Off the Wagon Confessional

Yep, as most of you guys may have guessed, I briefly fell off the Eating Clean wagon. :(  It started about 2 weeks ago when I had a two day offsite meeting at work. The organizer (thanks Molly!) did a really great job at having healthy foods available but I began to splurge a little (a 2 bite brownie, diet coke, etc). Then, at the end of that week I had to fly to Vegas for a funeral. I got off the plane and went straight to In N Out burger. I ate pretty well the rest of that day and the next morning I had egg whites and fruit for breakfast. The hard part was sticking to eating every few hours and I definitely didn't get my water in. Who wants to have to go to the bathroom numerous times on an airline flight?! Not me! My friend Janelle and I went to a 5 star meal at a fancy French restaurant on Saturday night which really put me over the edge.

Once I got back, I had no desire to eat clean. Once again, all I wanted was junk - I felt like I was on a binge. McDonald's burrito for breakfast one day, pizza and m exican food for lunch a few days, definitely not enough water. UGH!!! How quickly I can get out of control. I even had some chocolate a few days at work. I don't know what it is - once I slide off track, it is a slippery downhill slope for me.

This weekend we went to the coast for a mini vacation. Pete advised me that Westport has a small donut shop and they're the best donuts in the WORLD!!! So, we had that for breakfast on Sunday. Then, on the drive home we had hot dogs. Dinner was Thai food. Needless to say, after a month of strict eating clean, our bodies were in full rejection mode. NOT FUN!!!

We both resolved that that binge is over and we have to get back on track. This morning's weigh in just reinforces that fact. In the past 2 weeks - I am UP 5 pounds. Do you know how hard it was for me to lose 5 pounds in the first place? I am so mad at myself! But, the good news is, I know that once I get back on track, those pounds will go away along with some more. Agh - the up's and down's of getting healthy.

I seem to do better when I set goals for myself (duh!). So, this week's goal is to work out 3 times this week, eat clean every day, get my water in, and blog 3 times this week. Did you notice how my blogging tapered off as I fell off the bandwagon, yeah, that's no coincidence.

I will be talking to you soon and keeping you posted.