It works!! My plan to just graze at work at night instead of bringing meals (I mean, really, how do you know what kind of food you'll crave at 2am????) really worked well! The first night I packed 100 calorie pack pringles, turkey pepperoni, cottage cheese, apples, craisins, popcorn and a 2% sharp cheddar cheese stick. I didn't eat everything, but I loved the feeling of having options! I think that was what I was missing by bringing one lunch item. Often I'd find myself craving breakfast type foods, and I'd have packed leftover chicken or something and it just tasted gross. I think the ideal way to tackle this, plus handle my need to be constantly munching while trying to stay up all night is just to keep a lunchbox full of healthy options. Even if it ends up being 15+ points for everything in the bag, that's fine. I start my points over each night at midnight and so if I consume 15+ points between midnigt and 7am, that's okay, because I won't eat again until I get up in the afternoon, and that's my "dinner", which wouldn't be more than 10ish points at the most, so it works out that I eat more during work.
Last night my options weren't quite as enticing as the first night, plus I had to be the charge nurse, so I didn't really get a lunch break, or any break at all really. I did manage to eat my pineapples I'd packed, plus my craisins, and then later I had some beef broth with a few saltines because I was craving something warm. Our floor's temperature kept switching from heat to air conditioning last night so I was constantly taking my jacket on and off and going from being miserable cold to miserable hot and sweaty. What a night it was too! We had tons of ER admissions and were just busy, busy. I'm proud that I didn't use that as an excuse to order pizza or munch on unhealthy junk from the vending machines.
I have a pretty large evening to do list:
Take dog for walk (Already done! 35ish minutes at a brisk pace. That will be my exercise for the day because the rest of my energy needs to be devoted to cleaning!)
Clean my mess of a house- it's to the point where I feel chaotic and cannot focus on things because it's so messy! Ack! This always happens after a work stretch. I need to focus on being more tidy during the week so that I don't spend all of my time off cleaning!
Take a dress back to Ann Taylor. Also maybe look for another dress to "potentially" wear to my high school reunion next week. Originally I'd declined because I don't want people seeing me so fat, but my friend has an extra ticket now that her hubby isn't going so maybe I'll go. I haven't decided if there are Spanx that are tight enough for this event. Part of me thinks that everyone will have matured in 10 years and won't make me feel bad, but part of me thinks back to high school and how out of place I felt then when I was just minimally overweight. High school was NOT my favorite time. Now, get me to a college reunion with the 40,000 people that I went to school with from 1998-2002 and I'd be all over it. I can't believe I've been out of high school for 10 years. I look at college freshmen now and I think I couldn't have possibly looked that young. Ever!
Pick my BF up at the airport tonight at midnight. Hopefully his flight isn't delayed, as we have to get up early for the football game tomorrow. It's my college homecoming and I'm excited because this is probably the last one I'll live here for, as I hope to be living at the beach with my man this time next year.
Okay, time to go update the journal and get into the shower. I feel asleep on the couch this morning and didn't wake up until nearly 4pm. I HATE sleeping that late on a night when I don't have to go back to work because then I usually run a high risk of either not being able to go to sleep at a reasonable hour (before 3am) or, I can sleep, but I wake up at like 5am. Ugh. Not that a 5am wakeup would be terrible for tomorrow. I could get some gym time in and we could still be out the door by 9:30am to start tailgating.
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