You ate WHAT!

I completely crashed and burned yesterday. Since I restared my journey to health, I've been eating one or two meals per day. Yesterday, after I exercised and took a shower, I was hungry. So, I asked aloud, "What can I eat?"

I settled on two strips of Turkey bacon and an omlette consisting of one whole egg and two egg whites, fresh tomatoes and red onions. I also added some fish sauce, garlic powder and onion powder to give it an oriental flavor. Until about 2:00 or so, I just kept drinking water and chewing sugarless gum, but I chewed almost a pack of gum.

Since I was getting hungry again, I decided I would eat leftover turkey and pinto beans that I had purchased from Rudy's Barbecue the night before. After I ate that, I had this feeling like I needed something crunchy. So, I stepped into the pantry and that's when I completely lost control. Before I stopped myself, I had consumed an oatmeal pie, four granola bars, a handful of animal crackers, and three snack bags of chips in the form of Doritos and Cheetos.

Although my crunch, as well as my sweet tooth, was satified, I was disgusted with myself for eating all that. I should have known it was a mistake to stay home all day, and I should have made an effort to get some of the errands on my list taken care of to get me out of the house. When I'm out and about, I'm just too busy to continually focus on food. Fortunately, that binge occurred early afternoon and I didn't eat anything for the remainder of the day, but that really isn't the point. Needless to say, after cosuming all the carbs, I fell asleep on the couch and woke up in a bad mood.

Today, I'm trying to satisfy my crunch early with a Special K protein bar and two crisp slices of turkey bacon. I also plan on getting out the house and getting some of the errands done that would have kept me from binging yesterday. Hopefully, that one day of eating won't keep me from achieving the two-pound loss I've projected for next week. I'm also hoping to get at least two more exercise sessions in before the week ends to help combat yesterday.