Weekends and Weigh-Ins

Oh no! It is Sunday night and I did the unthinkable!!! I ate Chinese Food the night before a weigh-in. What was I thinking?

Actually, the whole day was a slippery slope. We planned to spend the day in NYC to visit family. We were running late this morning and I didn’t have time to eat breakfast so I stopped by Dunkin’ Donuts for one of those egg white flat bread sandwiches which, I thought was a good choice. Not that it was a bad choice but I was a bit surprised to find out that the sandwich was 330 calories with 12 grams of fat for a whopping 7 points. That is high for breakfast. OK, so moving on.

We go into the City and my niece wants to go to Build-a-Bear. So we go running uptown with my “Sista”, my niece and my daughter. Of course we have a great time but now I’m starting to feel hungry. We head back downtown and fix lunch for the kids. My Sista and I decide to go out for a leisurely lunch ourselves with my son. We leave the girls home with the nanny and my young nephew. We go to a great restaurant and split an asian style salad which was delicious. Unfortunately this “salad” had about two lettuce leaves in it. We also pick on my son’s lunch; he ordered an unbelievably delicious rack of ribs. OK, so I reason that I will just be too full for dinner so I can manage the damage. As we start walking back to my Sista’s apartment my cell rings. It is my hubby (who is back home), asking what’s for dinner and if I could bring home some Chinese food from the City. No problem honey . . . .

I’m sure you can guess the rest. We finally get home after hitting a decent amount of traffic. My hubby and the kids sit down for dinner and I join them just for some soup . . . oh the sesame chicken looks good, I’ll just try some . . . Ooooo, I haven’t had cold noodles in a long time . . . just a spoonful of fried rice. Never mind that I over-ate (at least I think I have because I haven’t been tracking my BLTs - Bites, Licks and Tastes), but do you know how much water I am going to retain from all of the sodium and MSG in that food???? AHHH!!!!

So what to do?? Tonight I will drink A LOT of water to flush out all of the salt. Tomorrow I will take a Zumba class in the morning before my weigh-in. Hopefully I will sweat out the water and toxins I’ve accumulated today. I hope I haven’t done too much damage!!

AHH!!! Weekends!!!