I DECIDE: Tue, Jan 31 - CTRL ALT DEL

inspiration
for today's blog post
came from a reader :)
below is a portion
of the hurdles
she encountered this week

Ok so in the interest of full disclosure, let me share with you yesterday's drama:

Today is not a gym day for me. I have kids who have fevers so one is home from school and the others cannot go to childcare at the gym.

At breakfast I was snacky so I kept grabbing handfuls of Reese's Puffs cereal (could that stuff BE any more addicting?) - probably totaled 120 calories.

I was going to skip lunch or have a WW meal because Mondays are the nights that husband and I go out for dinner (we get weekly date nights). Well, I blew that when the donuts I bought for the kids were not eaten. Could I just throw them away? OF COURSE NOT! Pretty pink frosting, sprinkles and yummy cake donuts. I ate them. BOTH of them. And then I looked up the calorie count. 772 calories for the pair. I will NEVER EVER EVER do that again. Nearly 800??? For small donuts????

So now I stand at 892 calories in with only a few handfuls of cereal and 2 donuts to show for it. My total can only be 1330 without going to the gym so I have 438 calories remaining...on an "out for dinner" night.

Husband and I will get home around 7pm and then we have all of kids bedtime to do. The gym closes at 9pm. I *could* go after about 8pm - that way I can eat a bit more than 438 calories. Or I *could* get a turkey 6" at Subway and call it a day.

In this situation (please tell me I am not the only one who makes awful choices like that?) - wwyd??

Hours later:
UPDATE! This is new territory for me. Normally I would have thrown in the towel on the day and said screw it. But. We did go to Applebee's and I had the Signature Sirloin and garlic herb shrimp. 500 calories and totally delicious! Then we got the kids in bed and I headed for the gym. When I got there I was just ready to hop on a machine when my niece came up to me (she had practice there) crying - her stomach hurt, could I please bring her home?? Of course I could! So I left (no workout) and brought her home. I was just going to GO home and I thought no, I need to get this workout in. So I went BACK to the gym and did the elliptical for 50 minutes and burned 550 calories - so it's like I never had my delicious dinner at all! Thanks for the encouragement. I am SO ready to do this and to do it all the way to completion.

so proud of this follower!

for how she hit the hurdle

picked it back up

hit another hurdle

picked it back up

and JUMPED over it!

and so glad she shared her story

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