Small gain - depression
Well, this past week has been worse than I thought it would. Some of it I can't help. I ate way more than I needed to while in Ohio. I had larger breakfasts with many more calories than I'm used to. I usually just have a Fiber One bar for breakfast. The lunch given to us was a buffet followed by ice cream. I wish I hadn't eaten the ice cream, I could live without it. And dinner wasn't preventable either. When I got back into town I ate at a mexican restaurant with a friend and had a margarita. I knew I shouldn't have, but I did it with every intention of getting back on track Thursday.
I went over a few points on Thursday, but not too bad. Friday my department went out to eat for lunch and dinner was provided at a baseball game... I don't consider that stuff preventable either. Had a few beers... Saturday I ate at a sushi place... got tempura don, not realizing I would be getting fried shrimp, fried vegetables, and rice with eggs and veggies that could last for 3 meals. I ate a lot of the leftover rice for dinner. I know I should have thrown it away, but I didn't because I paid a pretty penny for it. And of course there was more beer last night, followed by a veggie chicken sandwich at about 3am because I knew if I didn't get food in my stomach I'd be sick.
Today's been okay... my roommate moved out yesterday and I've actually been pretty depressed. So depressed that the hours of the day came and passed, and by 5:30 tonight I had not eaten at all today. I didn't feel like eating anything I have, either, so I went to the Sbarro down the street and got a 17 point slice of pizza. The guy working there threw in a free breadstick because I had to wait a few minutes. So I'm totally within my points for the day, but it obviously wasn't the healthiest choice for dinner. I don't feel too bad about it since I'm still within my points. I'm just worried about myself because I never "forget" to eat! And unfortunately, for all of those points I'm not sure it was enough food for not having eaten all day, because I'm hungry again!
So yes, I did have a gain. It said 176 today so that's what I'm tracking, but it was around 178 when I got back from Ohio earlier this week. Hopefully I can get it back down fast. If not... I'll refocus when I get back to Louisiana in two weeks. All I can do is try, but if I'm invited to go out to eat or drink, I'm going to go because if I remain in this apartment too much I get really depressed. Really. I'm at the point right now where I need to make my mental health priority over my physical health. I will do my best, and the rest will fall into place.
. It can be really hard to keep on track when your not in your regular environment, but even the naturally skinnys put on a pound or 2 every now and then. From someone who is just starting on their weightloss journey I just wanted to say congratulations I think you are doing really well and you will no doubt continue to do really well. i hope you get a nice room mate soon to help cheer you up.