Day 6: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Today's workout:
*REST DAY
(I may take my dog for a walk to get some activity, but we'll see...)

The Good:
I got chicken hibachi and veggies for lunch. It came with rice but I got double veggies instead. The combo. came in a teriyaki sauce, which I requested on the side, but the restaurant could not oblige. I should have gone back through the menu and ordered sashimi or something, but at the time I didn't think about it. During lunch I was offered sweet potato fries, and while sweet potatoes are somewhat "paleo", fries fried in some sort of vegetable oil really don't cut it. I had 1 fry. It tasted like a funnel cake. Normally I would have kept going back for more, but I was good and ate my lunch and nothing else.

At dinner, I got my Sangria Swirl (The Bad?), but I had NO CHIPS, QUESO, OR TORTILLAS! Woo hoo! That is an achievement in itself if you ask me. Instead, I ate my salsa with a spoon like a weirdo, but it was still good. I got the steak/chicken combo. fajitas, and opted for veggies instead of rice and beans. I also asked them to not bring out the sour cream, cheese, and tortillas, and they didn't. It was a highly successful meal.

The Bad:
My best friend Lauren and I went out to Friday's (my current hangout) after dinner, and all 3 of our favorite bartenders were working! I got the usual tequila and club soda with a lime and she got her cranberry vodka. Well, then I had another. And then one of the bartenders left, and Cody, the bartender with an extremely heavy hand, made me a 3rd. I couldn't finish it because I was feeling pretty good at that point.

The Ugly (ugh, I hate this part, but I'm just trying to be totally honest with myself... heck, no one reads this anyway):
When I got home from Friday's, naturally I wanted to eat down the house. This is my first set back with trying to get fit, and reflecting on what I ate last night makes me sad/sick to my stomach. I should have known better when we went to Friday's and not drank as much because I always want to eat after I drink. So, now that I've put off the dreaded part of this post for long enough, this is what I ate when I got home: the rest of the fajitas (okay, not bad), 1/2 banana (could have been worse), 2 boxes of raisins (why 2? There's 90 cal. and 20 g. sugar right there!), coconut muffin with lots of jam (we had this discussion last night about that stupid jam), 1/3 bag blueberry muffin mix, in a mug microwaved with water (Wow...), and 5 T. sugar cookie mix, mixed w/ blueberry muffin batter mug mixture blah blah (SERIOUSLY?!). Okay, that list right there is FOUR lines long! That's the "auto pilot" I go into when I start eating crappy food. To stop myself from consuming the whole bags of mixes, I poured them down the drain and/or dumped them in the trash. While consuming them, my thoughts were how delicious they were but also how the blueberries were not even blueberries at all! Sneaky sneaky. I hate giving into silly/stupid cravings like that. It wasn't even worth it. It never is.

And here we are now. This morning, my stomach had a lot to say about what I consumed last night, and now I feel like crap. I was already starting to get that scratchy throat feeling last night, but that combined with eating what I did last night has left me feeling less than lovely. My goal today is to get some things on my To Do list done and then go to a comedy club with some girlfriends this evening. At this point, I plan on being the DD because I just don't feel like drinking. My body is probably getting sick. Bleh.

Today's Planned Meals:
Honestly, I have nothing planned for today. This has the potential of being very bad too, because not planning ahead for me usually means big slip ups. I hope today is different.

Oh yeah, it should be different because TODAY IS THE 1ST DAY I CAN USE THE FOOD JOURNAL MY NEW ROOMIE ALI MADE FOR ME!!! She made one for me, Lauren, Ali's sister Molly, and our friend Shellie. She was sooo thoughtful in how she made them, as she cut out inspirational quotes and pictures from fitness magazines and put them in each one of our journals. She made them from now until the end of the calendar year and then put a "2013 Goals" page at the end. I am thrilled, and knowing it came from someone else's kind heart really makes me want to keep up with it.

That's all for today. Thanks for reading. Until tomorrow.