Weekend

Yesterday (Saturday) I felt sooo good about myself. I had hit 222lbs on the scale. I put on some clothes and felt good about how they fit. I was feeling great about the weight loss.

Then the rest of the day unfolded.

I had my normal one egg and Yogurt for breakfast. We left the house around 10:30am to go shopping for a patio set.

We went everywhere comparing prices. By 2pm we were still out, and needed lunch. I had a salad with chicken and balsamic dressing. The thing is, I don't know how many hidden calories where in this salad. I felt satisfied after eating it - which tells me that there were probably more calories then I suspected.

For dinner we had company. We got home at 5pm and did a whirl wind clean of the house. Vacuumed, bathroom, swept, mopped the kitchen floor. Within half an hour we got the house looking "decent". Then our guests arrived. They were brining burgers. To make sure I didn't get tempted by high fat burgers I bought a skew of chicken to BBQ. I had the chicken. Again more calories in the BBQ sauce. As I didn't want to get into chips and temptations while people where watching the game, I bought a veggie tray and a fruit tray with dips. So I stuck to them - but again hidden calories in those dips that I didn't resist.

Now I'm paying the price. I stood on the scale this morning and its 223. One whole pound. It takes me 3 days to loose a pound and less than 24 hours to gain it. A lesson learned about eating again. Don't have the sauce, don't have the dressing and don't have the dips!!!! That gets me in the end, and undoes all the hard work.

Yesterday morning when I stepped on the scales I was proud of myself.
Today when I stepped on the scales and saw 223lbs, I was ashamed of my lack of control. I know better. I know the hidden calories in sauces and dressings. Usually they are "hundreds" of calories. I was feeling good about avoiding the chips when I read that 20 chips has 270 calories - but what were the calories in the dips and BBQ sauce on my chicken??? What were the calories in the balsamic salad dressing at lunch???

They all add up.

Namaste.
B.