Hi all! Do you ever just have a day where you know your emotions are telling you to make different food choices? How do you handle it?Today was definitely a high stress day that started at 7am and I wish I took advantage of taking some of my conference calls walking to alleviate it. I did pace all around so there is that lol. I was super tempted by wanting to feed my stress today and I’m proud I didn’t give into it.
I had planned on the other half of my delicious BBQ chicken salad for lunch but quickly traded it in when The Husband offered to take me to lunch for salad & a slice. I could’ve easily picked much worse choices or devoured the bread basket – instead I picked on slice to nibble with a little butter as my “treat”. (Success)
I really wanted chocolate after lunch but I wasn’t hungry so I passed (success)
When we stopped at Chipotle for dinner on our way out of town, I really wanted to get the big bag of chips & guacamole. Instead I ordered the $1 kids chips that I shared with The Husband skipping the guacamole and saving a ton of points. It totally satisfied my need to crunch without guilt (success!)
Daily Snap Recap:
B: Pear Gouda Chicken Sausage (6 sp), Scrambled egg (2 sp), 1/2 a mango with a sprinkle of berries & coconut
S: Grande Iced Nonfat Latte with caramel on top (3 sp)
L: @Marys Pizza Shack – Side salad with 1/2 the ranch fork dipped (4 sp), Mushroom Slice (7 sp), 1/2 slice bread with 1 tsp butter (3 sp)
D: @Chipotle – Salad with fajita veggies (1 sp, chicken (3 sp), fresh tomato salsa (0 sp), corn salsa (3 sp), sprinkle of cheese – I ask for 1 Tbsp (2 sp), a little red hot salsa, 7 chips (2 sp)
DS: Tall Dirty Americano (1 sp)
36 Daily Smartpoints, 8K steps
But, my biggest success of the day…. making a smart choice at Starbucks. I picked up a S’MORES frappuccino for my hairdresser. Do you all know how much I wanted one too?! I knew I’d spent all my points today so I got my chocolate fix with a dirty Americano.
In the end, as much as it was an emotional day, I think I’m ending it feeling better than when I started because my mini successes made me “feel” better than any food ever could!
Night all!
Wow….this post was great! It really helps me when you tell us what you wanted, and then what you got instead. I am trying very hard right now not to give in to stress eating, or at least make a better choice on what I eat. So it’s great to hear how you handled the situations.
Also looks like you opted for vegetarian salad and pizza which save you some points.
Oh…I never knew you could get a kids $1 bag of chips! I hope they do that here in Texas! lol
And one question…what is a dirty Americano? Does it have chocolate??? š
Yes, it has chocolate :). It’s a tall Americano with one pump mocha which gives it just enough chocolatey goodness. Creamer it milk is optional.
Danica
It’s super helpful hearing what you felt like getting and what you got — all of us find ourselves sometimes craving sugar and fat when we’re tired or emotional.
One time I really wanted chips, so I ended up splurging (it was the off-season, so it was very expensive) on asparagus, which I ‘fried’ in a tablespoon of oil (not bad, considering it was a big bunch of asparagus) and salted generously. Dessert was a big bowl of fresh strawberries, which were also crazy spendy at that time of year. I considered that a huge win that evening, since it was a satisfying meal for someone who felt like eating everything that wasn’t nailed down!
That is awesome and such a great idea!
Thanks for sharing,
Danica