Weekend Sabotage

Paula, Stacy, Me and Laurie pose in front of the
Salmon River sign

I woke up this morning with achy joints, a slight headache, a bit of bloating, and some regrets. This weekend marked my annual girls fishing trip. We drive 10-12 hours to arrive in tiny Riggins, Idaho, get up early the next morning, spend the day on a freezing river and attempt to catch fish. We spend the next day exploring this part of Idaho and then drive 10-12 hours back. I look forward to it all year long.


I did not eat well...hence, my regrets. But as I drank my medifast hot cocoa this morning, I couldn't help but feel like I was somewhat victorious over my unhealthy habits. Did I eat a piece of bread, drink a soda, and devour three or four peanut butter fudge bars? Yes I did. And this morning, I regretted it. And I physically feel like I ate crap.

 

The ice on the river had to be broken up for us to fish

But I want to take a moment to look on the bright side. Let's compare....

All of us stalking those steelies! 

In year's past, I would have ate chips in the car on the way. Drank calorie-laden coffees all the way there. When we stopped for lunch, I would have had a burger and fries. I would have drank several vodka drinks mixed with sodas. I would have eaten a plate full of Laurie's mom's peanut butter fudge bars. I would have eaten lots of sandwiches (i.e. lots of bread). I would have eaten breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks snacks snacks.






Now let's talk about this year....I had one calorie laden coffee drink. A small one on the way home. I chose water or coffee mixed with my medifast hot cocoa. I did have two cans of soda mixed with whipped cream vodka. But only two. I ate two small handfuls of wasabi peas instead of chips (not sure it's a better choice but they're HOT and I couldn't eat as many lol). I ate a salad at lunch on the way there, a bowl of french onion soup at lunch the day we went to McCall, and I stayed on plan for my dinners. On the way home, I splurged on a mini blizzard at Dairy Queen.

The canyon where we fish...beautiful

Did I make all the right choices? No. But I didn't completely blow it either. And more importantly, this morning, I'm right back on plan. I'm not waiting until Monday. It starts again now.

I'd call that progress!