Alcohol + Leftovers = ugggggggggg!

Did I mention that alcohol is a big trigger of mine?? How is it that I managed to do more damage the day AFTER Thanksgiving than the day itself?? ALCOHOL!! I had a glass of wine before we started dinner….and the rest is history.

Breakfast:
Starting this morning, I woke up on little sleep and feeling icky from a glass or two of wine the night before. I had a big bowl of oatmeal with banana and walnuts before we departed on our family hike to Crowders Mountain.

Breakfast calories: 340

Hike!!
We did a 3.5 mile hike up a mountain and back down. I wore my heart rate monitor and burned about 300 calories. Not too bad, but not enough to fight Thanksgiving leftovers! At the top of the mountain, I had a cranberry-turkey-spinach sandwich and some fresh fruit. Check out the view!!

Cute husband eating!

View from the top of the mountain:

Lunch calories: 357

Afternoon:
After we got back from the hiking, I was pretty hungry. I had a cup of tea to tide me until dinner, but it didn’t do much….I had some bites of mashed potatoes and vegetables.

And mom and I got in 40 more minutes of walking!!

After our walk, it was about 4pm and I was going on about 800 calories with 450 calories burned. I need some fuel!! Had a bowl of leftover veggies and brussels sprouts. And one too many nibbles of sweet potato casserole 🙁

Afternoon calories: About 300. Too many bites of other people’s dishes!

Dinner
OK, can we emphasize again that wine is the catalyst for me to overeat?? At 5:00, the whole family came over again for a dinner of leftovers. We opened a bottle of pinot, and it was FABULOUS!!!!!!!! I had a glass before dinner (about 2 of these 3 oz ones) and it triggered me to overeat….

I also sipped on the husband’s DELICIOUS Chardonnay (Indian Wells from Washington – unbelievable!!) 2 more oz under my belt.

Here’s my plate of leftovers, which isn’t that damaging, except that I did a lot more nibbling than is photographed. Sorry to be inaccurate, but I was BAD tonight!

For dessert, I had a sliver of pumpkin chiffon and some pecan – too much of both! But seriously, is that really 151 calories worth of pecan pie?!?!? It is 1/3 of a slice, but I find that so hard to believe!!!

Also had about 2-3 oz of mead (honey dessert wine) when the husband surprise-opened it, which was above and beyond what I had planned.

Here’s my dinner calorie estimate:

Dinner		Cals
	5 serving Roasted Veggies by OZ	102
	4 serving Cranberry Sauce – Thanksgiving Version	85
	0.5 serving, 1/2 cup (4 oz) Wegmans: Bread Products: Holiday Dinners, Herb Stuffing	103
	1 1/2 cup Brussels Sprouts with Apple	54
	0.5 serving, 2/3 cup (5.9 oz) Puddings: Corn, home prepared	109
	7 fl.oz Sutter Home: Wines: Pinot Noir	161
	1 oz Turkey: Light Meat, boneless, no skin, roasted	45
	2 fl.oz Wines: Mulled or Mead	88
	2 fl.oz Sutter Home: Wines: Chardonnay	47
	.4 serving, 1/2 cup Vrooman: Sides: Sweet Potato Casserole	82
	0.25 oz Be Happy & Healthy: Breads: Pumpkin	19
	1 piece (0.2 oz) Sunspire: Chocolate: Grain Sweetened, Dark Earth Balls	32
	0.3 piece, 1/8 of 9″ dia (4.3 oz) Pies & Tarts: Pies, Pecan, prepared from recipe	151
	0.33 serving Pumpkin Chiffon Pie	98
	1 oz Beer: Regular (5% alc.)	12
Total:		1188

SO as you can see, I was not very well behaved today. One day this week was enough damage!!

Total Friday calories: 2189

-448 through hiking + walk

+ 300 added maintenance calories to lighten the load.

= net of 1440.

Now I know plenty of people who have done fine on 1440 net, but I’m not one of them. I know my body and know that this was overboard. This is NOT how a nutritionist would eat. This is how the old me would eat. Get a grip, me!

Tomorrow we’re headed to Spartanburg, SC to visit my husband’s dad, and we’re going to dinner at a German restaurant. I would love to limit myself to NO alcohol tomorrow, but I know that is unrealistic. I think I’ll just do my best (absolute BEST) and call it a weekend. I’ll be back on track hard core on Monday. We do plan on hitting the gym hard tomorrow morning, early, so that should help.

See you then!!

Kath