Bad Exercise and Food Day

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In the interest of being completely honest and being accountable, I must admit that I had a very bad day yesterday. I was only too happy to cut my workout in half when husband called and said he was off work early. I was also only too happy to go to Golden Corral when he suggested it. It is really stupid to go to an all you can eat resturant post weight loss surgery. I know this, husband knows this, but sometimes you want a variety and you want it cheap. In my favor is the fact that I still can't really chew so my options were very limited. I also went in with open eyes and a plan to try to eat as healthy as possible. I only partially succeeded. I also was acutely aware just how many of my fellow diners were overweight. I mean it was at least 3/4ths of the other people there! That right there was certainly an indication that it was no place that we should be eating! But I am back on tract today. The biggest lesson I have learned to be successful with ANY type of change is to not let a set back defeat your progress. Everyone falls off of the cart occasionally but the trick is to not let the cart run over you and then drag you down the hill behind it. You fall off, get back on forgive yourself for being human and start anew. Usually, one lapse isn't enough to undo your progress. But it is very easy to say, "Well I've already blown it so I might as well....order that pizza, go buy a carton of cigs, skip my run this morning, etc. I can always start again, tomorrow, Monday, next week, after the Holidays, etc." I choose to accept that I had a bad day and packed my protein and energy drinks for today in my work bag last night so I would have NO EXCUSES not to get right back on track today. I think the longer you allow a lapse to continue, the harder it is to get back into the routines and healthy habits you were trying to establish.
I remember reading that it takes the average person 90 days to establish a new habit or routine. The same goes for undoing old habits and routines. When you think about it, that isn't really very long and like one traveling nurse told me once, "It's only 3 months and if you look at it that way, it doesn't seem that long at all." Of course she was talking about getting horrible travel assignments and I am talking about establishing a healthier habit or routine (something that you actually WANT to do that you know will benefit you and help you in the long run). Below are my scary stats for yesterday from the livestrong iphone app.

Food Item Servings Cals Fat Cholest Sodium Carbs Sugars Fiber Protein
Starbucks Apple Fritter
breakfast 1.00 480 22g 0mg 290mg 64g 48g 0g 10g x
^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1 fritter

Mt. Dew Amp Sugar Free
morning snack 2.00 20 0g 0mg 300mg 0g 0g 0g 0g x
^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 16 oz (1 can)

Cape Cod Clam Chowder
lunch 1.00 300 19g 95mg 860mg 17g 5g 0g 16g x
^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1

Culinary Circle Creamed Spinach
dinner 1.00 180 18g 50mg 370mg 5g 0g 1g 2g x
^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1/3 the container (94g)

Seafood Salad
dinner 1.00 310 12g 0mg 0mg 23g 0g 0g 25g x
^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 3/4 cup

Deli Express Cherry Danish
midnight snack 1.00 440 20g 10mg 430mg 59g 31g 1g 6g x
^ Servings consumed: Serving size: 1 Danish (113g/4.0 oz.)

Starbucks Tazo Chai Iced Tea Latte W/ Nonfat Milk 1.00 150 0g 5mg 70mg 33g 31g 0g 5g
Servings consumed: Serving size: 12 fl. oz.




Fitness Minutes Calories Burned
treadmill 30.0 -171.0