I had a plan!

I had a plan for this weekend. The weekend full of traveling in the car to different events (lets face it, eating events) and being away from the daily routine. I talked about how I planned on handling these challenges. I was set and ready. Then it happened. I opened the metaphorical window and chucked the plan directly out of it. Here is the breakdown of events:

Friday: Losing It Kids and Losing It Momma were away from home visiting family at the largest garage sale in the county (I don't know that for sure but it is pretty big). I wrote about almost missing breakfast but I also had to deal with lunch. I know everyone has that one family member who is the cook. For our family that is my mom. It doesn't matter what it is, she makes it taste so good and you feel so special eating her food. She brought lunch down for everyone and let me tell you she didn't pull any punches. She made the best General Tso's chicken, rice and broccoli. We also had some egg rolls that was delicious. I was very good at making sure to only have a cup of each thing; using my fist as a guide. Then I took that bite and it was over. It was so good that I had a second helping without waiting for it to hit my tummy (I am always repeating this to the Losing It Kids but "do as I say, not as I do"). After my second helping I decided I need to get out of the house. If all else fails remove yourself from temptation. We traveled home and later that night the Losing It Family went for a walk. The only issue with this is we stopped for ice cream on this walk. I did split it with Losing It Little but the scoops were HUGE. I wrote down I ate a whole cup even though Little had a good amount of the kiddy cone, but I am sure I still had quite a bit.

Saturday and Sunday were spent at home. We didn't really have a plan (RUT-OH!) so we ended up getting Taco Bell one day (a whopping 20 points!) and then snacking the day away. I was able to get some gardening in before we had a huge rain storm. That was hauling 24 bags of dirt and a few bags of pressed peat. On Sunday we took the boys on a 5 mile (2.5 miles one way) walk to a friend's BBQ. I snacked on chips and pasta salad. I had no idea I was hungry until I had one chip. I could not be stopped at the point because I realized how hungry I was and ate 2 helpings of pasta and chips. UG!!! I went to bed that night for 2 hours and then woke up to join a few family members at the casino. When I got home at 3:30 in the morning I figured it was as good of a time as any to put on my running shoes and get in 2.5 miles. I started the Couch To 5K program again to try and get up to running a whole race. My legs burned so bad I had to stop on the last min of running. I was able to complete 7 times running by telling myself to push through but that last one I just knew would be too much. I am hoping on Wednesday I can complete the whole thing.

Monday: Oh Memorial Day. The day I really had a plan. I was planning on hot dogs and hamburgers, an easy thing for me to control since they are a BBQ staple. When we arrived the menu was a different story. It was fried chicken. I hadn't had fried chicken in 4 years maybe more. I love the stuff but have trouble controlling myself so I try to stay away from it. I had one large piece and shared it with Losing It Little. I also tried to fill my plate with fruit and salad. The Losing It Kids will choose fruit over a cookie any day and cleared my plate of the berries I had. I did manage to eat the watermelon and salad without anyone stealing off my plate. After lunch we ran around doing wheelbarrow races, 3 legged races and a sack race. After running after everyone jumping in the cold pool was very welcomed. The 20 and 30 year olds were all walking in a circle to make a current effect and then we would turn and try to walk the other way. It made it a bit more challenging. The Losing It Kids don't really swim but they like the water. With water wings and inflatable tubes they kicked and splashed the afternoon away. When swimming was done we all had some pie and ice cream. I only had a small spoonful of the homemade ice cream to have that taste and one piece of cherry pie (made by the one and only cook of the family). We finished the day with Subway, a 6 inch turkey sub, and traveled back home.

I took today off from training to complete a whole 5K and mowed the lawn. I also finished moving dirt to the vegetable boxes. I am back on track with keeping the sweets at bay and trying to keep hydrated. I don't expect the scale to be very kind to me on Saturday but I will not use that as an excuse to let the whole week go.