Last night, we were going to go out to dinner. We do that alot since I'm not exactly Rachael Ray. The past few days of this diet, I have been planning my every food related move online before each meal so I know exactly where I stand in relation to my allotted POINTS.
Then my daughter had to go to the doctor. They could get her in right away. So I quick finished up folding the laundry, changed her diaper, changed out of my pajamas (yes, it was five o'clock, but I wear my jams pretty much all day unless I'm leaving the house). I did not have time to log onto Weight Watchers website to figure out my dinner selection.
Doctor's visit over. She has a mild virus that when mixed with her teething has been making her miserable. He said she'll be fine in a couple days.
Now dinner. We weren't exactly going to take her out to a restaurant now that we knew she was sick and not just pushing out new teeth. I called my hubby, who preceded to suggest a list of yummy, but diet disastrous take out restaurants. I consider just cheating on my diet. It's only one night, right? I can apologize to myself tomorrow and jump back on the faithful dieter's bandwagon. Pizza sounded so good. I could almost taste the french fries drenched in cheese, bacon and ranch dressing. I pictured swallowing a delicious gulp of sweet tea. no, No, NO!
I couldn't do it. If I cheated then these past few days of belly growling, non carb indulging, unsweetened tea drinking, vegetable overloading would have been for nothing. I resigned to eating at Chick-fil-a for the third time in the past four days. Their salads are really good and low in points as well. As a compromise, I ordered myself a small french fry serving for 6 POINTS. They were cold by the time I ate them, but I still enjoyed every last salty, potato bite.
Life can't be planned. I should know that by now, but I still try to have things scheduled out. My life can't always wait while I check the Weight Watchers website for my next meal's options. I'm going to have to trust myself to make the right choices when I can't rely on the safety of the program. I can do this, right? If not, there is always Chick-fil-a.
I told my hubby that maybe I should exclusively eating Chick-fil-a salads throughout this diet. Then when I lose all the weight, they can hire me to do for them what Jared did for Subway!
2 comments:
Sorry to hear that you are still having the growls! IDK I don't understand why eating well has to be painful. I just don't think it should be. Can you eat almonds on the point system? I will bring you a huge bag! :)
I got over the belly growls after the first week. I guess my body was just adjusting itself. I can eat almonds, they're 4 POINTS for 23 almonds. That's exactly what I munch on when I'm hungry and it isn't meal time or when I'm afraid that my hunger pangs will wake me up in the middle of the night. funny, you mention almonds. I'm working on a blog of my food must-haves for this diet. almonds are in that list! :)
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