Eating out during P3…and the consequences!

Weight: 162.5

Wow....do I feel stuffed!...and not really in a good way.  I'm still full from last night's dinner out!

I took my hubby to Tucanos, a Brazilian all-you-care-to-eat restaurant that is known for serving meat.  We've wanted to go since they opened, about 3 years ago.  We just never go out to eat...it's too expensive, too many food items contain ingredients I have reactions to, like canola oil, and too many calories.

So, I wanted to take him out for his birthday, and I thought it would be a great place because it would be Atkins friendly.  And it was....but I also had food not listed on the protocol.  That's OK, it was his birthday, I was willing to take the consequences.

Considering how much food I ate, I'm a little surprised that I'm only up 1.5 pounds.  Add that to the 1 pound from Friday, and, well, it starts adding up.  Today I am 3.5 pounds over LIW.  Not crazy about that, and certainly don't feel comfortable, but I think that's the whole point.

I'm not comfortable, and I'll do something about it.  At almost 163 pounds, rather than 183 pounds.

I did 34 minutes on the elliptical yesterday morning, and felt great about that.  If we hadn't gone out to dinner, I am pretty sure I would have been at 160 today.  I'll continue adding exercise in to my routine, but not today.  I have a huge quilt deadline looming, and my muscles are just a *tad* bit stiff from yesterday.  Better to take a planned approach to exercising than being overly exuberant and not creating a habit.

I still have 2 more weeks of P3 left, and I'm quite confident that I'll get my weight back to where it needs to be....but I'll have to avoid eating out again for awhile!