Day 4: Challenging Day!

Today was my first day back to work. No students... just getting the classroom ready for them.

This morning was great because I didn't have to take the fiber drink... but ... this put me behind on water intake. I think this caused me to feel hungry earlier than I should have!

I held out until 9:30 to eat my snack but I just about DEVOURED it! I really enjoyed that apple and baggie of walnuts.

Shortly after snack I started hearing people talk about lunch (Crazy Dog (local hot dog place), AppleBees, El Monteray). This started me thinking about what I COULD have at those places. THAT would be NOT MUCH! I started leaning toward mexican because I thought I could order a tostada and just not eat the shell and cheese. I knew I wasn't strong enough for that. During all this thinking I began a LONG texting conversation with Sarah. BLESS HER and her patience with me today!

Finally I decided that I would go to Rib Crib with my husband (he would keep me accountable). I thought that I could manage a salad and HALF of their Super Spud. (In hindsight, I believe half of a Super Spud is probably not a good portion). On my way to meet the hubby I realized that I had a headache coming on. (That headache went on until about 6pm!)

I was not happy with lunch because I realize the reason Rib Crib sounded so good was I LOVE the Super Spud... but loaded with lots of JUNK I can't have right now! I ordered a Smoked Chicken Salad (the chicken was very yummy... but the iceberg lettuce was very unfullfilling.) I brought my own dressing which really helped. I even put a little drizzle of the dressing on my potato to help me get through it with out butter, sour cream, cheese, or BBQ sauce.

Before I headed back to school I had a Spark... I used that energy to move my students seats around. The rest of the afternoon was kind of dreadful dealing with the headache.

I stayed at work until 5:00 finishing grades and then had to go to Wal*Mart for more dressing and spinach. I also wanted to look for some tomatoes and chicken broth. This was an enlightening adventure... there are not very many healthy choices out there. However, there are MANY misleading labels! ALL NATURAL, HEALTHY, REDUCED SODIUM, FAT, CALORIES... Whatever! 

I texted Sarah again asking what a good spaghetti sauce choice would be and she told me to buy some stewed tomatoes and create my own. I was going to use that tonight... but changed my mind.

I found a Balsamic Chicken recipe and gave it a try... DELICIOUS! (I left out the sugar from the recipe.
 http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Balsamic-Chicken/

I also used a recipe from Pinterest for Broccoli ... yummy.

http://www.amateurgourmet.com/2008/11/the_best_brocco.html


Also, we had Brown Rice... it was okay. 

I am bummed that I didn't exercise today... but I think overall I managed to pull through the day all right.

I know I will look back at this day and realize it was NOTHING in comparison to the pride I will feel in my final results.