Wednesday 11-30-11

Today has been an absolute struggle for me, from start to finish.  I woke up super grumpy from a poor night's sleep and wanted to sleep in but I couldn't because I had too much to do before our 12 o'clock showing.  I felt tired and off all day, and when I lack energy I tend to want to eat.  After breakfast I went ahead and pre-tracked all of my meals and snacks with the hope that it would keep me on track, but I still wanted to munch all day.  I still haven't gotten a formal workout in since I've been back from Oklahoma even though I know it will help my energy levels. I don't know why I find it so difficult to get back into the swing of things when I take a break for a week or so.  I did take the kids for a walk today since it was so pretty outside and I needed to be gone during the home showing.  (My car keys finally arrived from Oklahoma today, but not until a couple hours after the showing.)  It was nice to get out in the sunshine, but it still didn't do much for my energy.  I still wanted to munch.

After lunch my desire to snack got so bad I decided to sleep it off and ended up napping with the kids until hubby got home form work.  I felt a little better and after all my snacking my planned dinner only went a point or two over my daily target.  But then after dinner we all sat down and watched the Polar Express and the hot chocolate scene made me crave hot chocolate something fierce.  I ended up baking cookies for the family and making peppermint hot cocoa  to drink with it.  I only ate 3 of the cookies but they were not WW-friendly so I used a whopping 20 weekly points today.  I don't know why I am so ravenous today.  It's awful and I feel out of control.  Baby girl seems to be in a growth spurt and is nursing pretty frequently so that could be part of it.  I need to snap out of this though.  It's only Wednesday and I have already used 36 of my 49 weekly points!  Anyway, before this post gets any longer here is what I ate today:

Breakfast (12 pts)
Avocado bacon cheddar egg white omelet with homemade salsa and fat free sour cream plus two organic skim milk/sugar free hazelnut lattes

Snack (1 pt)
Light string cheese

Lunch (7 pts)
Chipotle chicken breast wrap with organic baby greens, cilantro, 1 Tbsp spicy ranch, Sargento reduced fat pepper jack cheese and a low carb tortilla plus two clementine cuties.

Snack (2 pts)
A 3/4 oz slice of cheddar cheese

Snack (1 pt)
Small banana spread with 1/2 Tbsp reduced fat creamy Jif peanut butter

Dinner (17 pts) 
Turkey burger with an Indian twist on Trader Joe's garlic naan with curried light mayo, cilantro, red onions and cucumbers plus 3 oz baked Ore Ida sweet potato fries with extra curry mayo for dipping.

Dessert (16 pts)
3 dark chocolate peppermint kiss thumbprint cookies with peppermint cocoa topped with fat free Reddi-Wip and a sprinkle of Andes peppermint chips. Super delicious but not really WW friendly.

I have major guilt over my snacky day, mostly because I woke up with a plan to eat no more than my daily target of 36 points plus and also because we're halfway through the week and my only exercise has been a leisurely walk around my neighborhood.  Tomorrow will be better.  I have my car keys back so I will be able to get out with the kids and hopefully get out of my silly funk.  I'm tired of being tired and I don't like feeling out of control like this.  Yuck.  Well, that's all I got tonight.  Thanks for reading!