The Lounge...

Ahhhh... the teacher's lounge. It's a place of relief and a little mini-sanctuary when things just need to be blocked off for a few minutes of the day. It's a teacher's happy place --- unless you're on a diet! Have you ever actually walked in to one of these places??? They are a mecca of bad food choices! People that don't frequent them often are skinny and the people that spend time in there bonding with their fellow teachers (like me) - are usually not. Yes, there are some exceptions to this observation. I'm just not one of them and I need to be VERY careful when I go inside. You never know what dieting horrors await! Bottom line... today was a bad day.

Every Wednesday is what we call "donut day". It's terrible. The smell of those fantastic, freshly frosted, yummy cake donuts fill the air and sometimes even the hallways outside! Today was no different. I take that back --- today was a little better! One of my fellow dieters made sure there was fresh fruit, yogurt, and other healthy alternatives! That was SO considerate! I was really proud of myself when I walked in and scooped up some cantaloupe and marched off to the faculty meeting. I was less proud when I went back and ate 5 Andie's mints they left on the table to share - those things are 26 calories a piece!!! I, of course, didn't think about this until after I had a couple more on my plan period, (nobody else was eating them and they're addictive! "Hello, My name is Jessica and I have an addiction to mint chocolate").

Anyway, lunch was no better! I had my delicious 250 calorie frozen lunch like a good girl... but... the danishes the girls brought, (being oh-so-thoughtful), this morning looked SO good. Just one couldn't be that bad for me right? Then I noticed that someone else cut one in half... and the one cut in half was mostly fruit. Fruit is good for you, right? Basically, I deluded myself into eating all of this really-not-bad-for-you-in-moderation-but-don't-be-a-hog-about-it food. After I put it into my calorie counter I surely wished I hadn't had all of that!!!

Long story short, (I know... too late Jessica), I need to work more on self-control again. I was doing SO WELL and today I just fell off the wagon! But!Today isn't over yet... I still have time and LOTS of energy now that I ate all of that crap! I'm going to head to the gym, eat a sensible dinner with the family, and hope to recoup some of this MASSIVE calorie in-take! After looking it up on www.myfittnesspal.com, I only have to do a half hour of elliptical to earn back enough calories to have something substantial for dinner! LOL! I can do this... probably!


This picture pretty much sums up how I feel today's dieting went... tomorrow will be better!!!