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How I Managed to Stay on Track with a Wedding this Week

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How I Managed to Stay on Track with a Wedding this Week

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In the picture below, you can see the beautiful cupcake set up that my aunt created for a family wedding this past Friday. Not knowing what kind of food was served, I made sure to really stick to my new habit of eating low carb, fat, and sugar this week so I could have the ability to "splurge" a little at the wedding. I did have a cheat meal at Culver's and Sbarro this week, going slightly off track but I managed to keep most of my meals low carb, fat, and sugar.

At the wedding, the meal served actually helped me stick to my new habit. There was beef tenderloin, grilled chicken, baby red potatoes, fruit, and a few other options. I did have a cupcake that night because they were "Brittany friendly"--meaning they didn't contain any nut products--but I was able to burn off all of the calories I had consumed that day and probably half the calories from the day before with dancing.

I think my one success this week was being able to stick to my new habit for the most part. I knew the wedding was coming up and that could possibly hinder eating healthy that day but thankfully I was able to do so.

My setback was probably eating out two times this week at fast food restaurants, but it will happen every so often and I will strive to stick to my goals of eating out at a "fast food" restaurant next week.

I am looking at this past week as I'm still in the preparation stage, so I knew I was going to have a hard time this week. But I'm excited to see how this next week goes in terms of sticking to my goals!

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My new habit that I'm cultivating is incorporating a low carb, fat, and sugar lifestyle diet.

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A second goal that I'm working towards is getting back into exercising, specifically running, so I can run a 10k in 2019.

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Why it's difficult for me to stay on track when home for a weekend

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Why it's difficult for me to stay on track when home for a weekend

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Two weeks ago, I was home for the weekend for a doctor's appointment. My family eats out a lot, but especially on the weekends. Most of my meals were eaten out and about half of them weren't the healthiest. But, I still managed to stay on track a little. It was a very high carb weekend with a decent amount of fat. But, it was foods that I don't get to indulge in when I'm at school. We ate at Chester's- which is like an A&W but locally owned and have buttery burgers that are amazing, Off the Rail-a local sandwich shop, manicotti, and All Seasons-a family restaurant. I tried to pick the healthiest items that I could to stay on track. I know that it was an off week but I won't let it continue to be a pattern.
Picture credit to Chester's Drive-In Facebook Page

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I've been slacking on my goal of getting ready to run a 10k in 2019. My lungs are still super weak and within the last week I've had an asthma flare up which makes it difficult to walk outside in this cold weather and wipes away my energy. I'm also now going to have to cancel my Planet Fitness membership due to not having the money to cover the monthly membership fees but thankfully I have some friends who have the premium membership who told me I could tag along.
I'm hoping that at my asthma doctor appointment this Friday we can figure out some solutions to keep my asthma better in check during these cold months so I am able to have energy to go to the gym so I can begin building my lung strength up.
I'm also thinking about implementing some exercises that are asthmatic-friendly and will be continuing to do some research to find the best exercise for me.

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So I spent yesterday in and out of doctor's visits for different reasons. I had a follow up appointment in the morning about my high BP and then in the afternoon I had a follow up with my asthma/allergy doctor.
~ So I switched to a new BP medication last month due to side effects from my last BP meds but I am now being switched to a new BP med as my BP has gone up with the new meds so let's hope that this new med will do the trick!
~I am now down 21 pounds since March and down around 8-10 pounds since the end of August
~I now also need to incorporate a low salt and low caffeine lifestyle change per my doctor
~I'm waiting for results back to see if I'm eligible to get monthly asthma shots to hopefully help get my asthma under control
~found that I am allergic to all nut products but cashews, Brazil nuts, and hazelnuts and will now have epipens. So to be safe I will continue staying on avoiding any nut product warning just to be safe for any cross-contamination

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I didn't stick to my goals at all last week. Thursday morning I woke up with really bad heartburn and I was actually home for the weekend and by Sunday I was super sick with bad heartburn and really bad nausea. I ended up in the ER Sunday night and we believe I have a stomach ulcer or a steroid induced ulcer from my asthma medications. I go in on Friday to a GI doctor to get it looked at. So I'm on a bland diet for a while just to give my stomach time to heal

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Thankfully I'm feeling much better. Doctor thinks I may have had a very small stomach ulcer that has gone away. I'm still eating bland foods but am slowly incorporating more foods back into my diet. Thanksgiving coming up is going to be difficult to stay on track but I am going to try! I also think I've hit a plateau in my weight loss journey as I've been consistently the same weight as when I saw my doctor a couple weeks ago.