Really??!

After yesterday's disappointment with the pulled pork sandwich, I decided that today I would get to splurge on the other good things I love at Sweet Pea... cotton candy and kettle corn. I love 'em! And normally we get them, but I was forgoing them this year so that I could have my pulled pork sandwich. And we all know how that turned out.

So I looked up the calorie count on the cotton candy and kettle corn and figured accordingly so that I could have my yummy Sweet Pea treat after all. And boy was I looking forward to it!! We didn't go in as early as we'd planned because Ellie really needed a little nap right after church, but we got there around 2:30 and made a beeline for the concessions. Leif said he'd get me my yummy treats while I took Ellie and went to look at the crafts.

And then I got a phone call.

No one selling kettle corn this year. WHAT??! Seriously? Bozeman is the kettle-corniest town I know! How can there be no kettle corn? But I calmed down my inner comfort food monster and reminded her to drool over the cotton candy that would be coming. Because I had SEEN lots of people eating it all weekend, so I knew it was here!

And it was there. WAS being the operative word. Yes, they had run out of cotton candy shortly before we arrived.

What a disappointment it was! And I had saved up calories so I could really splurge and not feel like I was being restricted, so now we're at the end of the day and I still have calories left. Ergh. I've been trying to eat yummy things to curb the cravings, but I still feel gypped.

The good news is that I was down when I weighed again this morning, so at least I had that to motivate me not to eat everything like a pig a blow all the hard work right before weigh in tomorrow! Because I was tempted to, let me tell you! But I didn't, and now I have calories left today (200 and some!) and I still need to drink some water before I go to bed (I'm convinced if I don't drink my water that I'll gain!) so I just have to figure out what I want. I'm tempted to make s'mores in the microwave. Sad, isn't it? But I am in want of comfort food (thanks to the disappointment over Sweet Pea food AND PMS) and I have the calories to do it, so I think I'm going to. Now... how many calories are s'mores again?

Whose lousy idea was THAT?!!

Really... I want to know! WHO decided that there would be NO PULLED PORK SANDWICHES at Sweet Pea this year??? I have been wanting one, craving one, and saving myself for one! I had 3 eggwhites for breakfast and grapes for lunch in anticipation of the glorious pulled pork sandwich I always get at Sweet Pea. And you know what I got instead? A pork chop sandwich. It's SO not the same. Very disappointing. *sigh*

And I forgot to weigh myself before I ate breakfast and drank tea, but I weighed afterwards, before I hopped into the shower, and I was at 118.8 (a teeny tiny bit lower than yesterday's 119.0) which means I was really lighter since I'd already eaten and had tea!! Maybe not by much, but it's still nice to see 118 on the scale. I hope I can keep it that way through tomorrow so I have a good weigh in on Monday!

I did fine on calories today. I actually had enough calories for a second dinner when I came home from Sweet Pea! I really thought I'd need to snack more during the day than I did, so I had calories to spare. That helped emotionally, though, after I was so sad about my pulled pork sandwich, LOL!

Tomorrow... well, I don't know what the plan for tomorrow is. We'll go to church and then go to Sweet Pea, but I don't have a definite plan for food. Maybe we'll get lunch before we go and then come home and eat dinner. There wasn't that much there (other than cotton candy! Which I love! Ha ha!) that interested me in the way of food, so I won't be tempted, but I will get hungry at some point. We'll have grapes and cherries along to snack on, so maybe that will be enough.

Sweet Pea Day 1

Well, we got there a little late, but we did make it to Sweet Pea with our picnic dinner tonight! We just went to see the ballet, and not so much for us to see it as for Eliana to. We knew she'd enjoy the music and dance along with it, and sure enough, she did! It was pretty funny to watch her imitate the dancers on stage. She did lots of twirling and slow, gliding movements. We enjoyed sitting outside in the shade and Leif got to use his new 500 lens, which was nice since we were sitting back so far!

As for the kebabs... they were yummy! Mine didn't end up really being kebabs after all, since I was supposed to use short wooden skewers. I have long metal ones that I use for kebabs, but this was not a grilled meal, and my long skewers didn't fit in the pan, so I gave up on using them and just pan fried the chicken without them. They turned out just fine that way! I wish I'd had time to make rice with them before we went, or stir fried veggies, or something. I felt like they needed a side dish, but we were running late as is, so we didn't get one. BUT it was one of the recipes from Deceptively Delicious, so there was a serving of sweet potato hidden in the chicken kebabs! Hee hee!
It's the first recipe I've made from this cookbook, so I'm glad it turned out well! I will definitely be making it again, especially since I have the sweet potato puree made up and ready in the freezer this time.

I stayed under for calories, and I did get all my water in, so I splurged and shared a Splenda pop with Leif over dinner! I don't know why I love pop so much, but I do. Now that we have some in the house again, though, I think I will have to work especially hard to make sure to get 2 liters of water in and THEN drink a pop. Water is so important! I got the Jones Cola this time, and I have to say that it's not nearly as good as the Shasta Splenda Cola. I don't know why, but Leif and I agree on that point. It's just not as good.

Well, planning ahead tomorrow and I've already recorded my dinner. Every year I have to get a pulled pork sandwich at Sweet Pea, and tomorrow for dinner is the time!!! So that's already in Spark People and I will plan my day around it. We will eat breakfast here, probably late-ish, and skip the formal lunch, eating Sweet Pea food for dinner. I've packed snacks in the backpack for tomorrow so I'll have something healthy (dried blueberries and apple slices!) to munch on between breakfast and dinner and I'll bring lots of water to keep me hydrated! Hopefully there will be lots of walking in my day and I can count that as exercise. With a little planning this can be a very successful weekend!!

Up a smidge today

I'm up to 119.0 this morning, but it's still under my goal for Monday, so I'm okay with it! I did manage to get in a 200 calorie DDR workout last night, and even though I didn't eat a terribly balanced set of foods yesterday (no breakfast, a slice and a half of pizza for lunch, no snacks, and 2 fajitas for dinner) I stayed just under 1200 calories, so that was good! I was sure I would have to do a 400 calorie workout to make up for the extras on my fajitas (I put some cheddar cheese on! mmm!) but it turned out fine. Oh, and I got all my water in, though the last liter was just before bed and I had to get up in the middle of the night because of it! I never do that, not even when I was pregnant! Then Ellie woke up at the unheard of hour of 6 am and came to find us, then crawled into bed with us and played. Combine those and I am fairly tired this morning!

Today marks the start of Sweet Pea. We always eat at Sweet Pea, so I'm going to have to make sure I'm really careful this year. Tonight we are going to watch the main act and instead of getting food there I'm going to make some chicken kabobs (a new recipe I've never tried, so it should be interesting!) and we'll eat a picnic dinner. That should be nice! Maybe I'll have time to head into town a little early (or stop by Albertson's on the way back from the splash park) and get some Splenda pop. I've really been wanting pop and so far I've resisted the full sugar stuff we have left over from the camping trip. It would be nice to take some with me tonight to enjoy, especially if I get all my water in before then!

So much for splurging!

I fully anticipated to eat a nice big dinner with dessert last night and not even think about the calories. But there were a few problems with the dinner portion of the evening, so I did get a soda, but the rest of my dinner consisted of some salad, 2 tortellinis and about 1/3 of a chicken breast. Not a splurge, I would say! Because we had to forego dessert at the restaurant I did have a cookie (one of the big ones from On the Rise!) once we got to the show. So I'm sure that contributed to my calorie count. But I'm guessing I came in within my 1200-1500 calorie range last night. I haven't weighed myself yet this morning (I haven't even gotten out of bed! LOL! Gotta love laptop computers...) but we'll see where I am when I do. I'm excited for the new program to start on Monday, and I'm especially happy to have worn my little dress (size wise, not modesty wise!) to Protocol last night. I am finally getting to a place where I don't feel too big for my frame! I did have Leif take a picture of me in my dress last night, so I'll put that up here when I get it off the camera. Progress!

In other news, my mom is coming to visit today for a week! I am SO very excited about that! She'll be here in about 4 hours and I can't wait! Hooray!

Well....

... the retreat is over. It was great!! I met a lot of people, learned a lot, ate a lot, had fun...

Oh, wait! You caught that I ate a lot? Yeah... I tried to slip that in there and get my confession out of the way quietly. I guess it didn't work. I did great for dinner, but I snacked WAY too much. And the snacking sort of continued after I came home through yesterday. But today I am back on track!
I went for a walk with Shannon today, even. We didn't get terribly far, and it wasn't a terribly rigorous walk, but it was something at least. Maybe I'll do more this afternoon. Maybe Leif will be up for a family walk (or bike ride!!!) this evening. That would be good.

I'm getting back on track with my water drinking today, too. I'm only about 1/4 of the way there at 2:00 in the afternoon, but I am determined to drink all 2 liters today.

Here's to getting back on track. *raises Nalgene bottle* Cheers!

Women's Retreat...

I'm leaving for the women's retreat in about an hour and a half, and I'm eating dinner there. That means I won't be able to record what I eat, so I'm just going to wing it. Hopefully I will exercise some moderation and not over eat, but I'm not going to stress about it. I'll eat what's good for me and try to skip what's not. Same goes for tomorrow, since I'll be there then, too!

I guess we'll see what I have to report when I get home...