Weekly Check-in

Imma try for my sake, to do a weekly check-in on my habits/health/lifestyle. Notice I didn't say "diet" because I'm not on a diet.

This week my biggest sin was a trip to Panda Express for lunch that I hadn't planned on. I always buy enough food to brown bag my lunch. The past several weeks I've been doing deli meat sandwiches with multigrain bread and avocado instead of mayo. I don't bring chips or anything like that. I might bring apple slices but that's it. But Monday was a hard day on a personal level (WBF's daughter went into the hospital Sunday morning and I was worried) so when another friend invited me to go to the student union for Panda, I went. I got a bowl, though, not a plate. But I did clean the bowl. And I drank a Coke instead of taking my water bottle with me.

Wednesday I forgot my bread so I only  had  deli ham and half an avocado to eat for lunch. By 2pm I was starving and a little light-headed so I did the responsible thing and went to the vending machine. I got Harvest Cheddar Sun chips and a bag of M&M's. I should have just gotten the Sun chips. They are  baked and multigrain. But, again. Stress had me reaching for chocolate.

Yesterday I got of work early and did my grocery shopping. Instead of going somewhere for fast food on the way home, I bought one of the Wal-Mart pizza's in the deli section and took it home to bake. It was the meat lovers and I hate three slices around 2pm. Then around 7pm ate one more slice. And chips. And chocolate. (Stress: We were waiting to hear about biopsy results for WBF's daughter.)

But the good things I did this week are, I ate healthy salads (as in, not loaded down with cheese and creamy dressings) two nights, chicken fajitas one night, and bacon wrapped asparagus one night. I drank at least 96 ounces of water a day. I haven't had a latte all week. Haven't BOUGHT coffee all week. I've been using the Keurig at work instead of going to Starbucks. And I haven't even really craved a latte in a while. Maybe I got them out of my system during the holidays.

I worked out with my 3lb dumbbells four days this week. I went for at least one walk--I meant to go every afternoon but I've been both busy and distracted. I've been tracking my steps this week, though, and I got up to 7000 one day, which while not the 10000 I did consistently in 2018, it's better than the 3000 I'd been doing consistently.

Today (Saturday) I do plan on grabbing something for lunch on the way home. I get off work at 2pm and I haven't eaten since around 6:30 this morning. I'm going to need something to eat sooner than it will take for me to drive 45 minute home and wait for something to cook. But I'm going to try and resist the temptation of getting something unhealthy. And resist the temptation to get a Coke.

Fingers crossed next week I have fewer bumps, less stress eating (we're hopeful about the biopsy results) and more activity. I've got lots of stuff to do at work that should keep me up and moving, so here's to getting more steps in!