I haven't fallen off the wagon. I didn't actually eat anything that's not allowed on the program. I am just finding it harder and harder to keep to the schedule and to find the time to eat normal/big meals. I've been skimping on the veggies and water, and loading up too much on the quick starches. And because way too much time elapses between meals, my metabolism isn't working as well, probably.
My hardest days are the ones when I'm out most of the day running errands. Then I tend to miss my snack, and I arrive home starving and with so much work that must get done before the kids get home from school, that I barely have time to grab a hasty lunch. My afternoons with the kids are so physically and emotionally draining, that by the time I'm done with their dinner, there's just no energy to prepare my own. So I end up snacking way too much and way too wrong after supper. It's the reason I procrastinated dieting in the first place. My life is just too hectic for this. It's crazy. I didn't even have the time to track what I ate the past 2 days.
It's actually a little strange, if I think into it, why I gained a pound. I didn't eat badly. I actually finally made that DELICIOUS Tanya veggie soup from her recipe book, which I ate on Wed and Thurs. And my after dinner treat were way below my maximum allowance - I'm allowed 115 calories, and they were only 50 - 70 calories and like 0 grams of fat. I had plenty of fruit, and I made sure to have veg with supper. So I can't even identify where I went wrong. Maybe it was the too-bare-bones breakfast and lunches, and too much time passing between meals. I don't know.
Whatever the case is, I'm not giving up. At all. But I'm so sorry Rachel, I don't think I'll lose 3 1/2 pounds by Wednesday.
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