So I had my least proud moment today in the history of my new diet... and it's the usual suspect-- bubble tea. Yes, I was in New Brunswick, home of my favorite restaurants and cafes, and I fell prey to a coconut red bean ice cream smoothie bubble tea from I's Cafe. Was it worth it? The first half was. The second half made me feel guilty and gave me a huge stomach ache. I WAS, however, astonished that my roasted vegetables and hummus wrap from Sanctuary (which I usually demolish in five minutes) proved too large for my ever shrinking appetite, so I opted for half. For dinner we had meatball sandwiches and pierogi (YUM), but alas, I was still so full from the ice cream smoothie that I had two meatballs (no roll), a single pierog (which is the singular form in Polish, the plural is pierogi -- hence, 'pierogies' makes as much sense as 'dogses'), and some salad.
Yesterday was similarly disappointing diet-wise... I followed up my usual breakfast with a soft pretzel (WHAT?!) and the rest of the pork and spicy turnip soup from Chinatown (don't worry, it amounted to a single serving). For dinner I made linguini (made with bleached flour, hooray) with clam sauce (nice and oily, and from the can!), so I only put a bit of it on my plate next to a heaping pile of salad. I watched my other family members absolutely PILE the pasta on their plates, and go for seconds!! I can't believe I used to do that. Crazy. And yesterday, I had a teensy weensy sliver of my peanut butter chocolate cheesecake... still not sure why. Couldn't resist, I suppose.
I think I need an adjustment. There is no way I'm going to cut out the things I love to eat out of my life completely. It is not possible, I am a food lover through and through, it simply cannot happen. So here is my solution: I will, whenever possible, find healthier alternatives to the things I love (low-fat ice cream or frozen yogurt instead of Ben and Jerry's, whole wheat pasta instead of regular, etc). However, for things that are absolutely irreplaceable (coconut red bean ice cream smoothie bubble tea, cheesecake, etc)... I will maintain two aspects: sparsity and portion reduction. Next time I will let a friend finish my bubble tea, and I won't eat my cheesecake two nights in a row. Complete deprivation will lead to (and started to lead to) a crash, and I will not allow that to happen. I refuse to fail!
For tonight's basement workout we had new toys to play with: yoga mats, an exercise band, a jumprope, and an exercise ball! I can't wait to use them more tomorrow, it definitely keeps things interesting and adds variety to what we've been doing. I also am going to try and stop walking briskly on the treadmill and start jogging. I think I'm ready for it (I jogged for almost a mile at a speed of 5.0, and I'm pretty sure I could handle more than that time-wise.) I hope to eventually jog for three miles without stopping, and jumprope for five minutes without stopping. These are my goals and I'm going to stick to them.
Tomorrow holds exciting things for me. I'm in the process of completing my six hours and I'm going to learn parallel parking, and on Thursday I'm going out on the highway. Whew. Wish me luck!
Three things I'm thankful for today:
-Gina for sticking with me through this life change. We've had our moments of weakness but we've done wonderfully so far!
-Sanctuary for having the most mind-blowing wraps I have ever had.
-The palm reader I saw the other day who told me I'm going to write a book that will become famous, and that I'm destined to help those less fortunate than I. She inspired me to look further into teaching abroad, which I'm resolved to do once I graduate. :)
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