This pretty much sums up my weekend.

So…the weekend has come and gone and I am back from Myrtle Beach a little sore from the surfing we did, but a little plumper from the eating we did.

On the way down, we stopped at Hooters to kick off our trip.  We hit up a Plantation House of Pancakes for breakfast one morning.  We cooked up a whole rack of ribs, potatoes and corn on the cob.  We had our share of s’mores and cold beers by the fire.  We had fast-food chinese to save a few bucks on our ride home.  Not a stellar weekend for my hips and hynie.  But today….We are back on the boat!

I had had about 800 calories today so far.  A Smart One, an egg white omelet with some cheese and veggies and toast…not bad at all.  Definitely back on the wagon.

While I made a fat pig of myself this weekend, I realized that everyone has the same problem as me.  Keeping it real during the week is no problem. The days are so routine and regimented, packing a healthy lunch, making it to the gym and making the right decisions are a lot easier.  Maybe you go out for lunch with coworkers once a week or something, but on the whole, dieting is a piece of cake (bad analogy).

What do you do on the weekend to help with your dieting goals?  I’m always caught up in going to have a beer with friends or getting some chicken wings with the BF while we watch the game.  We’ve tried to bake wings, do light beers, etc., but in the end, we end up going through more calories than we’d want.

Why do we get lazy on the weekends?  Is it our chance to let our hair hang down in every way possible?    No work, no schedules, no diet?  I am just not sure exactly how effective we can be at losing weight if we crash and burn like I know I do on weekend days.  I’m all about a treat here and there, but can two days of completely reckless abandon be too much?

So this weekend was full of debauchery and silliness; drinking and pizza.  I hate to say it, but I decided that seriously, this would be my finally binge and Monday I’d be right back on the train.  The SM and I headed down to Clemson, SC to visit some girlfriends of mine from college and we knew the option to diet wasn’t really going to be in the works, so we went for it.

Saturday, we had pizza, and more beers than I’d really like to share.  A random Pizza Hut guy pulled up into our friends’ yard and was selling what he had left.  I took that as a sign from God and bought one.  I hadn’t had real pizza in so long, it was worth every penny.  I didn’t get extra plowed though on the ol’ cerveza, so I felt all right about the evening.  The next morning, we woke up and hit the Waffle House for breakfast…enjoying the last bites of my freedom.  Bacon, waffle, egg, toast, coffee…it was delicious to say the least and a great way to go out.

Once we got the dog and got home, I hit the gym for about 45 minutes to an hour and went to the grocery to pick up some salad fixins and SmartOnes for the week. For dinner, I made some fantastic chicken stir fry with loads of veggies and some long grain, brown rice.

Today I made myself a little fruit shake, a lemon poppyseed muffin, an apple with peanut butter, a handful of mixed nuts and this salad I am trying to nibble away at to keep me from going to the vending (lettuce, carrots, tomato, mushrooms, and chick peas).  My problem is that I need to pack sweet and savory things.  right now I’m craving something sweet but I don’t think a 3 Musketeers would be the answer.  I wonder if I can find some fruit?

No weigh-in today.  Sorry.  After the weekend, I don’t know that I want to see what all I gained back.  Guaranteed, knowing my body, I am back around 145 again despite losing those 5 or so last week.  Oh well.  Its back on.  Like donkey kong.  In a thong.  Singing a song.

Not really, but at some point, this may apply…..

Here I am, my first real weekend trying to be good.  It’s a beautiful Saturday morning and I have tried my best to book up the weekend with fun activities to keep my mind off food and other things that generally induce that emotional eating we all try and deny.  So, to catch up, let’s run down Thursday and Friday, since I’ve been remiss:

Thursday – 45 min brisk walking, yogurt and blueberries for breakfast, some chicken salad and a flour tortilla for lunch (HUGE temptation of cookies and brownies – but I JUST SAID NO), and spaghetti and salad with a french roll for dinner – maybe a little more than I should have eaten, but it was darn good.  Drink-wise I actually behaved myself and did NOT have any Coke or tea during the day, but was forced into a Mountain Dew with dinner by my 12 year old….lol – okay, there wasn’t much force involved.

Friday – The day of my demise……  Started off good – 45 min brisk walk- a few strawberries and 2 small clementines (similar to tangerines for those of us lay-folk), went to Arby’s and tried to be good at lunch- a chicken salad wrap, curly fries and a sweet tea.  The wrap was NASTY, so I just ate the chicken and apple pieces out of the inside after wiping off most of the disgusting dressing, only a few of the fries, and did NOT refill the tea before leaving.  I felt that was a success.  I had about 5 peanut M&M’s back at work and lots of water.  My sweet, afore-mentioned 12 year old had made biscuits by the time I got home – ARGHHHHHH – so I had to eat one, or two…lol – 2, and they were YUMMY….hahaha.  And she had a friend over, so we decided to go to the movies.  Okay – here is where it gets messy – got to the wrong theater, so picked another movie – an hour later – hmmmm, let’s go eat – nothing remotely healthy is open – let’s hit the Harris Teeter (grocery store – in case ya didn’t know).  I got a pre-made salad with light ranch dressing and some gummy bears for the movie.  Oh yeah, and a Coke.  I’m not even going into the nastiness that the girls picked out….just believe that none of it was conducive to healthy eating.  Soooooo – the salad was gross.  I ate a few bites, tried the dressing – ewww… Threw it out.  Still hungry when we got to the movies, so I’m all in – #3 please – the nachos and medium drink combo.  Yeah, I ate about 1/2 the nachos, all the cheese, and took maybe 4 drinks of the Coke.  Not too bad with regard to will power, but I still feel a bit of a failure for the lack of substance…. Well, that was Friday. 

Let’s see how the rest of the weekend goes.  Wish me luck.  I’m hoping I’m too busy with the rest of living my life to get overly obsessed with my food intake, and that I make healthy decisions.  I’ll keep ya posted!