I'm feeling pretty proud of myself after this weekend. It was Bob's birthday, and our first without Will living at home. So I was kind of dreading/anticipating how to handle having a whole birthday cake at the house...especially since I am on week 6 of my Core Weight Watchers plan.
I'm trying hard to follow the pre-thinking advice that program advises. So I'd been planning on getting cupcakes instead of a cake...but when I ordered I realized they also make a single layer cake, which seemed more festive. All week long I've been increasing the time and intensity of my walks. I've started walking the hills around our house when I take Norton out for his morning walks. Yesterday I was amazed that I did an hour straight, with very few slow-downs. And it was HOT here! That extra 1/2 hour walking in the morning should eventually make a difference at the scale.
Birthday boy's dinner was grilled New York steak, plus a big cucumber and tomato salad with olive oil and rice vinegar on crispy romaine. He had garlic mashed potatoes, but I opted NOT to have those in order to offset the up-coming cake. And I intentionally didn't buy ice cream or frozen yogurt that I would like...I bought him his favorite Rocky Road (a flavor I can't stand...)
The Market of Choice bakery (where I ordered the cake) does such a great job -- that little slice of cake was a virtual heaven on earth after 5 weeks of no sugary sweets. And a little slice was quite enough to keep me satisfied.
I love the Core plan. I love how I could drink my ice cold skim milk with my cake and still be OP! I loved how I was able to stop eating that steak and stash away the leftovers to put on my salad the next day. I was happy not to wake up the next day feeling a sugar hang over.
I feel very good about how things went. And I hope to have some good results at the scale this week. And will also be accepting if that little cake has be maintaining or even going up a bit. I'm getting the hang of eating until satisfied, not stuffed. And I'm learning that increasing my activity with a very tight schedule is possible. Maybe those are the lessons I needed for this week.
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