Really fell off the wagon…

I suppose these posts are starting to all sound the same. Overeating, not exercising, no self control, will power out the window, etc.

The past four days, I’ve completely neglected my diet. It all started Thursday, when it snowed here. And if you don’t think there’s anything special about snow, let me add that it has snowed here twice since I’ve been alive. Once in 1988 and again in 2001. This was said to be the heaviest snow in over 50 years.

Anyway, my power went out. I didn’t go to work that day either, so my food options were either canned Tuna or one of the very few fast food places that were still open after the snow. Of course, I opted for pizza, and everything just spun out of control since then.

Since I’m not really up to the task of logging all of this on SparkPeople, I’ll just list my food intake here.

Thursday
Lunch
Half of a medium Pizza Hut Supreme Pan pizza (1,000 calories?)
Dinner
Large fried catfish platter (1,600 calories?)
Snack
1 cookie (200 calories)

Friday
Breakfast
Smoothie King Island Impact Smoothie (300 calories)
Lunch
Ham/Turkey sandwich, potato chips, chocolate chip cookie, three pieces of fudge, and two fig newtons (1200 calories?)
Dinner
Office Christmas party food and 5 Crown Royals on the rocks (2000 calories?)
Late Night Drunk Munchies
Taco Bell Nachos and Grilled Stuffed Burrito (1,300 calories)

Saturday
Breakfast
Coffee shop mocha, a banana, two slices of toast with peanut butter, mini sausages (850 calories)
Lunch
Roast Beef Poboy with fries (1000 calories?)
Dinner
Other half of the pizza, a Turkey Leg and 100-cal pack chocolate covered pretzels (1,600 calories)

Sunday
Lunch
Mexican restaurant fajita tacos w/ beans and rice and queso dip with chips (1800 calories?)
Snack
Peach Slice Plus smoothie (360 calories)
Dinner
6-inch roast beef blimpie sub and a turkey leg (850 calories)

That averages to about 3,515 calories per day for the last four days. According to BMR calculators, that’s only slightly more than what I burn in a day. Still, like I’ve said before, if I manage to become successful at dropping even half of what it would take to reach my ideal weight, these binge days are going to be far more detrimental than they are now.

I’m very embarrassed about my major slipup. I can’t seem to control my trigger, which is any change in my normal weekday routine. If I had gone to work on Thursday, I would’ve eaten exactly what I should eat. But because my routine was interrupted by snow and a power failure, I spiraled out of control.

But, my friends, today is Monday, which means the routine has returned to normal and my eating habits are again healthy. Now if only I could get myself to the gym.