Mixed feelings about ‘Eat Whatever You Want Day’

Catching up on the blog/food journal …

I spent the weekend at the beach with one of my favorite couples, Brian and Jennifer Yoss.

I designated Saturday as my “Eat Whatever You Want Day,” as I’m allowed by Paisley under this program. I had only three meals, with the first around 10 a.m. at Kyllo’s Seafood & Grill, right next to our Sea Gypsy Condos.

I endulged in clam strips and a cup of clam chowder, favorites of my pre-Just Lose It! diet. I finished everything on my plate, and not long afterward I felt drowsy and bloated.

Drowsy and bloated is something I feel often when I’m not eating healthy. Restaurants load you up with oversized portions, and when I’m hungry I usually finish them and feel like shit afterwards. Before this weight-loss program started that was my M.O.

After my oversized portion of clam chowder and clam strips, I thought to myself: Why do I have an Eat Whatever You Want Day? This isn’t a reward? This makes me feel full and bloated. This is just taking me back to my old habits.

Having reached that epiphany, the three of us went to Chinook Winds Casino later that night, gambled, got wasted, and then pigged out on pizza at 1 a.m.

Thank God for epiphanies.

And Eat Whatever You Want Days.

Food Journal:

Saturday (Eat Whatever Day):
Breakfast: Clam strips with cup of clam chowder from Kyllo’s
Lunch: Chicken bacon pitaza from Mulligan’s Sports Bar
Dinner: Pizza at 1 a.m. (seven hours after lunch)

Sunday:
Breakfast: A tiny bit of meat and cheese from last night’s pizza; small apple
Snack: Greek yogurt
Lunch: California sushi roll
Snack: Veggies including cucumbers, bell peppers and celery
Dinner: Pork loins, brown rice, salad
Snack: Greek yogurt

Exercise Note: I had planned to do a 10-mile hike at the beach this weekend, but I got too busy hanging out with the Yosses and working on my condos.