So Much to Do (UPDATE)

I did my best today, but it was a small caloric failure....small.

I started out great this morning – I had a bowl of cereal with almond milk for 195 calories. After that I sat on my ass for a while and then I did the Shred (Day 6, Level 1) and ran/walked for 3.33 miles. I burned 539 calories.

THEN…I was starving….like dying, omg. Hubs was on his way back from his mom’s house with Bubs and called and asked me if I wanted Subway, which was perfect timing, because like I said, I was dying. So we went to Subway.

I got a 12” Turkey Breast on 9-Grain Wheat with lettuce, tomato, onion, spinach, pickles, lite mayo, and spicy brown mustard. It was 680 calories and I devoured it in 2 minutes flat.

I thought I would be good because it was just going to be me and Bubs for dinner this evening as Hubs was going out of town and I was planning on just eating a black bean quesadilla. Wrong. My mom called me literally five minutes after shoving that thing down my throat and asked if Bubs and I wanted to go to dinner…at Coastal Flats…one of my all-time favorite restaurants. I scoured the internet for nutritional information and came up with nothing because they are such a small chain that that information is just not available. I decided to go with the Short Smoked Grilled Salmon fillet on top of a chop house salad with one sautéed goat cheese medallion. Since the information wasn’t available, I guessed that it was about 968 calories….ouch. I was still in the green though because I didn’t have an appetizer or any of the bread and just one bite of Kachyl’s grilled cheese. Then my mom asked if I wanted to get ice cream, so we went to Pinkberry (actually froyo), and I got a mini original flavor with no toppings for 90 calories, which tipped me over the edge on my calorie goal...

So my totals for today weren’t that great:

Goal: 1470
Consumed: 2043
Burned through exercise: 539
Net: 1504
Remaining: -34

Sigh. I saw red for the first time in over a week L At least it wasn’t like -700, and to be honest, before I started all of this, my meal at Coastal Flats would have looked like this:

Beverage: Sangria (or 2) and water

Appetizer: Calamari and BREAD!
Salad: Chop House Salad with 2-3 sautéed goat cheese medallions
Dinner: Short Smoked Grilled Salmon Filet with cauliflower mash and Dijon cream sauce
Dessert: White Chocolate Bread Pudding or the Flourless Chocolate Waffle or the Banana Pudding

That’s probably well over 2500 calories in just ONE meal! Crazy. So I’m proud of myself for looking at the big picture and getting good food that I like, just in moderation!

Now, this week I have got to keep my consumption under 1470 calories Monday through Friday. I can do this!!!

Oh and p.s. My JAM that I was talking about before, yea, it decided to come on today during my walk/run at the very bottom of a nice steady incline. I literally cursed out loud, “you bitch”….but I did it. Go me. I’m awesome.