Yep, it's been awhile since I have written anything. I've been busy with other things and really has been too late for me to get online lately. On Thursday night, me an Crystal got to go out on a date night as our kids had a sleepover at my mom's house. We browsed some stores around town and had dinner at Applebee's. Now used to, I would have had a big burger and fries or a fried appetizer sampler platter. Of course things are different now. I instead chose one of the under 550 calorie meals, chicken dijon w/portabello mushrooms and steamed veggies. It was really good, even if it was a little difficult for a minute to get used to the small portions compared to the huge plate I used to see in front of me. My motivation got even stronger Thursday morning when I weighed and found myself up another 4 pounds. So just to be clear, that is 8 pounds I gained since last weigh in (as of Thursday). So Thursday was a perfect day.
Friday was a great day. I started the day with watermelon at work for breakfast. Then I met my old buddies that lost their jobs at work for lunch when I got off at noon. We met at an Italian restaurant that has the best strombolis and calzones...and all you can eat breadsticks. I didn't do it! I didn't cheat! I opted for grilled chicken breast with a side salad. I dipped my fork in the side of ranch dressing, so no flooding my salad with fat and I also only drank water. That evening, me and the family went to the relay for life cancer event. We must have walked the small track 30 times. Thankfully I got me a good pair of walking shoes before we went to it, so I was feeling pretty good. I usually don't like eating late, but after getting home at 9:30pm and not eating since about 1, I had to break that rule. I cooked up some lean turkey burgers and had two on high fiber low calorie bread with lettuce and tomato. Then I added 100 calories of chips (not a healthy food, but did measure controlled portion) and some pretzels w/spicy mustard to dip. It was a huge dinner that hit the spot...and was only 800 calories. My total calories for Friday was about 1600. I also found some 100 calorie ice cream sandwiches which are awesome!
Saturday was a lot of walking. Starting the day with a sub from subway and then took mom to get her hair done at 2 and ran errands while she was there. Then we walked the shopping center getting Austin some shoes. After mom got out of her appointment, we drove about 45 minutes to another town west of ours to go to the drive-in theater. We had about 3 hours to waste before the theater gates opened. We walked around a couple stores in a shopping strip and then around a small indoor mall. An early dinner came at Wendy's. I chose, along with my daughter, the grilled chicken sandwich and side salad w/light ranch. That was about 400 calories. So far up until the movie started, I had consumed about 1200 calories. Then the movie started and so did my bad habits from the past. I ate an entire medium popcorn (no buttery oil on it though), handfull of veggie wheat thins, small pack of fruit gummy snacks, 5 fried cheese sticks, 3 chicken nuggets and ranch dressing to dip them in. I know, epic fail. I felt like crap after both movies ended. We went to the local walmart by the theater after the movies, about 2 am. We walked around for about an hour there, so I felt a little better by the time we headed on the 45 minute drive home at 3am. After dropping off mom, we got home at 4am and quickly went to bed. Total calories for the day, approximately 3400.
So here we are at today. Slept til noon. Straightened up the kitchen and put together a marinade for my chicken I'm grilling (hopefully) tonight. We planned on trip to the beach at the lake but storms hit before we were able to. If the rain doesn't leave, I'm just going to bake the chicken. The marinade I experimented with is: lime juice, little cider vinegar, extra virgin olive oil, soy sauce, minced garlic, thyme, cayenne pepper, paprika, curry, dijon mustard, pepper and a pinch of salt. I'll post how it tastes tonight or tomorrow. The only thing at this point I've ate today has been low sugar/high fiber oatmeal and a 100 calorie ice cream sandwich (told you they were awesome). So 270 calories as of 5:20pm. I'm not hungry either. I think my body knows how stupid I ate last night and is still processing all that crap. About 6 or 7 I'm going to make the chicken with some veggies and brown rice. That way I can be done eating well before bed time.
One last thing. I had mentioned I was at 383 pounds on Thursday. Thankfully, I weighed today and am at 372 pounds. The crap I ate last weekend is finally out of my system I guess. Now I just need to hurry and get rid of the crap I ate last night.
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