Days 85 - 88: Positively Gluttonous

So… I had the best intentions. I brought my own food. I made my own meals. I went to the gym two days and walked my parents’ 4-mile route on Thanksgiving. I didn’t eat out one meal. But I did:

1. Drink a lot. I went out a few nights and so I ended up with lots of empty beer/vodka calories.
2. Eat M&Ms. No biggie, right? No – I ate M&Ms every day – lots! Handfuls! They were just too good to pass up!
3. Eat too much at Thanksgiving. I just went wild and ate a lot!! I even made a couple of “carb plates” later in the week with just dressing/mashed potatoes/gravy/macaroni.
4. Only weigh twice. It just wasn’t in mind or in my bathroom so I didn’t think about it and I’d eat then be like eek too late!

So let’s see… my first full day there was Wednesday and it was great! I had my usual breakfast sandwich, turkey/roast beef sandwich for lunch and citrus soy salmon for dinner. I also had several snacks as usual: laffy taffy, M&Ms, baked lays, etc. However, I drank a bit so I ended up at 1,851 calories, 51 fat grams and 225 carbs – not awful – only really over in calories and I worked out that day (3 miles at the gym and an upper body circuit) so really it was pretty good! What I ate.

For Thursday… AKA Turkey day…like I mentioned I went pretty wild… before the wildness, I did have a healthy breakfast sandwich and me and Austin walked 4 miles…. My lunch was healthy and I had a few snacks… but my Turkey day dinner was crazy (i.e. 1,253 calories!). I will say – it was so worth it. I even washed it all down with sweet tea – YUM! Because I went out I knocked myself over the 2,000-calorie mark with alcohol so I ended up at 2,473 calories, 45 fat grams and 310 carbs. –WOW. Amazingly low in fat though, huh? Haha What I ate.

So Friday was major chill day – I stayed in all day, didn’t work out and just worked on decorating my living room for the new house. Yes, I’m weird that way – LOVE IT. Anyway. I ate great for breakfast and lunch (breakfast sandwich and buffalo chicken sandwich/butternut squash fries). But for dinner….I made a carb plate…. Then I was still hungry so I ate a lean cuisine… then I ate TONS of M&Ms while I worked on creating my living room. SIGH. I ended up at 1,721 calories, 42 fat grams and 276 carbs so not awful but not great… and I didn’t do any cardio. Blah.  Here’s What I ate. 

Saturday I woke up feeling great and energized! I had cheerios and milk and headed to the gym with Austin! I walked 3 miles and did an awesome leg/abs workout and left the gym feeling great. I got home and made sweet & sour chicken/rice and it was fab. Mom and my sister wanted to head to the gym so us and my sister’s husband Z headed to the shops and hit up Pier One, Target, TJ Maxx and Barnes & Noble. FAB! I found some lamps I wan to buy at Pier One, found two cubes I want to buy at Target, bought some more tablespoons at TJ and LOVED checking out ‘home’ magazines at B&N. Great trip. I had a couple of snacks during our trek (100-calorie packs of gold fish and chips ahoy air crisps). We got home and made shrimp scampi and it was fab! The day was going great… but then I went out and had lots of beer… random… then we got home hungry so we split a lean cuisine pizza and cold cuts- BAD! Haha I ended up at 2,462 calories, 29 fat grams and 299 carbs – eek – MORE than Thanksgiving. Shame. What I Ate.

So – here I am on Sunday like WOW – 4 high days in a row…. And I haven’t done well at weighing – eek! I will say – at the end of the trip – I did have a great time, I didn’t restrict too much but was happy to get in 3 days of working out. Now I’m like hmmm it’s the end of the month, I’m due for a weigh in tomorrow and another measurement day so it should be interesting!! I hope you all had wonderful thanksgivings. I’m heading over to your blogs now to see if anything is posted!