Day 6 Family outings

Yesterday was not one of my better days. In the hurricane that is our lives I found it very difficult to maintain a healthy life style. Yesterday is what I call the family drive by day. Since we have moved about 400 miles away from our families we find ourselves in the predicament of having to visit as many loved ones as we can in one day. Though it is always fun to see everyone, the obstacle we face is eating.
For one reason or another, many Americans find that socializing and food are one in the same. Our families become like drug pushers with food. “ Come on just try some.” “ Have some more.” “ oh come on a little more can't hurt.” And just like a junkie, we know what is good for us, We have a plan to stay clean, and then we crumble like the cookie that was pushed on us. Don't get me wrong Our families are wonderful. We could just say no ( In theory ) . Yet we don't. We find our selves eating at every stop we make. So here is the run down of yesterday gorge fest.

Breakfast with Dad.
Hummus
Pita bread
Tomato's
Cucumbers
1 cup of coffee
2 glasses of water
It started out right, I still had conviction, strength, a waste line.


Snack at grandma's
6 Gingersnaps
8 oz of pomegranate and blueberry juice
It's just juice and cookies. Plus it's grandma! No one says no to grandma.


Lunch with Mike's Grandma, brother, sister-in-law, and dad
Apple walnut salad
French fries
Ice tea
2 glasses of water
Salad good, fries bad. That makes it a wash, right? Oh the tea,,,ummm errrrrr. We have a long drive ahead of us. Not enough water? Ah refer to previous excuse.


Snack at Mike's grandma's
Wafer cookie
1 glass of lemonade
Lemon counts as fruit right? And the cookie, well that soaks up all the citrus acid.


Dinner on the way home
Bean burrito
Deep fried peppers
A few sips of water
What the heck, I had already blown it.

It was not my best attempt at healthy living, but tomorrow is another day. A really good work out can make up for a lot. Now where is my Pajama's.

There is a bright spot to all this, Mike did WAAAAAAYYYYY worse!

I was going to object to the way worse, but I guess its true. In addition to Honeybunny's list, I had several snicker doodles ( in fact you might say oodles and oodles of snicker doodles – and yes, that is a real song) and a small bowl of Snickers ice cream. I have not been exercising, and feel like crap. As Honeybunny and I discussed today, you never feel bad or have regrets after getting some exercise.

Mike's disclaimer:
I tend to get headaches from certain foods that contain dyes and MSG. We ate at R R and about an hour later Had a very intense headache. I had suspected that they have unhealthy additive in the very seasoned food before; however I gave them the another try. I am now sure of it. Just beware if you have any food allergies, You may want to avoid this particular restaurant.