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And I’m an emotional basket case at home and with regard to food. Pretty much any of the “healthy” (non-french fry serving) places to eat by work are more awful than what I’d get at a drive thru.

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Today blew chunks. Good DAY… I said Good day!

I am hungry, and will be eating a snack momentarily… but I have only had 820 Calories today!! I am doing well and feel good. I am going to go home soon and change, then Chris and Fabi will pick me up so we can go walking at CSFU.

I think work went well today too; I am getting a tad of a caffeine withdrawl headache… and I’m not giving up caffeine again, at least not now, so I need to get me a drink!

And honestly, I ate a tad too much because I was hungry from the morning. Sigh… still better than yesterday.

At this point, I can have 7 more grams of fat for the day. My dinner is 5, and I can eat some cheerios and/or fat free fudgsicle for an evening snack. I will add a tangerine to my dinner; still no extra fat. I am, however, going to a friend’s going away party at TGIFridays. Let’s see if I can just order fruit or veggies. Wish me luck.

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Be nice

And this time it was a good choice! I sort of had a school meltdown last night with other bits of crazy thrown in. So I went to bed very late, and woke up late, didn’t get to pack my lunch or eat breakfast. I was bummed I was going to eat breakfast out again. But then I remembered I had a yogurt in the fridge… so I thought… let’s give it a try. I just went to work and ate the yogurt. I am totally hungry now (it’s been over an hour since I ate it) and I will test my blood sugar (it’s probably fine or up) but I did it!

This doesn’t mean I won’t have a skinny latte… lol! But that’s no fat and 14 carbs and I can live with that

I have to eat out for lunch; let’s see how I do there.

I think I am going to do much better with my calorie and fat intake today. Yesterday was horrible as I came in over 3000 calories without even realizing that what I ate was so bad. Who would have thought that even though I had 2 salads in the day (that didn’t seem to have bad “condiments”) would still leave me so “bloated” in the calorie and fat departments?!

Here is to a better day.

OMG – I had no idea how AWFUL El Pollo Loco is for me (what I get there). Horrid – and I forget to tell them I want the light dressing because it’s hard enough getting them to give me the dressing in the first place for my salad. I think EPL is the worst at forgetting items and messing up orders over any food chain. The worst part; I grabbed food out because I was late getting home from my walk….

I have grown accustomed to counting carbs more than fat because of the impact carbs have on my blood sugar. While I pay attention to fat, I am not as careful with it when I eat out because I want to watch the carbs. I am already over my fat content for the day But I will do better tomorrow and try to stay inside the goals.

So I started my “new life” in bits and pieces over the weekend. I am cooking dinner regularly instead of eating out. I am doing my best to get rid of eating out for breakfast. I do pretty well at not eating out for lunch. My challenge for the week is to be organized enough to make sure I have everything I need for my day of food so I am not stuck eating out. For example, I couldn’t bring my planned lunch today because I forgot to re-freeze my ice blocks for the cooler pack. I also ran late and could not eat breakfast before I left. I started my daily walking yesterday. I may or may not skip walking on Sundays. I will either walk in my neighborhood, my friend’s neighborhood when she can join me, or at Disneyland if we go. My food log will have some things I wish I wasn’t eating… but I need to see it add up.

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