Croissan’Wich Confessions

30 May 2010 4 Comments

by jessiecarter in GRAVITY Experiment Tags: backpacks, breakfast, Burger King, burrito, Croissan'Wich, Diet Coke, hashbrown, interval training, McDonald's, Mountain Dew, packing lunches, protein, Sam's Club, sweat, text, treadmill

GRAVITY Experiment Days #44, #45 & #46 – wow, I’m behind!

Today’s weight:  143.0 (I weighed 3 times just to make sure this was legit)

Pounds lost / pounds to go:  7.5 / 7.5

Exercise:  Day of rest today and boy was it glorious!!!  Friday was a brisk walk on the treadmill for 30 min (interval training as usual) and yesterday was nothing more than the activity involved with having a birthday party for my almost 9-year-old – Sam’s Club trip, moving and setting up tables, vacuuming/cleaning, etc (I actually broke a sweat doing this).

I haven’t been completely honest with those of you who continue to read my posts so I’m finally going to come clean.  I have continued to drink Diet Coke and eat McDonald’s breakfast burritos throughout this experiment.  There I said it.  Ahhh, I feel so much better.  It’s not that I’ve lied, I just haven’t talked about those things for more than a month so that’s a pretty good sign that I’m not doing so great in that department.

About a week into the experiment, a friend texted me with the following message – “I ate a frozen fruit cup (homemade) this morn instead of sandwich!  Thought it might make u smile”  Like my breakfast burrito addiction, this friend is drawn to the Burger King Croissan’Wich.

We have discussed at length the draw of the fast food fix in the morning – we both head to the drive-thru after a usual hectic morning packing lunches, prepping backpacks, getting the kids out the door, bickering (usually between the kids but sometimes involving us), and getting ourselves ready.  The protein and calories I get in the morning, while not of the best quality, keep me going all morning.  I don’t snack.  I don’t yawn.  And if I get swamped and can’t get lunch, I’m not miserable all day.  I’m still searching for a viable alternative so suggestions are welcome

So after I got the message, I felt like I had failed her but she would eventually find out if I had fibbed so my return message read – “Funny – I had a breakfast burrito and hashbrown;-)”  Her response, “Lolol…well my sugar count is probably worse with the mtn dew but u can’t win everyday:)”

This totally made my day.  In my quest for perfection and being this pillar of will power throughout this experiment, she made me laugh and realize it’s okay to be human while I’m figuring all of it out.

My weight and stress have both gone down as I’ve eased up on myself.  Funny – the more I’ve become my own friend in this process, the easier it’s become.