3/1/12 Accountability

March 1st!!! Oh my goodness, where did that come from?!? Wasn't it just Christmas break a few weeks ago? Goodness. Well, I just have to say, I had a WONDERFUL day! A great start to one of my favorite months of the year :) We get Spring Break, my Birthday, St. Patrick's Day (It's fun to dress up in green!) and sometimes even Easter. I think March has some of the most beautiful weather out of the year too (if you don't count the allergies that come along with it.)

Food Journal...

Breakfast: Cereal, blueberries, almond milk

Lunch: Panda Express mixed veggies and beef and broccoli

Snack: Almonds in the afternoon

Drink: Tall, skinny iced mocha from Starbucks (funny story about this.)

Dinner: Leftovers of my Chili's grilled chicken sandwich from last night, with steamed broccoli leftovers I made on Tuesday. It's nice to have convenient dinners right there that are healthy too.

BEFORE you freak out and think, "Oh my gosh- fast food?!?" just listen to what I got. I knew I was going to have to eat on campus today, so I looked ahead at the menus of stuff offered at school. I've gotten Panda Express from there before, so I went to their nutritional calculator to see what was the healthiest option for me to get. Turns out, it's the mixed veggies (duh!) and beef and broccoli. I was thinking the black pepper chicken or green bean chicken would have been healthier, but I'm glad I checked first! That beef and broccoli is by far the healthiest option on the whole menu; HUNDREDS of calories and several grams of fat less than everything else. Now I know what I can get for 'fast food' on the rare occasion.

And onto the Starbucks story. So, I had a FULL day at school today. I had no class, but I had assignments to work on and study for. I was at school from 9-5 today, and by 4 o'clock, I was fading. I knew I wanted to stay for the office hours at 5 I needed to go to, but I had to have something to boost me up, or I was just gonna pass out! I knew I couldn't just get a soda since that is one of the things I have given up, so I decided on the Starbucks just down the street to use up the last of my gift-card (how I will miss you and your convenience!) Now, usually I would get a tall non-fat cafe latte, but the weather was so beautiful out that I wanted an iced drink. I got in the line and just kind of rushed with my order. My only guidelines were 'tall, cheap, and skinny or nonfat.' So I quickly ordered a tall skinny iced mocha. When I sat down with my book (Pride and Prejudice) and coffee, I took a sip, and realized, "Wait a second... I got chocolate!!!!" Of course! How could I have been so stupid! I essentially was drinking an iced chocolate milk, and that totally went into the no-zone for Lent! I knew I couldn't take it back or ask for a different drink; I just think that's rude and wasteful. So I had my drink (seriously, it was just a nice, cold chocolate milk) and even though I thoroughly enjoyed it, I kept thinking, "Sorry, God! Technically this isn't a dessert, but from now on, I will be more mindful of what I'm actually getting." I felt kind of silly about it afterwards :P

Exercise for the day...

In about an hour, I'm going to go to the gym for a bit. I'll update about that later tonight.