Whoops

I was so proud of myself at the start of this week for making a menu plan. I knew I’d have 2 unsure nights because I was going out but I planned everything to have more than enough APs to cover whatever I had there. Well, that didn’t work. They say no battle plan survives first contact with the enemy, and in this case the enemy was myown lack of thinking through the week.

I planned to eat Sunday-made American Chop Suey for lunch at work Monday and Tuesday. I ended up working from home those two days, but I stuck to my plan and ate that. Then comes Wednesday. What’s on my plan for lunch…grilled cheese and tomato soup. Yum! I had done that because it was going to be a cold day but guess what…I was in the office. With no stove. Which means no way to make a grilled cheese. Oops. And I had no backup plan.

Now in all fairness to myself I didn’t know I was going to work at home those first two days (sleep-related issues kept me home unexpectedly). But when I realized it I should have switched the grilled cheese days with the already-packed Chop Suey days. Lesson learned.

I will also admit that because of the sleep issues I didn’t make very good choices at the work cafeteria. I had a chicken salad sandwich on wheat with baked multigrain chips one day and a turkey club wrap the next. I could try to squint my eyes, tilt my head to the left and try to tell myself those things were good for me but let’s face it. They were the kind of crap I just don’t usually eat anymore.

I didn’t eat much for dinner Wednesday night because the event I went to had “unusual” food that really wasn’t my style. Thursday night I was late to a friend’s birthday party and grabbed what turned out to be a ginormous slice of thin crust pizza before I went in, never noticing the Panera Bread across the street.

All of these less than stellar choices are pretty a-typical for me but I kinda no why I made them. (Really tired = poor judgement and carb cravings). Luckily you can start fresh with every new choice. I’m getting ready to go to bed now, heading to the gym for a double class in the morning, and formulating a game plan for the coming week that will involve better thinking ahead than last week’s did.

In the past this little slip up would have disheartened me but when I first got to goal the saying on my WW community profile was “It’s about perserverence, not perfection.” I still 100% believe that today so I just keep going. Here’s to a great week!