Taking the Reins

Well, my cramping leg antics yesterday earned me a stern reprimand from Coach Martha. She doesn’t suspect hydration or electrolytes to be the problem— she said that knowing me, I’ve pushed my body too far too fast. What a wake up call! I’m not one for patience or baby steps, so I guess it helps to get knocked around every once and a while. I’m meeting with a sports nutritionist on Sunday before our lecture and swim…..Coach wants to make sure I have it right combining WW with the exercise we will be doing. (I swear I’m fine– I just want to know why I end up gaining weight on what equates to 1500 calories a day and lots of exercise!!!)

Anyway, today I didn’t count points, mainly because I went out to eat for both lunch and dinner and heck if I know where I ended up. Had a turkey burger at this “top of the world” type restaurant…..didn’t eat the ciabatta bun and had no sides except lettuce with a little bit of balsamic vinaigrette on my fork. Dinner was Chili’s…I ordered a mango margarita and took all the batter off 2 chicken tenders. Then ate 2 bites of the molten lava chocolate cake. I know! The horror!! It was such a bad night. (I did have a 4-point granola bar in the afternoon and a Fiberful bar, so trust me, it was plenty o’ food) But I’m not going to feel guilty about it, because I’m just not going to.

Will play with the table thing tomorrow. Thanks for all the tips— we will prevail!