Anyway, since I have been trying to watch my weight, I googled best options at the movie theatre. I found out that popcorn with little or no butter, hot dogs, and junior mints were my healthiest choices. So I ordered a small popcorn, no extra butter, (although it already had butter popped in, and salt) and a bottled water. I had a chicken salad whole wheat pita with roasted potatoes a few hours before, so I thought I could make it.
Boy was I wrong. There is something about popcorn that you cannot eat it slowly. It is a constant hand to mouth motion where I forget what is going into my mouth. I dont even taste the popcorn. I just eat, eat, eat it. So needless to say, the popcorn didnt even make it to the previews, and I was back up at the snack bar ordering more food. My first mistake, eating so quickly, not savoring the taste. My second, tasting one of my nephews fries, my third, dipping the fry into my brothers nacho cheese. So I found myself ordering chili-cheese-fries (a small) and missing the previews (oddly my favorite part of movies) and the first few minutes of the film.
I was weak, I felt guilty, and I woke up with heart burn.
I am nervous about tomorrow because it is my favorite meal of the year. I am going to let myself enjoy the ham, potato salad, deviled eggs, and baked beans... in smaller portions. I am going to skip the bread since I will be eating so much mayonnaise in the previous dishes. And I am excited because my grandmother is making Cherries in the Snow for dessert. It is angel food cake (low fat), whipped cream (fat free), cherry jello (low calorie), and cherry pie filling (I will pick around that). But I know that this meal that I usually gorge myself on will mean extra workout time for me.
Because it is not in our budget right now, I am not a member of the gym. But I have been walking my dogs around the neighborhood and doing my biggest loser powersculpt workout video, some exercises from the cards that I got out of my self magazine, and using this gold's gym work out kit I bought on clearance at Walmart. It has resistance bands, a balance board and these little sliding disk things. I also need to break out my Tracey Anderson videos that I bought a few months ago. Her high intense yoga-palates kicks your booty!
Anyhow, I have decided that I will weigh-in every weekend and Wednesday partially because I am too impatient to only do it once a week. I dont have a scale yet, so when I get back from my grandmother's I will log-in, edit this post and post my weight.
This morning, I did the power scuplt video.
Then I ate my snack= peanut butter (did you know JIF has 30 less calories than PeterPan), caramel rice cake, and a half of a banana. Total calories = 280.
I will close with four positive affirmations from an article called, "Honk if you're happy," from this month's Self magazine.
"If at first you don't succeed, redefine success."
"I'm not perfect, but parts of me are fantastic."
"The truth shall set you free, but first it will piss you off."
"I don't want buns of steel. I want buns of cinnamon."
MmmmMmmm, cinnamon buns. I need to find a healthy version of those!
8:40 pm update.
Weekend weigh in = 166 pounds! I lost five pounds since Wendesday. It's probably all water weight but I don't care I am celebrating.
And I did celebrate by doing an hour workout with my sister, Kacie, and Tracy Anderson. She kicked our booties! Her body is amazing. Her style is dance/palates/yoga ish. And she is hardcore! She is an inspiration!
