Day 166 & 167: I’ve Been Married for a Year, Book Review and Calorie Change-Up

So yesterday’s post was just filled with eeks because I’m off my blogging game! (eek!) haha Anyway, I forgot to measure (again) but am going to try to do it tomorrow morning. I will say that I weighed 116 today (eek!) which means that my ramen + pizza-packed weekend with no cardio + TOM is ‘weighing’ on me. Oh well – I was able to squeeze out 5 miles yesterday after work and since Austin knew I wasn’t feeling well we didn’t go out to eat and instead ate spiced yogurt chicken at home. Love him. I realize this probably wasn’t the way you’re “supposed” to spend your first anniversary but you know what I got to thinking, we enjoyed ourselves, we have many more to come and we’re going to try to do a nice dinner Friday. That’s how we roll when our anniversary falls on a Monday during house hunting hell! Haha So on Monday I ended up at 1,782 calories, 239 carbs and 47 fat grams – high…. Again! That’s like every day this month! (although this day had 548 calories of crap snacks… man they add up). Here’s what I ate.

So I forgot to tell you – I finished A Body to Die For – SO good. I just love those Kate White books. I describe them as cute murder mysteries. I love the main character and this one, to me, had lots of twists and turns making it super fun to follow her as she tried to figure out whodoneit. Props, props! Tomorrow I’m going to start Meg Cabot’s How to be Popular. Her books make me smile. My mom actually just finished reading Meg’s Avalon High that I read last month and she liked it too, such a cute fun read! Anyway – great book peeps!

So today I had a ‘working lunch’ – BOO. I didn’t get to eat my sweet & sour chicken yesterday but I decided to eat it during the lunch instead of rising roll chicken salad – good decision. However, I ate the mini snickers, andes mint AND chocolate chip cookie that came with the Rising Roll. Dang! Which one of you stole my willpower? Top that with a snack this morning, a snack this afternoon, greek feta chicken for dinner and a sweet treat after that and I ended up with 1,641 calories, 240 carbs and 35 fat grams. I DID go with Stacy after work and walk for 4 miles. And you should know executive decision: I’ve decided to up my calories. In all honesty – I’ve been at 1,250 – 1,550 calories since I started. And I’ve typically been at the high end (1,450 – 1,550). I’ve decided to make my limit 1,450 to 1,700 IF I do cardio. If I don’t do cardio, I’ll stay between 1,250 to 1,550. What do you think? Smart? Or am I getting lazy? Seriously – I won’t be offended! :) Anyway, here’s what I ate today. Help me find my willpower! Did stress take it? Or lack of sleep? Or TOM or all 3? Frown. Off to watch Secret Life of an American Teenager on Tivo...