Week Eight Thursday and Friday

First, Thursday:

I couldn't find my pedometer before I left, so I'm not sure how many steps I got in today.  My knee was bothering me, so I took it easy anyway.

In the morning, I had an egg mcmuffin for breakfast.  Then there was a staff potato bar luncheon, so I brought the leftovers of the Hawaiian Chicken dinner from last night to go on it.  (I could have gone with the chili that was there, but when I was preparing for it, I only thought there would be sour cream and butter.)

The afternoon presented some frustrating situations.  I dealt with them by taking a walk around the school (win!) and then I almost talked myself out of a Reese's McFlurry, but I didn't succeed.  When I got home, I immediately took Pip for a walk around the park.  We got rained on and it was a quick walk.

I had planned to get the ingredients for Beef Stroganoff tonight, but I didn't remember before I drove home.  Paul called later after he'd gone in to deposit some checks to see what we were going to do for dinner.  He talked me through it later- I had the option of anything and he offered to get me a treat from the store as well.  I chose a Taco Bell chicken salad.  I didn't feel like it was a win, but I guess it was ok.  I proceeded to snack throughout the evening, and I'm not sure what I ate.  I know I didn't go way overboard, but I didn't monitor too closely, either.  I had about 10 glasses of water.

Now for Friday:

I was determined to be perfect for the next three days.  I started off with 2 pieces of whole wheat toast with 1.5 TB peanut butter with 3/4 cup of cottage cheese.  Then I did some errands that took longer than I thought they would.  We had a Subway Chicken Teriyaki sandwiches (6 inches), and then I added a cup of chips to it.  I was still hungry, and then ate a peanut butter sandwich with strawberry jam.  Part of the way through the afternoon, I had 1/2 cup of sunflower seeds.  Tonight, yes, we continued the eating out theme.  For our date night, we went with Applebees 2 for 20.  Once again, I flubbed it and, instead of getting the Napa Chicken and Mushroom meal, I got the Fiesta Lime Chicken with the spinach artichoke dip.

Right now, my pedometer says 4018- no where near the 9,500 I wanted it to be at.

Right now, I'm feeling pretty much failure-ish.  My body is pretty stiff and sore from my workout on Wednesday, and I think I'm going to take another hot bath tonight like I did yesterday to help soothe those muscles.  Tomorrow is fresh with no mistakes in it.  I can do this.  I can do this.  I can do this.  Sigh.