Day 71: When in Doubt, Split it!

Today, my husband and I took a little road trip to visit the folks. Each year at my parents' church their is a holiday bazaar that I take part in, and help/keep my Mom company at. This means eating in less-than-ideal conditions, like on the road, and under the mercy of whatever is available in the bazaar cafeteria. So, I planned and packed a litte ahead of time, and brought along for the drive, bananas, apples, string cheese and a few protein bars. I ate a few things on the way down, but also shared a special treat with my hubby. 

He needed to stop on the way to use the restroom, and is a firm believer in actually spending money at a place if you are going to use thier restroom. So, he bought a small pumpkin pie blizzard, and shared half with me. Then, later on, at the bazaar, my mom and I each chose some of the healthiest choices available on the limited menu, and then split our meals with each other. And that leads to today's...

Tip of the Day

When it comes to food with higher or unknown calories, split it! Usually, when the options are poor, I won't need to eat the whole thing, half will be sufficient. The amount of calories in many foods is pretty high anyway, so on days like today I can get away with eating less, even if it leaves me feeling hungry. Usually that will tide me over until I can get healthier options. There's nothing wrong with eating less-healthy foods once in a while, just as long as it isn't an every day habit.

And the rest of the eating day goes as follows... 

FOOD

Breakfast: scrambled eggs on 1 slice of WW honey toast

Snack: a string cheese

Lunch: I shared a pumpkin pie blizzard with my husband on the road on the way down (NOT a good choice in terms of something substantial to eat for lunch, but calorie-wise, it was enough to carry me through until my evening snack

Snack: an apple and a string cheese

Dinner: half a ceasar salad and half a baked potato from the bazaar cafetieria (unfortunately, these were the most healthy choices)

EXERCISE

The trend continues. I havent worked out in a couple of weeks now, and I am starting to feel it. I just feel really low energy, and although I have been making good eating choices, my muscles feel tired (hello atrefiet). I NEED to talk to my brother!! And I need to fomulate a new short-term plan/goals.

But for now, let's talk a little about Thanksgiving food! My hubby and I are visiting my side of the family, and celebrating Turkey day two weeks early, with them, and then in two weeks, we will celebrate with my in-laws. So I get double turkey trouble!!

For this Thanksgiving dinner, we will be using recipies hand-picked by me, from Pinterest. 

I am trying to stay within the guidelines of Low Glycemic Load on all items, including the pumpkin pie! (my hubby's favorite). 

The other challenge will be portion control... but I'll talk t you more about that tomorrow - or even on Saturday, which will be our "mock-turkey day". Stay tuned tomorrow, for the recipies that we will be using! 

Thanks for reading all!