Thursday, January 17, 2013

Birthday Treats!

Food
Breakfast: 1 hard boiled egg with 2 strips bacon and 3 macadamia nuts
Snack: 15 red grapes
Lunch: 4 oz seared tuna on top of fajita left-overs (I grilled up a lot a tuna the other day, so I'll be eating a lot of tuna in the next days)
Snack: 1 very small handful of cashews and 2 more strips of bacon! I know, I probably shouldn't have...
Dinner: Chicken salad (Mix 1 can chicken chunks with about 4 chopped celery sticks and a bunch of grapes cut in half)
Water
2 liters
Workout
Complete 5 rounds for REPS (not time!):
30 second handstand hold
Max handstand push-ups (just go until you can't possibly do anymore)
30 second pull-up hold at the top
Max strict pull-ups
30 second ring dip hold at the top
Max ring dips

Today was my birthday!  I turned 22 today.  I got to spend time with my family, which was awesome, and I even enjoyed my workout today, which was surprising.  But my proudest moments of the day were honestly my food choices.  One of my favorite treat places is Red Mango.  I love the frozen yogurt options that they have--they are so tasty!  All month long I have been saying that I would eat healthy, but on my birthday I was going to go have some Red Mango.  This morning, I decided to have 2 slices of bacon with my egg.  Bacon is ok on Whole 30, but they say you should only have it OCCASIONALLY.  Because it was my birthday, I decided to indulge a little and have 2 more bacon strips later this evening.

At about 8, Mom came to me and asked if I wanted to quickly go down to Red Mango and have a birthday treat.  I was tempted--oh boy, was I tempted--but I said thank you, but no.  I had already had my birthday treat with my bacon strips.  That may not seem like a big deal, but for me it was huge!  I used to jump at the chance to go get a frozen yogurt or a milkshake; now I know I don't need sugar to satisfy my urge for a treat.

Moral of the Story:  Just because it's a special occasion doesn't mean that you need to celebrate with sugar.  It is possible to find a yummy healthier option that you don't get to eat very often.  And you'll feel just as satisfied--even more so, sometimes.

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