Hey collegiettes™!!
Sorry about my absence yesterday! I had about 45 minutes free yesterday and I used it to squeeze a quick workout in…so I figured you wouldn’t hold that against me. Plus, by the time I got back to my room again last night I was so tired I doubt I would have made much sense.
This week my sorority has been hosting a visitor from our National headquarters. My job is to plan her stay and make sure that she has a great visit. Her visit has been really fun so far, but it is also very time consuming. It has also involved more eating out than I normally do during the week. As hard as I have been trying to make healthy choices at these restaurants, I never feel that I am as healthy as when I am just eating my various dorm room dinners.
The hardest thing for me at a restaurant is trying to control portion sizes. Last night for example, we went to one of my favorite restaurants in Winston. I ended up ordering a salad because I wanted some greens, but of course restaurant salads are huge and I tend to eat everything on my plate. Though I have gotten better at eating slower and being aware of how full I am, for some reason this often gets thrown out the window at a restaurant. I’ve decided that when this situation happens again, I am just going to ask for a to go box earlier so that I can package the extra food I don’t need and save to enjoy another day. Food tastes better when you aren’t stuffed anyway.
For dinner tonight we went to another of my favorite restaurants! I love their tuna salad (which has yummy cranberries and apples in it) but knowing that the mayonnaise isn’t very healty I tried to balance it out with green beans and fruit.
I am sad to report that I also had a little slip up today; I had a piece of cookie cake. I was hosting a little get together for the national rep. and of course no college get together is complete without some treats. Well, I just let the temptation get the better of me and for the first time in a while I just gave in and hade a piece. To be honest, I am pretty angry at myself for not having more will power. I know that the stress of this past week made the chocolaty chewy goodness seem too much to resist, but I rarely break my Lenten sacrifices (remember I gave up sweets!) and that is what I am most disappointed about. My friends always tell me that it is not the end of the world, which is true but it is hard not to beat yourself up a little bit. I need to just forget about my poor decisions tonight and wake up tomorrow ready to exercise hard and eat healthy!
How do you come back from a minor digression in your diet? I would love to hear your experiences or tips!
HC love,
Alyssa