin Caesars. The damage? A crushing and devastating 10 lbs!! When I stepped on the scale Friday night I was 173.0 lbs.
I tried to be good the rest of the weekend and the scale dropped several pounds. I would like to say "oh, it's just water retention because of all the sodium in the caesars" but I've made that mistake before.
So I'm back. And I am buckling down phase-1 style for the next 7 days until my next weigh in. It worked for me before, and I am hoping it will work for me again. I do not want a lousy weigh in next week, but most of all I want to keep moving forward. I warned my husband last night that his neurotic, dieting wife is back.
T-7 Days
Weight 166.4
BF% 39.2
W% 44.3
Bflbs 65.2
TBW 73.7
Breakfast- 2 eggs scrambled
Coffee- 3 mugs
Water -1 litre and counting
Lunch- Cucumber slices
Exercise - 20 min bike ride
Dinner- 2 salmon loins, coleslaw, asparagus and tossed salad with goat cheese
My slip up- I am making brownies for my husband. I will not have a brownie once they are cooked, but I sampled the batter and licked the spoon.
The brownies are currently in the oven. The recipe called for water and vegetable oil. I used some left over canned pumpkin instead. I hope they turn out. I could not resist tasting the batter. That man is going to LOVE me when he gets home from my step-kids sporting events.
He sure missed out on a good supper though. I cooked that salmon in the oven in a tin foil packet. I made a sauce out of Walden Farm's calorie-free maple syrup and low-sodium soya sauce. It turned out delicious! So delicious in fact, that I ate much more than I should have. But I am done for the evening. The rest of my day will be water, tea, coffee perhaps.... but no more food. I'm pleasantly stuffed.
Good night all,
Jana
P.S - I sort of blew it. I don't know what got into me but I totally needed to 'binge' late last night. I tried to just stick to tossed salad. I ate a bowl of salad and then went to bed. But I found myself getting out of bed at midnight and needing something sweet. The old Jana would have dived head first into the brownies that I made for my husband. Instead, I made a portion of Carbquick pancakes with calorie free syrup and chocolate sauce. It wasn't the worst thing ever to eat. But none the less, I'm trying to avoid snacking and eating at night. **SIGH**
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