Well it has happened; I knew that it would but I didn't think it would happen this soon. I have officially fallen off the diet wagon. One of my biggest temptations is going out with friends. I have always love eating out, having drinks, socializing, etc. I started a social group/book club almost a year ago and have made some really great friends through that group. In running it, I am usually doing some sort of social activity involving food at least once a week. Of course the first week of my "diet" I had already scheduled a Mexican dinner at a restaurant; I had no hope. I went onto the restaurant's website to search for healthy options - there were none that looked appealing. What DID look appealing was a dish called Enchiladas Santana; three tortillas layered with shredded pork, beef and chicken and drenched with three different sauces. I knew I was cooked. Here is a recap of my "falling off": 1 Frozen Raspberry Margarita, Tableside Guacamole for the table complete with plenty of tortilla chips, Enchiladas Santana....I don't event want to know how many days of calories that was. Then comes my next excuse...also for the same social group, I had already planned to have a Tastefully Simple party at my house. The company sells dip mixes, dessert mixes, etc. They have the nutrition information on their website, but the tricky part is that most of the mixes (for dips anyway) are supposed to be mixed with mayonaise and other ingredients; very healthy. Also, because I am not the best houskeeper in the world I had to kick it into high gear all day yesterday and clean my house. So, of course when you are cleaning you don't have time to plan and prepare healthy meals; you have time to run to McDonalds. I know that these are nothing but excuses and to make this work I have to be committed to it. I think I need a little extra help because there are so many good reasons to eat badly:
1) I am always starving when dieting because I am not used to the portion size change
2) It is expensive to eat healthy and I am poor and unemployed
3) Good food many times tastes like crap
4) I just don't want to give up my favorite foods
So what I am going to do is sign up for a Weight Watchers Monthly Pass June 1st. It allows you to go to unlimited meetings and have unlimited access to all of the Weight Watchers online tools for a month. I HATE the idea of having to spend money to loose weight, but I am willing to make the investment and "work the program" for a month. Then hopefully it will be a little easier for me and I can do it on my own. So stay tuned! June 1st is my "new" Monday.
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