The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Food Logs

Alright, here it is. In all it's ugliness..... the truth about how hard it is to stick to eating well when going out for celebrations!

I hate to have to post that I totally failed the last 2 days, especially after I just said in my last post that by putting my eating and exercising logs out there it has been keeping me on track because I don't want to have to post embarrassing details about eating bad and not exercising. But as one of the lovely ladies that I hung out with last night pointed out, by posting the bad, it makes this more realistic and shows that I am human and am going to make mistakes, and so are you! It's just about learning from it and how to make better decisions. So here it is.... the last 2 days.....

Friday was a co-workers 30th birthday party at a restaurant. So I went straight from work to the restaurant, which meant eating dinner there. And then having drinks. And this really shows how many calories are in alcoholic drinks! When going out to a restaurant for food & drinks, you should choose which one to spend the calories on. Not splurge on both. Lesson learned!

Friday, Feb. 7th Food Log

Let's talk about these cookies..... I was dying for dessert when we were at the restaurant. I didn't do it. BRAVO! When leaving the restaurant I wanted to walk over to Jeni's ice cream, my favorite ice cream ever, but my will-power was in full swing after already eating and drinking so poorly (and so was the negative degree windchill!) so I avoided it. BRAVO! And then I got home..... and there were peanut butter cookies w/ peanut butter chips that I had made for the kids' lunches and that I had avoided all week! And I did not avoid them this time. FAIL!

Not only did I eat terribly, but I also did not workout on Friday. I had planned on working out on my lunch break since I knew I couldn't after work, but then there was a 2 hr delay for the kids' school and I didn't go to work until 11:30, so I wasn't able to take more time out for the gym. I should have eaten fewer calories since I didn't get to the gym, but obviously I made poor decisions!

So on to the next day......

Another 30th birthday celebration. This time for one of my fabulous neighbors! Another night of eating out, followed by a late night playing cards.

Saturday, Feb. 8th Food Log

(I realize that it should be "not too shabby" instead of "not to shabby" but it's too much effort to go back and edit the picture :)  )

As you can tell I tried to do well during the day since I knew the night was going to be difficult. I even got up and went to the gym! I feel like I made good choices at dinner. I could have done without the chips and salsa, but it literally took about 1 1/2 hours to get our food from the time we got there, so I needed something to tide me over! I even made a wise drink choice, and kept it to only 1.

Then it all went to crap at the after party! Let me start by saying I did very well because I didn't eat a piece of birthday cake! (high five!) And I brought healthy cookies to eat instead. But instead of just sticking to that, I munched on some chocolate twisty grahams with an orange dream cream cheese ball dip. YIKES! And then topped that off with 3 glasses of wine. Now, mind you, that was over a span of 2 1/2 hours, but that is what happens when you stay up late, you have more hours in your day to eat!

Now, let's get away from the negative and focus on the positive. I did get up Saturday morning and go to the gym!

Saturday, Feb. 8th Exercise Log

I did about 3.5 miles on the elliptical. I think it was only a little over 300 calories burned, but then I did a circuit with my fabulous neighbor that included more cardio that I couldn't track on MyFitnessPal.

She kicked my butt with the circuit and it was tough. But I learned something new and can't wait to do it again!

12 Bent-over barbell rows, 12 incline push ups on bar, 12 each side step up arm press w/ dumbbell, 12 Kettlebell swing tosses w/ squat, 30 second alternating arm waves w/ rope. 3x Hand over hand rope pull. Ab Twist w/ 8lb medicine ball.  Ran through this twice.

So now on to a new day..... Need to do a serious cleanse today and tomorrow after the food and drinks. Moving forward!!

Here's the recipe for my favorite pre-workout snack. I usually make mine into granola bars, but last night I made them into small cookies as my sweet instead of cake. Happy Trails Adventure Cookies Enjoy!