24th February 2015
No one ever injured their eyesight by looking on the bright
side.
Yesterday was a real test of strength, where my eating
habits are concerned. Let's be honest I
love eating and different situations cause for different kind of foods, so
being out of my normal routine would come under such a situation. Oh and going on a road trip, all be it merely
a 240 mile round trip to head office didn't make it any less of an 'adventure". My journey started early as I hate the
thought of not getting somewhere on time so I give myself plenty of time, I
hadn't had breakfast because there wasn't any bread in the house, plus I thought
I could pick something up when I stopped for petrol.
Oh the inner turmoil that goes on when my inner 'let me eat'
gremlin starts hashing it out with my 'I wanna eat healthy' angel in a petrol
station, gremlin wanted a sandwich, not one of those light versions the full
fat, triple packs, or maybe a big fat sausage roll because she'd seen one on Facebook the other day and had been craving one since (thanks AnnMarie!), ooo
look at the meal deals, you get crisps with them. Then out of nowhere with a strength she
hasn't shown in a while came my healthy angel, oh yeah she took back the power
and grabbed grapes, a banana and a tray of chargrilled cooked chicken, and a
diet drink, thinking that will get me through to lunchtime, I'm driving to
Maidenhead, it's not a holiday, it's work and you need to stop with the
"Sod It, I'll start again tomorrow" attitude.
Oh she was forceful, she almost lost the battle a couple of
hours later when I needed to stop for a toilet break on the motorway, ooo
M&S shop at the service station, I likes M&S, shame I wasn't hungry, my
greedy gremlin would have taken down that healthy angel had I been, she
wouldn't have stood a chance. However,
because I'd eaten all my stash I'd bought, there wasn't an ounce of hungry, so
I wandered round M&S and couldn't see anything I 'really' wanted, I did
spot a Greggs across the car park, "Oh ma'an they'd have sausage
rolls", thought my greedy gremlin, my healthy angel appeared to be controlling
my feet and steered me out of the opposite door, boom she won. Damn what was this a hot food stand, the
gremlin takes back the power and before I know it I'm stood there with a foot
long sausage roll that's cost me £1.99!
As I walk back to the car, there's an internal conversation going on
between the two, the devil wants to devour it, the angel is reminding his,
pastry gives me chronic heartburn, I already have a bit of a headache do I want
to add indigestion to the day, I sit in my car and take a bite, realise it
isn't all that get out and throw the rest to the birds! Boom, back away heartburn, I'm having none of
that today.
Back on the road and soon arrive, only coffee to be had at
the meeting, although I did resist the free WW bakes and bars in their tea room
when I went to make my drink. Three hours
later and the return journey.
I stop quite early, about 2ish as I realise it's lunch time
and I've not eaten, I didn't think I was hungry to be fair until I eye a
Waitrose, I wander round, ooo meal deals, then I spy a bag of salted almonds,
there my lates mmm-ness, I just love em, however they are 17pp per 100g, higher
than chocolate, but they're also really good for you, so I threw them in my
basket with some Edamame beans that are F&H and delicious, they'd be pp per
tub, so even with breakfast eating those nuts would mean I was still under
30pp! For a day on the road that wasn't
so bed I told myself!
Then suddenly I find myself stood typing into a touchscreen,
what was I doing, how did I get here, this is a KFC ordering panel, I played
with it for a few minutes before convincing myself I didn't really want to pay
£5 for a couple of pieces of chicken, fries and a coke and the scales would not
thank me for it at all. So instead I
went back to Waitrose and bought 3 ready meals for £6 so I had my tea ready for
when I got home, Cod in parsley sauces with mash and peas for 8pp, now that was
a much better choices than a KFC meal for one for a zillion ProPoints! The
good old healthy angel won that round too, even with the 17pp bag of almonds,
healthy food and fixed a craving, that's out of my system again now.
Yay, I made it home, I can't believe how many times I
thought about food, my gremlin even reminded me I hadn't bought bread as I got
off the motorway but I knew if I stopped for a loaf, I'd end up buying other
stuff, so we can live without bread this morning, mom has her toasted teacake,
I can have eggs or porridge, I'll live without bread! It's surprising what you can live without if
it isn't there.
I had wi-fi and tv problems when I got home too, so I know
if there had been rubbish in the house, I'd have indulged because the 'stress'
button had kicked in, instead I saw it as a sign from the universe to turn off
the computer and have an early night, mom and I were in bed by 8 and I've had
an incredible 8+ hours sleep after a little bit of a read. I must have needed it, plus that gremlin is
quiet when I'm asleep, thankfully.
Feeling good this morning, thinking if I can survive a road
trip with the greedy gremlin on full throttle, then my healthy angel is getting
stronger, here's to another good day, okay yesterday may not have been perfect
26 or fully F&H, but it was healthy and I am happy, that's good enough for
me for now.
How did your day go?
Are you planning on having a good one today BeYOUtiful, I am!
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