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Seized the day from two potential mishaps and ended up with a PERFECT score!!
First off, thanks for your lovely welcome back messages, the sweet compliments re my picture, and generally, for being so consistently here for me!!! You guys are the only reason I've lasted 7 months on this health path (detours notwithstanding, of course!!). I feel the love... I need the love..... I thrive on this love!!! Keep it comin'! :)
I attempted to start my day off right with breakfast (fiber one cereal) and two bottles of water and lunch+ snack to go. I had planned on keeping myself hydrated through the day.
There were two potential temptations/landmines, one at lunch, when I went to get coffee (late, around 2.30 pm), and saw the pizza looking so hot and yummy; the breadsticks and calzones looked inviting too...but maybe coz I didn't have enough cash on me, or maybe coz I was stronger in my resolve, I by-passed them, got my ocffee, and returned back to my office to eat the home-made 0-carb shirotaki noodles with pesto, veggies, and almonds---very healthy and VERY satisfying. I also had a banana and later a plum.
On my way home, I had to go for an oil-change, and the car-shop happened to be right across from my fav chinese restaurant (from which I've been getting dinner the last two nights--and this highly addictive habit 6 months ago had caused a sizeable weight gain!). So, I reminded myself of that, also reminded myself of how gross and full I'd felt after eating that food the last two days, and also, how addictive and slowly-creeping-back this habit could be (that's carbs for ya!). So, I dodged that bullet. Instead, came home and worked out for 45 mins and burned more calories than usual (475K), and though I wasn't sweating much, I did wear a heart rate monitor and made sure my heart rate was at least closer to 120-125 bpm (ideally, 145 is my target heart rate where I'm sweating bullets!).
Thereafter, I made a healthy dinner of eggwhite omelette with veggies, and heated up some of the pre-made meatless stuffers to go with my lettuce as lettuce wraps. It was great and filling! I've had 2.5 liters of water so far.
Here're the pts:
fiber one cereal and soy milk (3)
coffee with cream (1)
1 banana (2)
1 plum (1)
Protein supplement with soy milk (2)
Egg white omelette: egg white (1), ff cream cheese and a little bit of goat cheese (1), almonds (1), basil, sundried tomato, spinach, red bell pepper
Lettuce wraps: Meatless stuffers (2), veggies, almonds, cayenne pepper, garlic, scallion etc.
Total: 14 pts (I know it's low, but that should balance out for the last few days' super-high pts!! Also, don't worry, I'll be sure to kick it up to 22 pts tomorrow).
Workout: 45 mns elliptical; 475K
Water: 2.5 L
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