Well not really – but it is so easy to eat poorly at this time of year. there is so much temptation around. My work is a poor provided of temptation on the best of days let alone at christmas. The Chrissy luncheon was today and I was pleasantly surprised by the number of healthy choices available. I made the best selection I could and then added some special extras – because I have factored that into this weeks meal planning.
I had a piece of skinless chicken breast – probably about 100g – if that. A 50g piece of leg ham. A large portion of salad. 3 cubes of Feta, 3 Olives. 1 multigrain breadroll (around 50g) – pretty well balanced if you ask me!
Then I had some cheese as a special extra – Some Brie and other fancy cheeses – I probably had at least 40g – which is a fair bit and now I wish I had less. I also had some fruit.
I am very impressed with my choices because they were all considered. There was lots of tantalising things there – things that I love like Quiche and Pavlova, creamy pasta salads and potato salads. But I knew that I would be just as happy not having them.
Putting the calculation into Calorie King I find out that the grand total of what I had for lunch was 730 cal and thats making healthy choices!! Whoa! I am glad now that I avoided morning tea! Can I avoid afternoon tea as well? I’m not sure. If I get hungry I’ll have something. I’m not feeling stuffed to the brims though which isn’t a good sign.
I did upper body weights this morning at the gym. I find the sequence of the Body for life program a bit difficult sometimes – especially if there is someone on the machine that you need right at the peak point of the pyramid. I was annoyed because I barely worked up a sweat – but my arms were so shaky on the way to work the I had to really grip the steering wheel.
I think I am going to find Fridays tough because you get to the point where you are tired, your legs still have DOMS from two days ago and you know that you’ve still got a day ahead of you before a rest day. I also have to force myself to really stick to the plan and not do too much extra cardio. I am trying to limit it to walking – however I might go to RPM tonight to try and avert the extra calories that I will no doubt consume at our family BBQ tomorrow. I’m not really looking forward to it. I’m hoping that there is some garden salad without dressing and I will marinate a chicken breast to take with me. I have already had too much red meat this week and at least then I am guarenteed that I know what I am eating.
It is going to be a day of mixed emotions tomorrow because I get to meet Jane (Which I am excited about)- who has recently moved to Brisbane from Canberra. Then Mark and I have to go to my family xmas do – my family stresses me out and usually when I am stressed and there is bad food around I eat it to distract myself from being uncomfortable. But at least I know that this is what I do.
I am going to set myself a challenge that if I feel the stress tension rising then I need to do something other than put food in my mouth – drink a glass of water or something like that!
