So I've been at this training thing for 7 going on 8 weeks and I've only had two cheat meals and really I'm perfectly ok with that. I'm always a little worried about the mental part of "cheat" meals. You would think that by the time I sit down I would be hella hungry and ready to attack all my food but I am more timid. It's strange to have to pick my food out from all the choices or eat something different. I always like to start with a salad just because I want to make sure I don't go too crazy! I don't mind an appetizer or anything as long as its not too greasy and fried because I want the bulk of my cheat to come just from the main course. I usually don't have a drink but this time I had a glass of red wine to celebrate my friend being in town to visit. We went to a pizza/italian place that we had heard about. You build your own pizza and choose which oven you would like it cooked in! Each one gives a different crust option. I forgot to take pictures of my cheat meal :( But I'll give you the gist of what I ate and the thoughts about cheat meal.
Here's what my meal consisted of:
- Red wine (don't remember what kind because my husband picked it out but it was delicious)
- A chefs platter appetizer: Warm bread, prosciutto, roasted red peppers, black olives, artichokes, parmesan, and other types of cheeses.
- Spinach salad with pecans dried cranberries, ricotta salata and a vinergrette (when you haven't tasted cheese in forever it taste so amazing!)
- A thick crust pizza with Buffala mozzarella, sausage, bacon and piquillo peppers (the table shared both pizzas)
- A thin crust pizza with prosciutto, bufala mozzarella, dates, roasted mushrooms, and fresh parsley
Both pizzas were great and I had one slice of each. For dessert I had this little gem!:
- Ezekiel bread tortilla
- White Chocolate Peanut Butter spread on the tortilla (got this at whole foods!)
- A Reese's peanut butter egg I have been saving since Easter! (I smushed it into the peanut butter :)
- A banana
- And drizzled honey on top! Rolled it up and ate it in all it's yumminess!!
It was a delicious! The day after I always feel like such a puff ball from eating something different than my regular diet. I almost want to not have cheat meals but I know that they are beneficial to my training and to my sanity :) Mentally it's hard for me to have the discipline that I do for my meal program on a daily basis and then use one meal that I can have whatever I want. I'm getting used to it and sometimes it's hard to make a decision on what I want to eat!!! I don't want to have an unhealthy relationship with food, so I'm trying to stay positive with my cheat meal. Although I do look forward to cardio and downing a ton of water the next day! I just want to make sure I have the right amount of balance in my life, because I won't live like this forever. Someday I won't have a restrictive diet but I want to eat healthy, plan my meals and have meals out with my husband every one or two weeks. But I also want to keep some of the results I've been seeing! I enjoy myself in this body. I want some more definition in my muscles but it will get there. It's just nice to get dressed in the morning and put on whatever I want knowing that I won't be uncomfortable. Turns out I was buying cute clothes and hanging on to them for so long waiting to "fit into them again" and now I can easily! Nothing is too tight or doesn't fit right and I've never felt that way before. I'm looking forward to what lies ahead on this journey!!
Cheers,
Ash
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