A year ago today, we held our commitment ceremony but we celebrated last night by going out to a fabulous dinner. Now, let me preface this by saying...I'd done the 10k that morning so I figure I probably burned somewhere in the neighborhood of at least 400 calories (though I just ran it through a calorie calculator and it says 815!).
I had a really good and healthy breakfast (two organic boiled eggs, 1 piece whole wheat Ezekel bread, and a small organic banana) and a healthy lunch (mixed field greens with grilled chicken and orange tofu vinegrette).
Sooo...for our special dinner, I decided to be mindful but not calorie restrictive. I had two small glasses of very good champagne before we left the house. At the restaurant, we ordered a bottle of excellent Sancerre.
We had two appetizers: a shrimp cocktail with giant shrimp (I had two pieces) and a 1/2 dozen fresh oysters with just a bit of cocktail and horseradish sauce. We split a romaine salad with tomato and pine nut vinegrette. For the entree, I ordered the grilled wild caught halibut in lemon butter and served with lightly sauteed fresh asparagus and a few roasted red potatoes.
And then dessert...CAKE! It was a slice of lemon poppyseed cake with strawberry cream frosting. We split the piece and each had a few bites.
I wanted to celebrate without falling entirely off the wagon. I don't want to be consumed by dieting...and I don't want to feel like I have to be on a strict diet for a special occasion such as our first anniversary. I think I did pretty good. I guess I could have asked for the fish without the lemon butter sauce. And I probably could have not drank 2 glasses of champagne and 2 glasses of wine. I could have skipped the cake or just had one or two bites instead of 4 bites. But, again...I don't feel like I went completely overboard. I feel like I made some pretty wise choices (especially considering the menu!).
So today, I'm going to be careful about letting last night derail me. There's no reason to not pick right back up. So this morning I am back to counting calories and writing it all in my little notebook. Healthy breakfast? Check! Getting ready to go for my walk? Check! And I will have a healthy lunch and dinner...
2 comments:
Good for you! I truly believe it isn't the occasional treat that derails our health plans, but the scorn we heap upon ourselves. In my opinion, if it isn't 'okay' to have a treat now and then we begin to obsess about it so much that we might end up saying f*ck it and binging. A lovely meal as you described isn't anything to feel guilty about.
In one of the books I have been reading, there was a suggestion of changing the inner 'food police' into an inner 'food anthropologist'. I really liked that idea. Our inner anthropologist takes note what we eat and how it affects us...not with the recriminations of the food police, but with the more dispassionate air of an academic, no judgment just interested observation an insight into how we feel is impacted by what we eat.
I really admire the work you are doing to take care of yourself.
Thank you! I'm really interested in the idea of the food police. I have tended to do that in the past and am trying hard to change that.
And, S., thank you so much for your comment...it means a lot to me...I am, really, trying to take better care of myself and I'm glad that someone sees that! :D
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