Mid-week Update

After evaluating how things went at the church activity last night, I would say that I was fairly successful (in comparison to my past decisions). On the menu were croissant sandwiches- either deli meat w/cheese or chicken salad. Then we had a potluck of all kinds of salads. Beforehand, I was slicing the croissants to fill with chicken salad. Normally I would have picked at all the flaky, buttery crumbs and popped them in my mouth. I did not do this. Also, I would have been tempted to lick the spoon and/or container of chicken salad when I was finished. Last night I was tempted, but did not give in. I threw away the croissant packing (with the crumbs), and walked away from the chicken salad containers (boy did it look good, though).

When it came time to eat, I chose a small portion of a turkey sandwich (each croissant was divided in thirds), although looking back, I probably should have picked off the cheese. Then I had 2 or 3 bites of a few different salads (some with jello, macaroni and tuna, crab salad, and a couple with broccoli- oh, and one with spinach and strawberries). I also had 2 pieces of california rolls. I did not go back for seconds, which I usually do. The only downfall was that I caved in and had some dessert- 2 scoops of raspberry sherbet with lemon-lime soda. But it was less fattening than the alternative, which was a rootbeer float. So it was probably more calories than I should have had, but comparing to my past track record, I didn't do too shabby. We'll see if I can keep it up.

On the workout front, I plan to get in a 4-mile run today. However, yesterday we had a storm blow in (and I do mean blow- we had some fierce winds). This morning it was raining on my way to work, and the expected high is only 61 degrees. Hello, it's June! The low for tonight is going to be around 41, which is almost a record-low!! Anyway, my point is that I hope it's not raining too hard when I get home from work, because I really miss running. I feel like it's been forever since my run last Saturday. I'm not afraid of the cold, and I've run in rain before, but it's really discouraging when the rain is coming down hard, because I can't go as fast as I would like.

On the bright side, DH comes home tomorrow, so I will see him when I pick him up after work. Yay!