Stop the wagon! I need to get back on.

So things were going great, staying in my calorie totals and working out and then life hit me in the face and today was not so good.

I didn't get home until very late Tuesday night and had so much to do at home that I was up past midnight. Some of it had to do with my cat and instead of getting up at 5:30am to work out like normal I got up got my car back from the shop as soon as they opened and took my cat to the vet. Where I spent two hours while they sedated and operated on him to remove a blockage in his colon. At least they knew what was wrong with him and for that I'm thankful - he's only 2 years old and I was worried.

I know that I have problems with emotional eating and I knew I was upset so I should have held strong especially since I had my calories worked out for the day. But I didn't. I ended up with a coffee, a latte and three donuts while I was waiting. Total food fail.

The good news is that A) my cat is going to be fine and a lot more comfortable now than he was before and B) I looked up the calorie count on the donuts I ate and I can still come close to my calorie count today and reduce tomorrow's to stay on track for the week.

While on errands last night I ran across some Full bars on clearance and some AquaFull too. I bought two boxes of AquaFull (7 packets each) and 4 bars. Basically you are supposed to drink the drink or eat a bar with a glass of water 30 minutes before you eat a meal. It is supposed to fill you up so you eat less. My idea - since I don't eat much at a meal to begin with was to use them as meal replacements or to stave off hunger longer so on my low cal days I can spread my food out longer though out the day. They may have been a waste of money - thank goodness they were super cheap!

So far today I have only had 1 drink and one bar with probably 20+oz of water (the directions say 8 oz). The bar was much more successful it's been an hour and I'm really not getting that hungry. The bar is 160 calories and about 2x as big as a normal granola bar. But it seems to be just puffed rice or wheat which I can get as rice cakes or in a cereal for less calories. I'm not sure yet about the AquaFull. I gulped it down before picking up my car and I scarfed my breakfast in the car on the way to the vet. I don't even know if I waited the 30 minutes, but I don't think I was hungry when I ate those donuts (totally emotional). I will say that it didn't taste very good and it's a whopping 15 calories for a drink - my Propel is only 10 calories and sweet enough that I can put into 32 oz of water.

The days are getting longer here and I am looking forward to being able to run outside again, even though it's also going to suck - I'm out of running shape.