lisabeth82's Journal

Minor setback
Jul 04 2009 11:54

I know I said I probably wouldn't journal for a while but in the future when I look back at yesterday I want to remember what happened so I can prevent it again.  Bottom line, after a very healthy breakfast and lunch I met some friends who decided they wanted to splurge at checkers.  So I ordered a small fry and a small vanilla milkshake.  Let me clarify here that I wasn't hungry at the time so I could have and should have passed on ordering but I kept thinking to myself, "when will I have a chance to do this again...as a special outing with friends?" So I swallowed my sense of decency and made my order.  After walking around for about 20 minutes we decided to hit up a wine bar in the area.  Once again, I put on my 'what's the harm' logic cap and was sure to order small glasses of wine.  Four glasses later I ate a small oz of gouda and a cookie.  When I got home (and this is where things got really bad), I heated up my potato gratin (the logic here was that I knew it would be spoiled by the end of the weekend) and ate all 510 calories of what remained.  Had I just had a big glass of water and some tea and saved the gratin for today I would have been fine.  All in all, if I had avoided the gratin and Checkers I would have ended the day at 1300 calories rather than 2200.  It's funny how one bad step leads to several other missteps.  At least I majority of my day walking around the city.  I just wish I didn't feel so bloated right now.