Day 12 & Day 13

Thursday... (Day 12)

The main pitfall of Thursday was that I didn't like my “sweet & sour chicken” that was suppose to be my supper. Armed with the information I had gained about substitution from my check in the night before I felt confident that I was ready for the challenge. Supper equals 4 meats, 2 starches, 1 vegetable (although veggies are “free”) and 1 fat. So I took one can of water packed tuna mixed with pickles, onions, and 1 tbsp of fat free margarine spread it on 2 slices of whole wheat bread and ate the remainder on a bed of greens. I was quite full after my meal and fairly certain that I had done a good job of substituting for the icky sweet and sour chicken. I ended up not needing to eat a fruit portion for the day. (Good or bad?)

Friday...(Day 13)

Friday was a holiday so I had the entire day to potentially mess up my plan. I had an appointment to see a psychic in the morning in Edmonton & then I was planning on spending the day w/ my friend Melissa who lives in Edmonton. One of the cool things that happened at the psychic was that her cards spelled out “FIT” & I hadn't even asked about my weight loss journey. I was happy to see that!

Anyhoo, Melissa & I decided to take in a movie (“Four Brothers” check out my http://moviereviewsbycrystal.blogspot.com for details). I had previously decided that if we went to a movie I was going to consider getting a diet pop & small popcorn (unbuttered of course). When we got to the theatre (after going through West Edmonton's restaurant row & the food court) I saw they only had diet coke (I prefer pepsi) so I opted for a small popcorn and a bottle of water. When the concession boy handed over the popcorn I took one look at it and said “Hey Melissa do you want to share?”. So I still probably ate about 2/3 of the bag which I am guessing equals 4 – 5 cups of popcorn.

This morning I “asked jeeves” how many calories were in theatre popcorn and got:
A 3-cup serving of plain movie-theater popcorn is 165 calories and 9 grams of fat.
Which means I roughly consumed say 275 calories from popcorn in about 20 minutes. I did find I was quite full for the rest of the day though so I didn't eat my snack bar & my dinner (which was rotini w/ meatballs & canned pears) so I think it may have balanced out.
I refuse to feel guilty about my popcorn decision because:
a) I enjoyed it,
b) I weighed my options and decided to eat the popcorn, and
this is a lifestyle change and I will never give up my tradition of eating at the theatre I just have to learn make better choices (I normally would have gotten popcorn or nachos, some kind of sweet like licorice, and some chocolate like whoppers or a chocolate bar).

I view my theatre trip as a success not a failure. At the same time I will have to accept the consequences of my actions and know that I may not lose any weight this week when I weigh in. But sorry Jenny Craig I didn't sign up for this thing for you , I did it for me! So if it takes one more week to hit my goal weight but I learn how to lead a life I can live with forever that is far more important.