Oh Boy Did I Eat A Lot Yesterday

I was out of the house and went a presentation in San Francisco at UCSF, and afterwards, I was hungry. I tried going to a great sandwich place somewhat in the area, but when I got there at 6:20, I found out it was already closed. (Probably at 6pm, because other people were walking away from the place disappointed as well.)

Well... I went to In-n-Out Burger, which is a great fast food place that uses fresh ingredients, and I ordered two cheeseburgers. From way back when I lost 30 pounds the first time, I remembered that a serving of fries was 400 calories. If I'm going to consume a lot of calories, I'd rather have two burgers than a burger and fries. I also ordered a drink. I usually choose Diet Coke because it has zero calories, but I saw they also had Minute Maid Light Lemonade, so I went for that.

That meal in and of itself isn't that bad. If I do that for every meal, yes it is, but I hadn't really eaten much that day because I woke up late, and essentially did some laundry and went to the presentation.

But the place was so full that there was no where to sit. So I walked next door to the Krispe Kreme doughnut shop. I sat down and ate my food, bet then decided I'd buy some doughnuts. I hadn't had any in a long while. They had special Halloween themed doughnuts, so I wanted to try the pumpkin shaped one. You can't go wrong with a chocolate glazed doughnut. They're nice and simple. Oh, and look at that! They have blueberry doughnuts! And not just blueberry doughnut holes anymore! Those are my favorite. It *is* October, why don't I get a second pumpkin shaped doughnut.

That's right, I bought four doughnuts. Combine that with the hamburgers, I had about 2,000 calories. The only good thing I can say about it is that I didn't eat the doughnuts right away, and consumed those over a period of three hours.

I knew I had eaten too much, and I felt a little bad, but only a little, and I'll tell you why.

1) I really didn't eat all that much that day up until that point. I had a small bowl of beef, rice, and vegetables before I left my house, and a SoyJoy bar during the presentation.

2) I knew I was going to go to the gym later on that night. I haven't missed a day at 24 Fitness since I signed up. And I usually eat after coming back from the gym, this time I'd make sure it was only water and then sleep.

3) While I haven't been strict on tracking my calories just yet, as this is my first week, I've been keeping vague mental notes. And part of my plan in losing weight, is to allow one day a week where I don't have to count. Losing weight is a lot of work, and getting that free day pass makes the plan sustainable for the long run.

I didn't really realize how many calories I had consumed, I just had a vague sense that it was a lot. In two days we'll see the results of my first weigh in, and whether or not I should have felt even worse, or not felt bad at all.