Day 14: Designated Birthday Cheat Day

I am at my mother's house, and I have to say, it's easier to eat healthy at Chick-Fil-A than it is at her house. There are no fresh vegetables in this house but a handful of baby carrots (which I bought the last time I was here). There are grapes at least, but that's not so helpful when you are trying to limit sugar. Couple that with the fact that tomorrow is my birthday, and the fact that we were planning to be out most of the day apple picking and exploring with the boys, and I decided not to worry about it for one day. As Jason said, "You work hard so you can play hard, right?"

And he's right. One cheater day doesn't derail a whole plan unless you let it. And I won't. I am pretty proud of how far I have come in just two weeks, and I want to keep going--I am not going to let a couple of slices of pizza and a little bit of birthday cake kill my long term goals. So here's the log, shameful as it is for today, and then after that--some pictures of the beautiful day I spent with my family in the mountains. Tomorrow is soon enough to get back on track.

Today's Log:

Exercise:

• Apple picking
• Short family walk on the Flowering Bridge in Lake Lure, NC
• Day 14 of the 30 Day Abs Challenge (65 sit-ups, 85 crunches, 42 leg raises, 55 second plank)

Nutrition (if we can call it that):

• Breakfast: hot tea with 2% milk and 1/2 tsp raw sugar, 2 eggs over easy, 3 applegate farms chicken apple sausage links
• Lunch: Super Cheater Lunch at Mezzaluna in Hendersonville (not sorry): fried calamari, 3 pieces of Marguerita pizza, side Caesar salad
• Dinner: Mama's spaghetti (not much--still stuffed from lunch) and a piece and a half of garlic bread
• Snacks: 1/2 a fresh honey crisp apple, i.5 inch square piece of chocolate birthday cake

Stats:

• Steps: 7204
• Calories: 2022 consumed, 229 burned
• Weight: no scale, so no weighing today

 Apple Picking at Stepp's Orchard

 

 

 

 Beautiful Flowers from The Flowering Bridge in Lake Lure, NC

 

 

 

 

Happy Birthday to Me!
(even though my birthday is really tomorrow)