Day 6: The Importance of a Cheat Day!

Day 6

The day I have been looking forward to since Monday: cheat day! 

Now, I know that having a cheat day makes it seem like I am not taking this very seriously. However, I think that having this to look forward to every week will allow me to stick to healthy choices!

 I have decided that my cheat day will be on Friday or Saturday every week, dependent upon how well my week has gone. If I had a bad eating day I will not be having a cheat day. Easy as that. I decided on Friday/Saturday because the weekend gives a solid time for reflection of the entire week. I also have weigh-in day on Monday, so I chose not to do Sunday because I don't want to be bloated or weighing extra the next day. 

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MY CHEAT DAY RULES:

1. You are allowed to eat ONE thing for ONE meal of the day without looking up calories or fat. 

2. It is not an every meal all day thing (like I did the last time I lost weight). Pick one meal.

3. You are allowed to drink on this day (on top of a meal).

As it is Saturday, I am currently waiting for my cheat meal to arrive. My boyfriend has gone out to get me a grilled chicken burger.

Still going strong, even through the cheat. 

All my hard work has paid off this week.

See you on Monday for my first weigh in!

xo

Day Four: Stressful Day

Day Four

What a day. I had such a rough day today. Sometimes being a substitute teacher can be so difficult. I was supposed to have today off, but got a call at 7am asking me to come in because a teacher I usually substitute for was sick. Of course, I am a YES man when it comes to substituting and I jumped at the opportunity. I haven't had a bad day yet (and we are in November!). However, today was a different story. Children weren't behaving and it just became a stressful day.

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The first thing I wanted to do when I left school was stop at the grocery store and get some ketchup chips, curl up on the couch and veg out until I eventually go to bed. 

However, even though this temptation was intense I DIDN'T DO IT! I was so happy. Instead, I went home and had some ritz rice crackers (80 cals for 12 crackers) with some spicy hummus. It was such a huge step for me. I have always been an emotional eater. This just help affirm that I am in it this time, and my goals are achieveable. It just shows me how my mind set has changed.

They say it takes 21 days to form a habit. Here's to a strong first four days.

Short post today (I won't be posting every day), but I really wanted to get this small victory up to remind me when days are rough that I can do it.

So can you.

xo