Well, we made it to Indy and I have had such a rough eating night that I wanted to make sure to post. First things first, we made it here no problem. Cold, but no bad weather. Now for the eating stuff.
I skipped breakfast due to going so many places this morning. At around noon me and Crystal went to a mexican restaurant. I was tempted by fajitas, chimis and burritos. I ate a mound of lettuce, 4 bell pepper slices, a handfull of chicken breast pieces, 1 slice of tomato and a pinch of cheese instead. They call it a fiesta salad, I call it scraps of what would partially make a salad. I didn't have dressing and opted for the salsa on top instead. Total calories I am positive were less than 400. I was satisfied after I ate it though. Don't get me wrong, old Mike was pissing and moaning about it, but it really was enough. By 3pm I was hungry again. Mainly due to all the running around different places and packing we were doing. We went thru McD's to get Austin a happy meal for the trip up here and get Chloe a couple plain grilled chicken snack wraps (only 210 calories each). I got me a couple of the grilled chicken wraps too. So far, so good. Total calories at this point still only totalled about 800.
At 3:40 we hit the freeway in London, KY and headed north. Not long after my eating headed south.
By Lexington an 80 calorie fruit snack pack was consumed. By Louisville I had ate a 70 calorie beef stick. By Bloomington, IN a 90 calorie granola bar bit the dust. At 8pm in a quaint hotel room on the southwest side of Indianapolis, I violated a bag of food from Culver's totaling 1030 calories (thanks to myfitnesspal.com's calorie lookup info for that grim reality check). What was in that 1030 calories? 1/3 of my fries, 1/3 of Crystals onion rings, 1/3 of an order of fried cheese, 1/2 of Chloe's burger and 2 spicy fried chicken tenders. But I drank a diet soda...and didn't have any frozen custard. Obviously, I passed on driving 3 miles past the hotel to get to Subway and opted for the restaurant in front of the hotel instead. Stupid is as stupid does (yes, I say that a lot...but only when I do stupid things). I hate how I feel right now. I feel embarrassed, ashamed, mad, depressed and generally like crap. The fat and carbs in my body have already got me feeling sluggish and feeling blah.
But I have to snap out of it. This is when a person on a diet would fall off the wagon and binge eat the rest of the weekend, swearing they would start back on Monday. I'm not on a diet. I have simply changed my lifestyle. This was one bad meal...granted a REALLY BAD MEAL, but still just one bad meal. The one saving grace is that for the entire day I did miraculously stay under my daily calorie limit. I consumed just under 2100 calories for the whole day. I won't let tonight get me down for long. Tomorrow is a new day with a new set of choices to make. Hopefully, tonights crappy choice of food and subsequent mood will steer me to the right food the rest of the trip. I will also be there to help Chloe do the same.
Not sure if I will be online tomorrow since we will be enjoying "home" and visiting family. You can be sure though that I will update again asap. After all, this blog is not only to show others in my situation they're not alone, but is also to keep me accountable to stay on course in my adventure. Take care friends, talk to you soon.
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