southern_midwife's Journal

Not a great day
Oct 15 2008 20:52

I didn't do so good today on eating or exercise. I set my alarm for 6:30 so that I could have time to get up and walk before I left for seeing an out-of-town client. But I gave into the temptation to sleep "just a little bit longer". As a result I didn't have time to walk this morning. I reasoned that I could walk in the afternoon or even go to the Y if I wanted to later on. But that's not what happened. 

I got back from my trip early enough to walk or go to the Y. But then my apprentice and I worked on paperwork for several hours in the office. All I could think about was buying fabric to make new pillows for my newly painted office. I completely forgot about my promise to myself to exercise. So as soon as my apprentice left, I headed out to the fabric store. The only good thing about me choosing today to buy fabric was that I got everything I needed on sale. And I think today was the last day of the sale. But I still think I should have made exercise a priority for today and I didn't.

After shopping I didn't have time to walk because my husband and I had a small group meeting from our church to go to. And, it was a pot luck. I did really good on eating all day up to that point. I had about 300 - 400 calories left for my dinner. That seemed like enough because the main course at the pot luck was going to be soup. Everyone else was supposed to bring sides to the soup. So I bought a cheese ball and some water crackers.

It all sounded low calorie enough but the soup had meat balls in it and they were SO good. So I had 4 of them. Well that turned out to be over 400 calories for the meat balls alone. Then I really splurged on the cheese ball and crackers. Plus I felt obligated to eat one slice of french bread that someone brought and a small serving of ceasar salad. I didn't go over my burn meter but I  also don't think I got a deficit for the day.

So no exercise and no calorie deficit for today.  The really bad thing is that I had cravings and muchies more today than usual and I felt moodier than I have been in a long time.I really think it was because I didn't get my exercise.

So tomorrow I MUST get up and walk whether I feel like it or not. I know it's just one day and I didn't blow it real bad. But the thought of falling off the wagon is really scary to me given my history. I have not come this far to fall off now! And today was just a reminder of how easy it is to get lazy and undisclipined. I can't let that happen. I will NOT let that happen!

Beth