On The Road Again...

Or should I say wagon?  Yesterday was by far one of the worst eating days I have had since being banded.  I grazed all. day. long.  I don't know what was with me.  I think a lot of it was boredom.  Work has gotten painfully dull and boring bland.  That's a good word for it...bland.  It's not that I don't necessarily like what I do but it is pretty monotonous.  Yesterday morning, I attended a breakfast for my daughter.  She's "Student of the Month" in her class for October and they had muffins and juice and then held a little ceremony where she got her certificate along with the 30 or so other kids.  I'm very proud of her and I think it meant a lot to her that both my hubby and I went.  (Incidentally, this does NOT mean I'll be placing one of those bumper stickers on my car.  It's bad enough that I drive a minivan...) We split up the parenting duties pretty evenly so it's rare that both of us go in late to work or something for an event.  But I felt this warranted it.  So anyhoo...I went into work late but I think I got it in my mind that I was actually running late so I rushed through some of my projects which left a good chunk of the day with very little to do.  Then I heard it..."Mandaaaaaa.....Oh Mandaaaaaa....You know you want some...I've missed you....How could you abandon me?"  Yep...it was the community candy bowl.  Freshly stocked with Halloween goodies.  I haven't caved to this temptation once since being banded but yesterday...oh yesterday...I went back to that bowl like a long lost lover returning home from war!  I had kit kats; I had hershey's; I had MILK DUDS!  EGAD!!! 

I tried a new hot dog place for lunch and got me a chili dog.  A chili dog...bun and all!  And it wasn't even worth it.  They got my order wrong (put onions and mustard on it...blech) but I ate it anyway.  WTF??  I had chips.  Some kind of cheddar and sour cream kind and I usually can't stand stuff like that.  I don't know what was the matter with me.  I hit up Arby's (remember my fast food rule????) and had a sandwich AND loaded potato bites!  Seriously????  Someone strap me to a chair and feed me protein shakes intravenously from now on! 

So today is a new day.  I have brought a couple protein bars and some fruit.  I'm not sure what I'm going to do about lunch...I may just skip it today or just go for a bowl of soup or something.  I feel like I need to go through detox to rid my body of these ridiculously processed and horrible-for-you foods.  Tonight, we are going to a Fall Festival at my daughter's school.  I plan on eating before we go as to avoid temptation there.  I did hit the gym once this week and will try to hit again at some point.  I have caught a cold so I feel like warmed over panda poop so we'll see how the whole working out thing goes.  Regardless, rain or shine, sick or well, I will be walking my 8 miles on Saturday...maybe 10 if I feel punchy.  Heel pain?  Still there...I'm just ignoring it.  If I don't post before the weekend, hope you have a great one and if you live somewhere other than Arizona, enjoy the fall weather!  It's supposed to get up to 94 here tomorrow.  Ugh!!  I leave you with a giggle...